Participatory fisheries management revisited: There are several governance reform challenges and prospects for the management of fisheries resources in Malawi’s Lake Malombe and Southern Lake Malawi

Njaya, Friday (2008) Participatory fisheries management revisited: There are several governance reform challenges and prospects for the management of fisheries resources in Malawi’s Lake Malombe and Southern Lake Malawi. Samudra Report (49). pp. 29-34. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

Participatory fisheries management (PFM), as widely understood in Malawi, is a governance type that entrenches participation of the user community in fish resource management. In PFM, the Department of Fisheries (DoF) and the fishing community are key partners who, in an ideal situation, agree on shared roles and responsibilities, and formulate the goals, objectives and strategies of a particular management regime. Of paramount importance to the process is the point that the government recognizes the rights and responsibilities of the local community to the appropriation of the resource. The local community should also have the ability to make management decisions on which resource to manage, who ought to be involved in the management, and size of the area where the resource is located.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0635
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Malawi, Fisheries Management, Governance, Fishing Communities, Fish Catch
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Chitti Babu ICSF
Date Deposited:	08 Oct 2021 07:30
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 05:36
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1206

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