Challenges to managing fisheries with high inter-community variability on the Kenya-Tanzania border
Current Research in Environmental Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
7, P. 100244 - 100244
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Reconciling
variable
between-community
and
neighboring
country
goals
is
the
focus
of
United
Nations
partnership
(Sustainable
Development
Goal
17)
because
challenges
managing
shared
common-pool
resources,
such
as
fisheries.
Our
objective
was
to
better
understand
suggest
management
that
accounts
for
this
variability
among
fishing
villages
along
Kenya-Tanzania
national
boundary.
We
asked
stakeholders
scale
their
dependency
on
fish,
knowledge
fisheries,
governance
effectiveness,
preferences,
future
fisheries
provisioning
scenarios
economically
aligned
with
international
trade
or
park
conservation.
found
high
fish
(90%
daily
consumption),
modest
about
status
(62%
correct
answers)
but
a
broad
agreement
need
community
engagement
(>90%
agreement).
The
perceived
weakest
principles
were
monitoring
resolution
conflicts
neighbors.
Considerable
in
opinions
how
provide
more
reflected
boundary
conservation
contexts.
Rural
households
further
from
border
favored
local
closure
whereas
stakeholder
preferences
urban
public
associated
greater
support
offshore
port
aquaculture
infrastructure
developments.
Previously
measured
losses
catch
production
most
hidden
by
lack
potential
estimates.
Lost
sustainability
could
be
recovered
increased
resource
capacity,
monitoring,
increases
compliance.
Village
level
economics
transnational
contexts
require
multilevel
good
coordination
manage
diverse
capacities,
needs.
Language: Английский
A rapid approach to assessing the vulnerability of Mozambican fisheries’ species to climate change
PLOS Climate,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
3(5), P. e0000372 - e0000372
Published: May 7, 2024
Mozambique
is
amongst
the
most
vulnerable
of
Western
Indian
Ocean
(WIO]
countries
to
impacts
climate
change
on
its
marine
fisheries.
We
used
rapid
assessment
methods
evaluate
sensitivity,
exposure
and
vulnerability
fisheries
species
change,
appropriate
for
data-deficient,
developing
in
region.
Species
were
selected
based
their
importance
industrial
artisanal
fisheries’
landings,
further
prioritized
by
local
experts.
Species’
attributes
likely
be
sensitive
identified
scored,
utilizing
life
history
or
biological
characteristics.
Sea
Surface
Temperature
(SST]
was
prominent
factor
which
we
could
confidently
predict
future
change.
Most
had
low
medium
overall
sensitivity
with
only
eight
considered
highly
sensitive.
Climate
scores
high
off
northern
Mozambique,
while
central
southern
regions
generally
exposure.
Ten
received
a
High
score,
14
Medium,
16
Low
score.
The
all
fishes,
apart
from
one
crustacean;
4
9
strongly
estuarine-associated;
parrotfish
Scarus
ghobban
.
This
first
attempt
use
rapid,
semi-quantitative,
specialist-
trait-based
anticipated
effect
WIO.
Challenges
experienced
data
paucity,
limited
resources,
large
study
area,
complex
oceanography
However,
simple
methodology
developed,
derived
efforts
elsewhere,
can
undertake
similar
assessments
other
WIO
countries.
Raised
awareness
among
small-scale
fishing
communities
necessity,
combined
adaptation
promoting
co-management.
Also
required
support
government
ensure
that
people
flexible
Language: Английский
Stimulating the capacity to govern the commons
Conservation Biology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: July 24, 2024
Abstract
The
ability
to
strengthen
governance
institutions
and
fisheries
restrictions
laws
is
needed
improve
conservation
management
of
common‐pool
resources.
We
evaluated
the
potential
for
stimulating
change
with
modest
interventions
by
studying
fishing
village
households
before
after
a
27‐month
intervention
period
in
high‐priority
coral
reef
area.
Interventions
included
training
catch
monitoring,
stock
assessment,
mapping
grounds,
microcredit,
gender
inclusion,
theatrical
skills,
fuel
efficient
stoves,
participation
planning
proposal.
There
was
background
increase
reported
formal
education,
household
size,
group
membership,
wealth
but
decrease
fish
consumption
public
services.
Of
importance,
perceived
strength
13
benefits
6
increased
over
period.
Finally,
correspondence
between
knowledge
agreement
recent
national
moderate
high
positively
correlated.
stronger
than
demographic
factors
that
often
influence
perceptions,
such
as
village,
government
services,
gender,
membership
community
groups,
age
responses.
In
general,
perceptions
strengths
more
among
women
youth
adult
men
respondents.
largest
changes
were
strict
initially
ranked
low,
specifically
closures,
parks,
species
restrictions.
Consequently,
capacity
building
overrode
common
poor
people
limited
employment
can
have
negative
conservation.
Language: Английский