Ebook: Poverty and Small-scale Fisheries in West Africa

This book arises from case studies and two back-to-back workshops held in Cotonou, Benin in November 2001. They were the combination of much experience and knowledge gathered in the West Africa region and were brought about to explore the concept of poverty, especially how it is a part of the life of fishing communities and our ways of thinking about resolving the issue. The workshops were conceived as a partnership between the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (F AO) and 25 countries of West Africa, working together through the Sustainable Fisheries Livelihood Programme (SFLP) to join forces with the Centre for the Economics and Management of Aquatic Resources (CEMARE). The SFLP, with its remit of poverty alleviation in West African artisanal fisheries communities through better governance and improved policies to involve communities in management of the resources on which their livelihoods depend, had quickly realised that it needed to define what and whom it was targeting. In this respect, the two large back-to-back workshops marked a milestone for the SFLP. Those participating in the workshop soon emphasised that we need to push forward our ideas from the previous simplistic "less than a dollar a day" type definitions to show that poverty is multi-faceted and a dynamic feature of human society.

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The book offers a new perspective on the problem of poverty in small-scale fisheries, introducing innovative concepts and ideas and drawing upon recent knowledge generated by in-depth empirical case studies and makes explicit connections with the Sustainable Livelihood Approach and the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries - two prominent frameworks which are recognized, applied and promoted internationally by scholars, practitioners and donor agencies in their work on fisheries development. As well as offering important insights into the problem of poverty in small-scale fisheries and representing a contribution to the work of the `Sustainable Fisheries Livelihood Programme (SFLP)' in West Africa the book also represents a key source of up-to-date information and reference material for anybody interested or working in the fields of poverty and fisheries management in Developing Countries.

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The book offers a new perspective on the problem of poverty in small-scale fisheries, introducing innovative concepts and ideas and drawing upon recent knowledge generated by in-depth empirical case studies and makes explicit connections with the Sustainable Livelihood Approach and the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries - two prominent frameworks which are recognized, applied and promoted internationally by scholars, practitioners and donor agencies in their work on fisheries development. As well as offering important insights into the problem of poverty in small-scale fisheries and representing a contribution to the work of the `Sustainable Fisheries Livelihood Programme (SFLP)' in West Africa the book also represents a key source of up-to-date information and reference material for anybody interested or working in the fields of poverty and fisheries management in Developing Countries.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
The Nature and Causes of Poverty: An Overview....Pages 9-36
The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach: The Importance of Policies, Institutions and Process....Pages 37-45
Some Poverty Approaches and their Applications to Senegal....Pages 47-58
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Poverty in Small-scale Fisheries: A Review and Some Further Thoughts....Pages 61-82
The Challenge of Managing Small-scale Fisheries with Reference to Poverty Alleviation....Pages 83-102
Poverty Profiles of Artisanal Fishers: Methods Based on the SLA Model....Pages 103-119
The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach and the Improvement of the Living Conditions of Fishing Communities: Relevance, Applicability and Applications....Pages 121-149
Fisheries Co-Management and Poverty Alleviation in the Context of the Sustainable Livelihood Approach: A Case Study in the Fishing Communities of Aby Lagoon in Cote d’Ivoire....Pages 151-170
Socio-Economic Impacts of Different Fisheries Management Strategies at the Local Level....Pages 171-185
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Fisheries Development, Poverty Alleviation and Small-Scale Fisheries: A Review of Policy and Performance in Developing Countries Since 1950....Pages 189-208
Fisheries Management, Poverty Alleviation and the Implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries....Pages 209-227
The Work of the Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (SFLP) in West Africa....Pages 229-243
Poverty in Coastal Fishing Communities....Pages 245-252

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The book offers a new perspective on the problem of poverty in small-scale fisheries, introducing innovative concepts and ideas and drawing upon recent knowledge generated by in-depth empirical case studies and makes explicit connections with the Sustainable Livelihood Approach and the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries - two prominent frameworks which are recognized, applied and promoted internationally by scholars, practitioners and donor agencies in their work on fisheries development. As well as offering important insights into the problem of poverty in small-scale fisheries and representing a contribution to the work of the `Sustainable Fisheries Livelihood Programme (SFLP)' in West Africa the book also represents a key source of up-to-date information and reference material for anybody interested or working in the fields of poverty and fisheries management in Developing Countries.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
The Nature and Causes of Poverty: An Overview....Pages 9-36
The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach: The Importance of Policies, Institutions and Process....Pages 37-45
Some Poverty Approaches and their Applications to Senegal....Pages 47-58
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Poverty in Small-scale Fisheries: A Review and Some Further Thoughts....Pages 61-82
The Challenge of Managing Small-scale Fisheries with Reference to Poverty Alleviation....Pages 83-102
Poverty Profiles of Artisanal Fishers: Methods Based on the SLA Model....Pages 103-119
The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach and the Improvement of the Living Conditions of Fishing Communities: Relevance, Applicability and Applications....Pages 121-149
Fisheries Co-Management and Poverty Alleviation in the Context of the Sustainable Livelihood Approach: A Case Study in the Fishing Communities of Aby Lagoon in Cote d’Ivoire....Pages 151-170
Socio-Economic Impacts of Different Fisheries Management Strategies at the Local Level....Pages 171-185
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Fisheries Development, Poverty Alleviation and Small-Scale Fisheries: A Review of Policy and Performance in Developing Countries Since 1950....Pages 189-208
Fisheries Management, Poverty Alleviation and the Implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries....Pages 209-227
The Work of the Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (SFLP) in West Africa....Pages 229-243
Poverty in Coastal Fishing Communities....Pages 245-252
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