Having briefly outlined some outstanding features of traditional fishing villages in South Kerala, the study shows the mechanisms by which the village of Sakthikulangara has radically been transformed under the impact of changes in the outside economy. High degree of uncertainty and...

Der Fischfang ist ein wichtiger Entwicklungsbereich für viele afrikanische Länder geworden. Seine Expansion erfordert jedoch, daß die Fischer ausreichend Zugang sowohl zu den Ressourcen als auch zu den Märkten und zur Technik haben. Der Staat und der Markt müssen eine ausgewogene Rolle...

During the 1990s, several important communities of small-scale fishermen along the Senegalese coastline have adopted effort-restraining schemes on their own initiative, a rare occurrence in this type of fisheries. The paper is an attempt to understand these experiences and, in particular, to...