Who benefits from fisheries co-management? A case study in Lake Chiuta, Malawi

被引:11
作者
Donda, Steve [1 ]
机构
[1] Dept Fisheries, POB 593, Lilongwe, Malawi
关键词
Costs and benefits of neoliberal delegation; Co-management;
D O I
10.1016/j.marpol.2016.10.018
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The fisheries management policy shift towards resource user participation in Malawi in the early 1990s resulted in mixed benefits among small-scale fishers, with many applauding the changes. This paper considers the impacts of these policy changes on government and within the fishing communities around Lake Chiuta whose fisheries co-management experience is considered successful. Benefits to the communities range from gaining government support in excluding non-local fishers using destructive fishing gear to increased household incomes and improved livelihoods, while benefits to government range from taking credit for establishing a sustainable fishery and co-management arrangements to reduced resource management costs. Community costs include financial resources and time spent by resource user representative organisations in enforcing fishing regulations. These findings enable a more balanced assessment of neoliberal claims about the benefits of delegating management responsibilities and downloading costs of management onto fishing communities and organisations.
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页码:147 / 153
页数:7
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