EJF, Environmental Justice Foundation (2025) Fishers' rights matter: Mapping small-scale fisheries landing and smoking sites in Liberia to assess environmental and legal risks to their tenure rights. Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF).
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The small-scale fisheries (SSF) sector in Liberia plays a critical role in the livelihoods of coastal communities, contributing significantly to food security, employment, and poverty alleviation. However, the sector faces mounting challenges, including illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, coastal erosion, habitat degradation, and land tenure insecurity. This study, commissioned by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) under the European Union-funded "Communities for Fisheries" project, aims to assess these challenges by mapping SSF fish landing and smoking sites across four coastal counties: Grand Cape Mount, Margibi, Grand Bassa, and Grand Kru. The analysis employed a participatory rural appraisal (PRA) approach, geospatial analysis using tools such as Google Earth Pro and ArcGIS Pro, and field observations. Data were collected through group interviews, consultations with key stakeholders, and satellite imagery analysis to map fish landing and smoking sites and develop Territorial Use Rights for Fisheries (TURF) boundaries. Environmental, socioeconomic, and governance-related threats were also identified and categorised.
| Item Type: | Books |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Fishing Rights, Mapping, Small-scale Fisheries, Fish Landing Sites, Liberia, Tenure Rights, Territorial Use Rights for Fisheries (TURFs), Capacity Building |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2026 07:17 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Feb 2026 07:17 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/22555 |
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