The book offers a new perspective on the problem of poverty in small-scale fisheries, introducing innovative concepts and ideas and drawing upon recent knowledge generated by in-depth empirical case studies and makes explicit connections with the Sustainable Livelihood Approach and the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries - two prominent frameworks which are recognized, applied and promoted internationally by scholars, practitioners and donor agencies in their work on fisheries development. As well as offering important insights into the problem of poverty in small-scale fisheries and representing a contribution to the work of the `Sustainable Fisheries Livelihood Programme (SFLP)' in West Africa the book also represents a key source of up-to-date information and reference material for anybody interested or working in the fields of poverty and fisheries management in Developing Countries.
1. Introduction.- 2. The nature and causes of poverty: an overview.- 3. The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach: the importance of policies, institutions and process.- 4. Some poverty approaches and their applications to Senegal.- 5. Poverty in small-scale fisheries: A review and some further thoughts.- 6. The challenge of managing small-scale fisheries with reference to poverty alleviation.- 7. Poverty profiles of artisanal fishers: methods based on the SLA model.- 8. The sustainable livelihoods approach and the improvement of the living conditions of fishing communities: relevance, applicability and applications.- 9. Fisheries co-management and poverty alleviation in the context of the Sustainable Livelihood Approach; a case study in the fishing communities of Aby Lagoon in Côte d'Ivoire.- 10. Socio-economic impacts of different fisheries management strategies at the local level.- 11. Fisheries development, poverty alleviation and small-scale fisheries: a review of policy and performance in developing countries since 1950.- 12. Fisheries management, poverty alleviation and the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.- 13. The work of the Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (SFLP) in West Africa.- 14. Poverty in coastal fishing communities.
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This book offers new perspectives on poverty in small-scale fisheries, introducing innovative concepts and ideas and drawing upon recent knowledge generated by in-depth case studies. The text makes explicit connections with the Sustainable Livelihood Approach and the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries - two prominent frameworks which are recognized, applied and promoted internationally by scholars, practitioners and donor agencies in their work on fisheries development.
