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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"small-scale fishers"”.
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Livelihoods of small-scale fishers of Struisbaai : implications for Marine Protected Area planning.
… The coast is also home to over a hundred rural small-scale fisher communities, such as the community at Struisbaai Noord, which are considered to be marginalised communities heavily dependent on marine resources for their food security and income needs. The small-scale fisher community at …
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Big hopes for small-scale fishers: a critical review of South Africa's small-scale fishing policy and regulations
… gives express recognition to the subsistence or small-scale fisheries sector, a regime addressing the needs of this sector has finally been promulgated. That regime consists of the Policy for the Small Scale Fisheries Sector (20 June 2012) in South Africa and the Regulations relating to Small …
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Assessing the contribution of interim relief measures to food security and income of small-scale fishers of Ocean View, Western Cape
… study is to understand the contribution made by small-scale fisheries to food security and income of fisher households. The study also investigated the characteristics of Ocean View small-scale fishers and their dependence to marine resources for food and livelihood. The study further examined …
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Collective ownership in the South African small-scale fishing sector: a framework for sustained economic growth
… tested the notion of collective ownership in the small-scale fisheries sector, as advocated by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the South African government department responsible for fisheries administration. More specifically, it examined the conditions under which …
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Understanding the livelihoods of small-scale fisheries in Lamberts Bay : implications for the new small-scale fisheries policy
Small-scale fishers (SSFs) are among the most vulnerable socio-economic groups because of their high dependence on marine resource harvesting. While small-scale fisheries employ the overwhelming majority of the world's fishers and contribute substantially to the global catch, they are, on the …
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Climate change and small-scale fishing in South Africa: a community scale social vulnerability assessment for the southern Cape handline fishery
… as people's livelihoods. Coastal communities, small-scale fishers, and fishing-reliant individuals are especially vulnerable to climate change impacts (and other stressors) that alter the state and availability of ocean resources. Therefore, implementing integrated management approaches (such …
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An exploration of the post-harvest activities of the Olifants Estuary Small-Scale Fishery: recommendations for equitable market access and beneficiation
Small-scale Fisheries (SSFs) play a key role in poverty alleviation of rural coastal populations through the provision of food security and income generation. Yet, many SSFs fail to maximise the value potential of the seafood products they produce as a result of post-harvest losses and marketing …
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Holding the line: assembling and mapping local and traditional knowledge of historic injustice and environmental change held by handline fishers in the Cape Agulhas region
Small-scale fishers in the Cape Agulhas region of South Africa hold valuable local and traditional knowledge that is insufficiently incorporated in fishery governance. Several meta-level global directives including the Convention for Biodiversity (CBD), United Nations Educational, Scientific and …
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Unlocking small-scale fisheries value chains through Information & Communication Technology (ICT) - the case studies of Lamberts Bay & Kleinmond, South Africa
Focusing on the small-scale fisheries sector, this thesis examines the question of how the usage of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can unlock value chain opportunities for fishers. Using a case study approach by focusing on the communities of Lamberts Bay and Kleinmond in the …
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Towards the co-production of fisheries knowledge for co-management using mobile technologies
… for generations and at present several small-scale fisheries operate along the South African coastline, ranging from the shore-based harvesting of intertidal resources such as mussels, to the targeting of migratory line-fish stocks using small motorized vessels. Due to their high …
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Small-scale fisheries governance in South Africa using information management systems
… globe, have proven to be inadequate in managing small-scale fisheries and have contributed to marginalisation of this sector. In South Africa, small-scale fisheries have been increasingly recognised since the abolishment of Apartheid and the advent of democracy in 1994. Nevertheless, the …
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The contribution of small-scale fisheries to the community food security of one South African coastal community
Small-scale fisheries contribute to the food security of a significant portion of the global population through direct consumption and indirectly as a vital source of income. Approximately, 50 million individuals involved in capture fisheries are small-scale fishers and they contribute to 80 …
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From conceptual diagrams to semi-quantitative models of social-ecological systems: exploring fuzzy cognitive mapping for a coastal fisheries system in the Southern Cape, South Africa
… This study builds on causal maps co-created with small-scale fishers from South Africa's southern Cape, integrating expert views and local knowledge through the use of FCM and a rapid prototyping approach. Iterative FCM application involved testing software suitability, refining prototypes, and …
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Mangroves, fisheries and coastal communities’ perception of environmental change
… 6). In each case, the relationship between small-scale fishers and their surrounding mangroves is presented to assess their vulnerability, through their perception of environmental factors including direct degradation, climate variability, and the potential consequences for their …
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Power and democracy: the politics of representation and participation in small-scale fisheries governance on the Cape Peninsula
… and community based representation among small-scale fishing communities on South Africa's Cape Peninsula. The study is filtered through the theoretical framework of Pierre Bourdieu and other critical scholars, so as to reveal the material and symbolic forms of power and strategic …
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An ethnography of St Helena Bay - A West Coast Town in the age of neoliberalism
… ethnography as a means to examine how multiple-scale patterns of interaction between social and ecological systems as they manifest locally in St Helena Bay. The growing integration of the West Coast has brought rapid change in the form of industrial production, urban development and …
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Sustainable Development of Small-Scale Fisheries and the Need for Strong Measures to Protect Small-Scale Fisheries in International Trade Law
The small-scale fisheries sector makes a valuable contribution to livelihoods and food security, particularly in under-resourced countries. Yet small-scale fishers and fishing communities are often vulnerable and marginalised, and the small-scale sector is largely ignored by governments providing …
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Characteristics of fishers: a case study of Zeekoevlei, Cape Town
… the behavioural patterns and motivations of the fishers are. This study focused on understanding the human dimensions of fishing at Zeekoevlei, focusing on who the fishers are and why they engage in fishing. It also addressed the source of conflicts at Zeekoevlei. The management of Zeekoevlei and …
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Social vulnerability of fishing communities in the southern Cape to change, including additional pressures of COVID-19
… and livelihood of millions of people including small-scale fishers (SSFs). However, these communities are faced with many challenges such as resource scarcity, climate change and variability, policy and regulation and the more recent COVID-19 pandemic. This dissertation examines the social …
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Salt of the Earth: Salt as a Driver for Social-Ecological Change in the Communities of the Olifants River Estuary
… . The issues present can be described in two scales: The first, on a broader ecological scale, the ongoing expansion of mines across the West Coast threatens highly biodiverse habitats that support both ecological and human communities. The proposed new mines East and West of the Olifants …
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