Importance Of Small-scale Fisheries Research Articles

Understanding change, complexities, and governability challenges in small-scale fisheries: a case study of Limbe, Cameroon, Central Africa.

The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40152-023-00296-3.

Деятельность ФАО по обеспечению маломасштабного рыболовства и перспективы его правового регулирования в Российской Федерации

The article discusses the features and importance of small-scale fisheries in the world, the activities of the FAO to ensure it and the existing problems in this sector of fisheries. The experience of foreign states in the legal regulation of small-scale fisheries is noted. Based on the understanding of such fisheries in FAO, the norms of the legislation of the Russian Federation relevant to small-scale fisheries are considered. The existing initiatives to change Russian legislation were analyzed and evaluated, and appropriate recommendations were developed.

Economic efficiency and family income of small-scale fisheries on the north coast of São Paulo State, Brazil.

Small-scale fisheries is an important factor in the generation of income, jobs and food security. Understanding the characteristics of small-scale fisheries, and the volume of resources and food that they generate can help society recognize their value, lead to the establishment of public policies to improve working conditions and adapt the management of exploited resources for long-term conservation. The objective of this study was to estimate income, production capacity and importance of small-scale fisheries for fisher families of the municipality of Caraguatatuba, São Paulo, Brazil. Fishers were interviewed from May 2012 to June 2013 and categorized according to vessel size and the number of people on the boat and helpers. Monthly income ranged from US$ 566.78 to US$ 1,466.87. The importance of fishing to family income ranged from 50.60% (employee) to 78.25% (entrepreneur). Fishers usually dedicate themselves to this activity for 8.47 to 13.22 hours daily, with daily fish production volume ranging from 42.72 to 122.14 kg/day. Small-scale fisheries involve, either directly or indirectly, about 1,170 people in the municipality and provide a network of social protection due to their local and regional importance.

Fisheries Socioeconomics on the Coast of the State of Paraná (Brazil) for the Period from 2005 to 2015

A pesca no litoral paranaense constitui atividade tradicional de grande importância econômica e sociocultural, envolvendo um elevado número de pescadores de origem caiçara e açoriana, que tem a pesca como base de sua economia familiar. No entanto, a importância da pesca de pequena escala costuma ser mascarada pela baixa disponibilidade e/ou qualidade das informações. O presente trabalho visa descrever aspectos socioeconômicos da atividade pesqueira do litoral paranaense e as mudanças nas características da atividade, comparando dois períodos num intervalo de onze anos, entre 2005 e 2014/2015. Para a análise, foram utilizados dados socioeconômicos censitários para 2005 e por amostragem para 2014/2015, em todas as comunidades pesqueiras do litoral paranaense. Estimou-se um número de pescadores no litoral paranaense de 5.752 para o período 2014/2015. Houve um incremento na idade média, influenciado pela diminuição do número de ingressos na atividade. A renda média diminuiu no intervalo analisado, resultante da redução da produção e por ter ocorrido menor variação positiva no preço de primeira comercialização dos produtos pesqueiros de áreas estuarinas.Como efeito, houve diferenças de rendimento entre os pescadores do centro-norte e centro-sul paranaense. A pesca manteve suas características predominantemente de pequena escala durante o período analisado, apesar das variações espaciais. Sinais de declínio da atividade foram observados, resultantes da redução do ingresso de pescadores, perdas gradativas no valor agregado aos produtos da pesca e o aumento da dependência em subsídios de políticas públicas (seguro-defeso) para a manutenção da atividade.

IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON ARTISANAL FISHING IN THE KAFUE FLATS OF ZAMBIA

Ponte Academic JournalJun 2017, Volume 73, Issue 6 IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON ARTISANAL FISHING IN THE KAFUE FLATS OF ZAMBIAAuthor(s): Dan Darkey ,Beverly M MushiliJ. Ponte - Jun 2017 - Volume 73 - Issue 6 doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2017.6.36 Abstract:This paper reviews the importance of small scale fisheries in developing countries, highlighting the implications of climate variability on small scale fishing activities in the Kafue Flats of Zambia. Rainfall and temperature trends are analysed for five meteorological stations of the Kafue Flats, over a 30 year period (1982-2011) using Mann Kendall and Sen�s Estimator non-parametric tests. Over-all, the results reveal that the observed monthly rainfall over this period depicts increasing (< 0.05) and decreasing (<0.05 and < 0.1) trends. Trend analysis of seasonal temperatures also show increasing (< 0.05) and decreasing (< 0.01 and < 0.1) trends. Seasonal variability for both rainfall and temperature over the entire period displays statistically significant upward and downward trends at different rates. Household surveys, using snow-ball sampling technique, gauge the effects of climate variability on livelihoods. The study finds that climate variability and change clearly affects fisheries and their associated livelihood activities, and mounts pressure on food and income-generating assets in the Kafue flats. Notwithstanding, constrained by poverty and lacking alternative livelihoods, the fisher-folk remain reliant on the unstable fisheries. Devising adaptation and mitigation strategies, which reduce vulnerability, should be the primary option for sustaining the livelihoods of artisanal fishing communities in the Kafue Flats. Download full text:Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution Username Password

4. タイ国ラヨーン沿岸の小規模漁業の多様性と重要性

4. タイ国ラヨーン沿岸の小規模漁業の多様性と重要性

Transferable Fishing Concessions (TFC): A pilot study on the applicability in the Mediterranean Sea

Fisheries management systems based on Transferable Fishing Concessions (TFC) and similar rights-based systems have been developed during the last decades in some European countries. However, at present there is not a clear view on the possible effects caused by the application of this management systems in the Mediterranean Sea. The current study, involving nine Geographical Sub-Areas (GSAs) of the Mediterranean Sea, focuses on the appropriateness, transferability and modes of applicability of a TFC system in the Mediterranean area. Three different scenarios of quota allocation have been analyzed by taking into account biological, ecological, environmental, economic and social aspects: quota in terms of resource quantity, quota as a portion of the total fishing time, quota as a portion of the total fishing capacity. Results show that the transferability of a TFC-based system to the Mediterranean context appears to be low due to the characteristics of the Mediterranean fisheries (multispecificity of resources, fishing grounds shared among different countries, multigear, importance of small-scale fisheries) and to the general lack of sound and reliable individual historical data. The study also highlights rights-based systems such as Territorial Use Rights in Fisheries (TURF) might only be applied for the exploitation of sedentary resources, such as clams. A management system based on TFC could be theoretically reasonable for anchovy fishing, where a few species are caught, even if all countries and stakeholders should be involved in the decision making process.