Volume 67

CARIFICO: Indirect Input Challenges Towards Strengthening Fisher Cohesion During a FAD Co-management Project


Authors
Mikuni, N. and I. Mitsuhiro
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Date: November, 2014


Pages: 63 - 66


Event: Proceedings of the Sixty seven Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute


City: Christ Church


Country: Barbados

Abstract

The Fisheries industry provides employment and a valuable source of animal protein for consumption by Caribbean people. Co-management is considered an effective way of fisheries management and the social cohesion among fishers is identified as an important attribute contributing to the success of co-management. There are very few good examples of co-management in the Caribbean region and the question is how to strengthen the social cohesion. The Caribbean Fisheries Co-management (CARIFICO) Project is a collaborative initiative to develop suitable Fisheries Co-management approach(es) as pilot activities and to share these appropriately in the Caribbean region. CARIFICO is constructed on following two assumptions; indirect activities will promote trusting relationship among fishers and fishers organizations are strengthened and strengthened fishers organization will contribute Co-management activities. The project draws on experiences in Okinawa where it has been ascertained that social cohesion among fishers and their capacity for fisheries management are strengthened through economic activities within Fisheries Cooperatives. To validate the hypothetical model, a path analysis was designed using the information collected by questionnaire and interview with fishers. In the analysis, eight factors were identified as important. The results suggest that Legal and system supports by Fishery Departments as well as sense of solidarity significantly contribute to the formation of FAD groups. Noting that this analysis does not account for any indirect effects of factors which can influence the dependent variable, the assumptions made by the CARIFICO project were considered to be only partially verified.

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