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The Challenges and Potential of the Fisheries Co-Management Programmes in Malawi: Case of Lake Malombe Participatory Fisheries Management Programme

Creator:: Njaya, Friday Jack
Abstract:: Fish resource management system in Malawi has undergone several changes for nearly a century. The conventional centralised fisheries management system was introduced after the colonial rule through a mandated Fisheries Department, taking over the whole responsibility of controlling exploitation of fisheries resources from the traditional powers. The major focus at...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: southern tip of Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe and Upper Shire River. This represented a substantial loss to

Journey to Sustainable Fisheries Management: Organizational and Institutional Limitations in Fisheries Co-management, the Case of Lakes Malombe and Chiuta in Malawi

Creator:: Donda, Steve
Abstract:: Fisheries resource management in Malawi, has so far gone through three types of management systems which can effectively be defined, if not more. In the pre-colonial era, fisheries resource management was under the control of traditional leaders, which fall under the Community Based Natural Resource Management System. Thereafter, up to...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: introduction of co- management in lake Malombe and Chiuta in Malawi. 1.1 Working definitions of

Participatory fisheries management program around lake malombe: status and lessons learnt

Creator:: Matiya, George and Wakabayashi, Yoshikazu
Abstract:: Participatory Fisheries Management (PFM) was introduced in fisheries management in Malawi in 1993 with Lake Malombe as a pilot site. After almost 10 years of implementation, the program has registered some positive achievements however some problems have surfaced that need to be addressed. Although the Fisheries Act was revised in...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: the southern tip of Lake Malawi before widening to form Lake Malombe(fig. 1). The lake has a surface

A comparative analysis of household owned woodlots and fuelwood sufficiency between female and male headed households : a pilot study in rural Malawi, Africa

Creator:: Chikoko, Mercy Gwazeni
Abstract:: Fuelwood is a basic need for rural households in Malawi. However, deforestation has reduced the quantity of forest products such as fuelwood available to households. This has negatively affected rural Malawian quality of life, especially for women who are forced to walk long distances to collect fuelwood, prepare foods with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Households: A Pilot Study in Rural Malawi, Africa Abstract approved: Geraldine I Olson Fuelwood is a basic

Analysis of Power in Fisheries Co-Management: Experience from Lake Chilwa, Malawi

Creator:: Njaya, Friday Jack
Abstract:: In this article I analyse Lake Chilwa co-management arrangement in Malawi through the lenses of the concept of power. The analysis is at the local level where majority of the important actors operate. These include the fishing communities, Department of Fisheries, traditional leaders and the new local management entities created...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: Southern Lake Malawi, 1920-1964, African Affairs, 95, pp. 351-377. Cornwall, Andrea 2002, Making

Towards Development of a Transboundary Fisheries Co-Management: Lessons from Lake Chiuta

Creator:: Njaya, Friday
Abstract:: This paper presents key lessons from development of a transboundary fisheries co-management (TFC) on Lake Chiuta, shared between Malawi and Mozambique. Since the mid-1990s when fisheries co-management was introduced on the Malawian side of the lake, there had been conflicts between fishing communities from both countries. The conflicts mainly centred...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: Strategy: Mangochi, Malawi. NETCAB CBNRM Best Practices Project support to the Lake Chiuta Collaborative

Governance, Decentralization and Co-Management: Lessons From Africa

Creator:: Béné, Christophe, Emma, Belal, Baba, Malloum Ousman, Ovie, Solomon, Raji, Aminu, Malasha, Isaac, Andi, Mamane Na, and Russell, Aaron
Abstract:: Today, decentralization and democratic participation are presented as necessary conditions to achieve poverty alleviation and ensure the sustainable use of our diminishing natural resources. In small-scale fisheries, similar ideas predominate and decentralization has become the new management paradigm through the concepts of community-based and co-management. In this paper, we present...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: participatory fisheries management within district decentralisation: the case of Mangochi District, Malawi

Fluctuating Fisheries in Africa's Inland Waters: Well Adapted Livelihoods, Maladapted Management

Creator:: Sarch, Marie-Therese and Allison, Edward H.
Abstract:: This paper evaluates evidence that fish stocks in Africa's inland waters are climate-driven and cannot be stabilized by conventional fisheries management measures. We draw on published material and our own recent and on-going research in Lake Chad and the East African Great Lakes area to propose that fisherfolk's livelihood strategies...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: Malombe and Southern Lake Malawi (Sholtz et al, 1998, Chirwa, 1998), the option to move fishing

Determining high potential aquaculture production areas - Analysis of key socio-economic adoption factors

Creator:: Pemsl, Diemuth E., Dey, Madan M., Paraguas, Ferdinand J., and Lal Bose, Manik
Abstract:: Global aquaculture production increased with an average rate of 10% per year since 1990 and 90% of aquaculture production comes from developing countries thus providing livelihood and income especially to marginal groups who have limited access to resources such as agricultural land and financial capital. Geographical information systems (GIS) based...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: from the major water bodies (e.g. Lake Malawi, Chilwa, and Malombe and large rivers such as Chire

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The Challenges and Potential of the Fisheries Co-Management Programmes in Malawi: Case of Lake Malombe Participatory Fisheries Management Programme

Journey to Sustainable Fisheries Management: Organizational and Institutional Limitations in Fisheries Co-management, the Case of Lakes Malombe and Chiuta in Malawi

Participatory fisheries management program around lake malombe: status and lessons learnt

A comparative analysis of household owned woodlots and fuelwood sufficiency between female and male headed households : a pilot study in rural Malawi, Africa

Analysis of Power in Fisheries Co-Management: Experience from Lake Chilwa, Malawi

Towards Development of a Transboundary Fisheries Co-Management: Lessons from Lake Chiuta

Governance, Decentralization and Co-Management: Lessons From Africa

Fluctuating Fisheries in Africa's Inland Waters: Well Adapted Livelihoods, Maladapted Management

Determining high potential aquaculture production areas - Analysis of key socio-economic adoption factors

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