Efficient management of small-scale fisheries resources demands adequate human and financial resources. This mainly relates to research and enforcement activities. Despite the resource constraint, the state has assumed the role of managing the fisheries resources. The emerging global trend, however, recommends cost recovery systems for sustainable fisheries management to achieve...
In this article I analyse a community-based small scale fisheries management (now becoming a co-management arrangement) for Mbenji Island located in the central part of Lake Malawi through the lenses of the concept of power. The analysis is at the local level where majority of the important actors operate. The...