Grant, Sandra and Berkes, Fikret (2004) One hand cant clap': Combining scientific and local knowledge for improved Caribbean fisheries management. Digital Library of the Commons, Bloomington.
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This case study looks at three levels of management: community (Gouvaye), the nation state (Grenada) and regional/international (ICCAT). While the national and regional levels are well coordinated, the community level of management, and the knowledge held by fishers, is rarely taken into account. Decision making can be improved by creating a platform that facilitates adaptive learning, and sharing of scientific and local knowledge amongst the stakeholders. This grounded platform needs to be created first at the national level through participatory processes, and then used as a means to inform decisions at regional and international levels. This paper outlines a description of Gouyave longline fishery, learning and developing technological and ecological knowledge of the longline fishery, and discusses how the use of fishers' knowledge can be used to inform national and international policy and management of large/ocean pelagic species, using the issue of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) management regulations for large pelagic species in Grenada. It is hoped that by documenting fisher's knowledge of Gouyave longline fishers, will provide fishery managers in the region with practical ways to include fishers' knowledge in fisheries management and policy.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Class Number: | 500.ONE001 |
| Keywords: | Caribbean, Fisheries Management, Marine Resources, CPR, Migratory Species, ICCAT, Tuna, Stock Management, Fishing Communities, Fishing Regulations, Traditional Knowledge, Participatory Management, Decision Making, Grenada, Pelagic Fisheries, Baits, Traditional Knowledge |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Jeeva ICSF Rajan |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Mar 2022 10:46 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2022 10:46 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/10311 |
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