Abraham, Abel Job and Khot, Ishaan and Deepak, Diya and Namboothri, Naveen (2025) Traditional systems and contemporary transitions on an oceanic island: Insights for participatory fisheries management from Minicoy Island, India. Maritime Studies, 24 (18).
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The incompatibility of centralised, exclusionary fisheries management systems with the diverse, mixed fisheries of tropical countries has led to a growing focus on participatory, community-driven management frameworks. While customary resource management systems gain global attention, little is known about the ecological and socioeconomic conditions sustaining them or the factors shaping their evolution. This paper looks at Minicoy Island in the Lakshadweep archipelago, where one of India’s few island-based common property management systems evolved over centuries. Its fisheries management system, based on traditional ecological knowledge, includes detailed, adaptive practices for spatial and temporal resource use, conflict resolution and benefit-sharing coordinated by strong local institutions. Drawing on five years of qualitative research, we analyse the preconditions enabling Minicoy’s customary systems and the factors driving their transitions. We discuss the insights arising from our exploration of this traditional governance system and their relevance to the theory and practice of contemporary participatory resource management.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Fisheries Management, Minicoy Island, India, Resource Management, Governance, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), Lakshadweep |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jun 2025 09:15 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2025 09:15 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/21928 |
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