| dc.creator |
Katikiro, Robert E. |
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| dc.creator |
Macusi, Edison D. |
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| dc.creator |
Deepananda, Ashoka K. |
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| dc.date |
2016-09-21T17:25:29Z |
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| dc.date |
2016-09-21T17:25:29Z |
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| dc.date |
2014 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2018-03-27T08:26:18Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2018-03-27T08:26:18Z |
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| dc.identifier |
Katikiro, R., Macusi, E. and Deepananda, K.A., 2014. Changes in Fisheries and Social Dynamics in Tanzanian Coastal Fishing Communities. |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4188 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4188 |
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| dc.description |
Fishing communities constantly change and adapt to modifications in the
environment, and are reflected in changes to variables related to the dynamics of a
fishery. Such changes in a fishery could involve a decline in fish stocks, market failure
or the loss of an important species. The effects of such changes on the social dynamics
of artisanal fishing communities have been poorly investigated in the Western Indian
Ocean region. This article examines how communities have been affected by recent
environmental, technological and socio-cultural changes in fisheries in five coastal
villages in the Mtwara rural district, Tanzania, and the mechanisms whereby people
cope with these changes. Data were derived from 103 semi-structured interviews, 15
focus group discussions, nine oral interviews, participant observations, and reviews of
literature and policy documents. Overall, nearly 80% of respondents declared that there
were significant changes in fishing techniques, strategies and the social organisation
of the fishers. Almost 60% of the respondents admitted that traditional fishing gear
such as traps and hand lines have increasingly been replaced by fishing nets operated
from powered boats, especially since the 1980s, to compensate for declining fish
catches. There is a shift from collective communal fisheries to individual and private
fishing groups due to weakening of social structures and increased monetisation in
the fishery activities. New values and perspectives are now being integrated into the
communities. Approaches required for understanding and promoting development of
fishing communities should include objectives that recognise how social structures
adapt in the face of extreme conditions of the fishery |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.subject |
Fisheries |
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| dc.subject |
Social structure |
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| dc.subject |
Livelihoods |
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| dc.subject |
Fishing communities |
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| dc.subject |
Tanzania |
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| dc.title |
Changes in Fisheries and Social Dynamics in Tanzanian Coastal Fishing Communities |
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| dc.type |
Journal Article, Peer Reviewed |
|