Enhancing the livelihood of small-scale fishers in the context of vulnerability

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ID21521683
AuthorsImikendu Imbwae (Rhodes University, corresponding author), Shankar Aswani (0000-0002-6201-0576, Rhodes University), Warwick Sauer, WHH Sauer (0000-0002-9756-1757, Rhodes University)
Year2025
Volume177
Pages106690
Publication date2025-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMarine Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-597X • E-ISSN: 1872-9460
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106690
OpenAlexW4409058413
LanguageEN
References cited15

This brief is based on a doctoral study which examined the socio-economic conditions of small-scale fishers on Lake Kariba and identified environmental threats on the fishery. The study further investigated how small-scale fishers adapted to the socio-economic and environmental changes over time to determine interventions for sustainable fisheries management. Primary data was obtained across the fisheries value chain including fishers using a mixed method approach. Responses were conceptualised to provide site-specific strategies for both practical and theoretical lessons to enhance adaptive capacity. Data analysis captured from a series of experimental gillnet surveys did not show a significant decline in fish production over the past 13 years ( R2 Linear = 0.119, P = 0.248 ). However, fishers and experts reported declining trends in valuable fish species like Oreochromis mortimeri , coupled with increased fishing effort, which is attributed to inadequate institutional arrangements to safeguard the integrity of the fishery

Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · Business · Cartography · Computer security · Environmental resource management · Fishery · Geography · Livelihood · Coastal and Marine Management · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Food Industry and Aquatic Biology · Natural Resources and Economic Development

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