| 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 |
2016-09-21T17:25:25Z |
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| dc.date |
2016-09-21T17:25:25Z |
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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.E., Macusi, E. and Deepananda, K.A., 2014. Interplay between changes in fishery and social dynamic in coastal fishing communities of Tanzania. Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science, 12(2), pp.95-110. |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4187 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4187 |
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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fishing gear such as traps and hand lines have increasingly been replaced by fishing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 |
Interplay Between Changes in Fishery and Social Dynamic in Coastal Fishing Communities of Tanzania |
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| dc.type |
Journal Article, Peer Reviewed |
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