{"id":5660,"date":"2019-10-01T09:49:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T06:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=5660"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:34","slug":"local-communities-play-outsized-but-overlooked-role-in-global-fisheries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/10\/01\/local-communities-play-outsized-but-overlooked-role-in-global-fisheries\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Communities Play Outsized but Overlooked Role in Global Fisheries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By The Conversation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flying along the coast in Senegal, it&#8217;s impossible not to notice thousands of dots below in the water. These are large, planked fishing canoes, the product of centuries of design and tradition, and a vital part of the local economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the fishing crews come home,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fishermans-Blues-West-African-Community\/dp\/1594634866\" target=\"_blank\">Senegalese beaches<\/a>\u00a0come alive with activity. Women sort the catch and prepare it for sale in the local market or sell it to wholesalers who may put it on a truck to Dakar, the country&#8217;s capital. Young people sell drinks or help beach the canoes while others drive carts to carry fish to markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The canoes and fishing activities are only a small part of a large chain that begins with boat-building and net-making and ends with marketing and consumption of the catch, often in towns far away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These types of local fishery economies occur the world over but have often been overlooked or not well understood by policymakers when considering priorities for coastal towns and regions. Yet\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nicholasinstitute.duke.edu\/content\/strengthening-governance-small-scale-fisheries-initial-assessment-theory-and-practice\" target=\"_blank\">increasingly<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/toobigtoignore.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">international studies<\/a>\u00a0are focusing on local and\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fmars.2019.00236\/full\" target=\"_blank\">traditional fisheries<\/a>\u00a0and the value they bring to their communities. In many countries, artisanal or\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/local-fishing-rights-marine-reserves-a-better-approach-to-small-scale-fisheries-recovery-47025\" target=\"_blank\">small-scale fisheries<\/a>\u00a0represent most of the people working in fisheries, and in many developing countries they provide nearly\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/documents.worldbank.org\/curated\/en\/515701468152718292\/Hidden-harvest-the-global-contribution-of-capture-fisheries\" target=\"_blank\">half of the fish caught for human consumption.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/local-communities-global-fisheries-2640797405.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1\">Read more>>><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By The Conversation Flying along the coast in Senegal, it&#8217;s impossible not to notice thousands of dots below in the water. 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