Understanding the cultures of fishing communities: a key to fisheries management and food security.

The purpose of this paper is to help fisheries officials better understand the cultures of small-scale fishing communities. By doing so they will be better prepared to develop more successful management policies and practices, and to help people in such communities to have more decent lives. The paper discusses cultural characteristics of small-scale fishing communities that are particularly important for fisheries officials to understand. Methods which might help fisheries managers to obtain trustworthy and reliable information about fishing cultures in an ethical manner are also suggested, including methods for rapidly acquiring important information while working within tight budgetary and time constraints. Recommendations appearing near the end of the paper provide guidance concerning how the foregoing objectives can be achieved, underscoring the importance of sustaining small-scale fishers’ rights of access to fisheries resources while making their cultures integral considerat ions in fisheries-management policies and practices. Six case studies of contemporary small-scale fishing communities from distinct world-culture regions are annexed at the end, richly exemplifying many of the issues discussed in the paper.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	McGoodwin, J.R.;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division
Format:	Book (series) biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	2001
Online Access:	https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/Y1290E http://www.fao.org/3/a-y1290e.HTM
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