Report of the Workshop on Conflicts in Coastal Fisheries in West Africa
| dc.creator | B.P. Satia & B. Horemans;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T11:50:10Z | |
| dc.date | 2023-04-27T11:50:10Z | |
| dc.date | 1993 | |
| dc.date | 2020-11-09T21:36:54.0000000Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T22:54:49Z | |
| dc.description | The marine fisheries of West Africa, the area covered by the IDAF Programme, have for a long time been characterized by the co-existence of small-scale (artisanal) and largescale (industrial) fisheries. Both fisheries tend to interact not only in a biological sense but also economically and physically. Sometimes these interactions degenerate into conflicts between the two sub-sectors, and occasionally conflicts occur within the artisanal fisheries independent of the industrial sub-sector. Conf licts in the exploitation of fisheries resources are due primarily to the common property characteristics of the resource and the phenomenon of free access/entry. However in some cases, national policies in respect to industrialisation and/or the issuance of fishing licences to foreign fleets have also contributed in increasing the number of conflicts. Recent developments, if not improvements, in small-scale fisheries (for example fishermen now have equipment with better autonomy) have made it p ossible for fishermen to fish in distant areas, fishing grounds that were not traditionally accessible to artisanal fishing crafts. The IDAF Programme conscious of the need to awaken public opinion on the importance of conflicts in coastal fisheries while at the same time encourage the exchange of experience between its partners, requested national experts from six countries of the region to undertake case studies on the subject in their respective countries. The countries concern are Came roon, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana and Senegal. These case studies served as the basis of reflection for a Workshop on Conflicts in Coastal Fisheries in West Africa | |
| dc.format | 74 | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/an093e | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.fao.org/3/a-an093e.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/266543 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.title | Report of the Workshop on Conflicts in Coastal Fisheries in West Africa | |
| dc.title | Report of the Workshop on Conflicts in Coastal Fisheries in West Africa | |
| dc.type | Project |