From vulnerability to viability: A situational analysis of small-scale fisheries in Asia and Africa

Ana Carolina Esteves Dias; Derek Armitage; Prateep Kumar Nayak; Shehu Latunji Akintola; Evans Kwasi Arizi; Ratana Chuenpagdee; Basanta Kumar Das; Sabiha Ahmed Diba; Raktima Ghosh; Moenieba Isaacs; Gazi Md Nurul Islam; Alioune Kane; Yinji Li; Moffat Mzama Manase; Ahmadou Aly Mbaye; Paul Onyango; Sarmistha Pattanaik; Aliou Sall; Indah Susilowati; Sika Abrokwah; Denis Worlanyo Aheto; Olajumoke Akiode; Afful Chineboaba Araba; Foluke Omotayo Areola; Frederick Ato Armah; Esinam Attipoe; Aliyu Hamza Danagalan; Piyashi DebRoy; Alyne Delaney; Mariama Dieng; Kafayat A. Fakoya; Aini Nur Furoida; Cheikh Amadou Bamba Gaye; Adama Gueye; Fama Gueye; Mafaniso Hara; Haseeb Md Irfanullah; Taofeek Iyanda; Kungwan Juntarashote; Ayorinde Kappo; Ishmael B.M. Kosamu; Hapsari Ayu Kusumawardhani; Tracey Lee; Fatou Gueye; Jenia Mukherjee; Tamano Namikawa; Sachiko Harada; Friday J. Njaya; Pranaya Kumar Parida; Betty Ngui Chiew Pieng; Made Ika Prasetyadewi; Erwin Prayogi; Daniel Quilter; Syed Tauheed Raihan; Aparna Roy; Alberta Ama Sagoe; Madalo Esther Samati; Clement Sambou; Revarunan Sammogam; Alassane Sarr; Khady Yama Sarr; Suvaluck Satumanatpan; Izumi Seki; Samiya A. Selim; Amrita Sen; Oumar Sow; I. Gusti Lanang Tantra; Suphakarn Traesupap; Vanessa Warren; Batuli Mohammed Yahya; Thamasak Yeemin; Sevil Berenji; Jessica Blythe; Alida Bundy; Simron Singh

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105731

From vulnerability to viability: A situational analysis of small-scale fisheries in Asia and Africa

Ana Carolina Esteves Dias
, Derek Armitage
, Prateep Kumar Nayak
, Shehu Latunji Akintola
, Evans Kwasi Arizi
, Ratana Chuenpagdee
, Basanta Kumar Das
, Sabiha Ahmed Diba
, Raktima Ghosh
, Moenieba Isaacs
, Gazi Md Nurul Islam
, Alioune Kane
, Yinji Li
, Moffat Mzama Manase
, Ahmadou Aly Mbaye
, Paul Onyango
, Sarmistha Pattanaik
, Aliou Sall
, Indah Susilowati
, Sika Abrokwah

Denis Worlanyo Aheto, Olajumoke Akiode, Afful Chineboaba Araba, Foluke Omotayo Areola, Frederick Ato Armah, Esinam Attipoe, Aliyu Hamza Danagalan, Piyashi DebRoy, Alyne Delaney, Mariama Dieng, Kafayat A. Fakoya, Aini Nur Furoida, Cheikh Amadou Bamba Gaye, Adama Gueye, Fama Gueye, Mafaniso Hara, Haseeb Md Irfanullah, Taofeek Iyanda, Kungwan Juntarashote, Ayorinde Kappo, Ishmael B.M. Kosamu, Hapsari Ayu Kusumawardhani, Tracey Lee, Fatou Gueye, Jenia Mukherjee, Tamano Namikawa, Sachiko Harada, Friday J. Njaya, Pranaya Kumar Parida, Betty Ngui Chiew Pieng, Made Ika Prasetyadewi, Erwin Prayogi, Daniel Quilter, Syed Tauheed Raihan, Aparna Roy, Alberta Ama Sagoe, Madalo Esther Samati, Clement Sambou, Revarunan Sammogam, Alassane Sarr, Khady Yama Sarr, Suvaluck Satumanatpan, Izumi Seki, Samiya A. Selim, Amrita Sen, Oumar Sow, I. Gusti Lanang Tantra, Suphakarn Traesupap, Vanessa Warren, Batuli Mohammed Yahya, Thamasak Yeemin, Sevil Berenji, Jessica Blythe, Alida Bundy, Simron Singh

University of Waterloo
Lagos State University
University of Cape Coast Ghana
Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland
ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
University of the Western Cape
Universiti Tun Abdul Razak
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Tokai University
Department of Fisheries
Dar es Salaam University College of Education
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Centre de Recherche - Développement des Technologies Intermédiaires de Pêche (CREDETIP)
Diponegoro University
Center for Ethics and Sustainable Development
National Boundary Commission
Tohoku University
TBTI Global Foundation
Obafemi Awolowo University
Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences
Japanese Institute of Fisheries Infrastructure and Communities
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Kutai Negara University
Fuze Ecoteer Outdoor Adventures Sdn Bhd
Creative Centre for Community Mobilisation (CRECCOM)
Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University
Ramkhamhaeng University
Brock University
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Institute of Marine Sciences University of Dar Es Salaam
Malawi College of Medicine

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Small-scale fisheries (SSF) support over 90% of the 120 million people engaged in capture fisheries globally. Despite their contributions, SSF communities are often economically and politically marginalised, are highly vulnerable to change, and until recently, remained largely invisible in policy debates in most countries and internationally. This paper undertakes a situational analysis of 12 countries with significant small-scale fisheries (i.e., Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malawi, Malaysia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, and Thailand) to better understand the context in which they might transition from vulnerability to viability. Several insights emerge from this analysis. First, we identify the social and ecological drivers of change that exacerbate vulnerability and undermine SSF viability by focusing on five key domains: economic/development, ecological and environmental, social and cultural, governance and management, and emerging issues. Second, we highlight several cross-cutting issues and challenges facing SSF, including increasing attention to gender and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, the situational analysis highlights several key policy and governance dimensions that are being explored in countries as potential enablers of more viable SSF. These include community-centered approaches and gender inclusion initiatives. Such governance interventions can also catalyze unintended vulnerabilities as vulnerability and viability are linked and dynamic processes. This situational analysis was co-developed as part of a global network of SSF researchers and practitioners across Africa and Asia. Outcomes of the situational analysis can be used to catalyze additional country and regional scale assessments and leverage opportunities for governance of small-scale fisheries.

Original language	English
Article number	105731
Journal	Marine Policy
Volume	155
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105731
Publication status	Published - Sept 2023

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 14 Life Below Water

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COVID-19
Climate change
Community-centered governance
Gender
Governance

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Dias, A. C. E., Armitage, D., Nayak, P. K., Akintola, S. L., Arizi, E. K., Chuenpagdee, R., Kumar Das, B., Diba, S. A., Ghosh, R., Isaacs, M., Islam, G. M. N., Kane, A., Li, Y., Manase, M. M., Mbaye, A. A., Onyango, P., Pattanaik, S., Sall, A., Susilowati, I., ... Singh, S. (2023). From vulnerability to viability: A situational analysis of small-scale fisheries in Asia and Africa. Marine Policy, 155, Article 105731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105731

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