The vulnerability approach is an analytical framework used to assess the impacts caused by changes in socio-ecosystems that are often linked to large external natural events. The vulnerability approach is mobilized by the sciences that deal with the management of environmental risks with the aim to determine the conditions allowing...
Après avoir succinctement présenté l'évolution récente et la situation actuelle de la pêche comorienne, on tentera de s'interroger sur les principes autour desquels on peut promouvoir un développement du secteur halieutique, qui dépasse la juxtaposition ou la succession des projets de développement. Pour des sociétés littorales qui, malgré le contexte...
The international institutional context for fishery management in the Mediterranean is changing due to the evolution of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean and the review of the Common Fisheries Policy due in 2002. This changing context offers an ideal opportunity to re-consider the fundamental fishery management strategy. It...
It cannot be said that aquaculture has ignored sustainable development (SD), judging by the number of standards, guides and indicators devoted to it, produced mainly under the aegis of international organizations such as FAO, The European Union and some NGOs. However, these continue to be perceived in large measure as...
An international symposium devoted to Research and small-scale fisheries (Durand, Lemoalle, Weber,
1991) in Montpellier (France) in 1989 came from increasing evidence that “the complexity of small scale
fisheries calls for applying knowledge from many fields in combined studies that can take advantage of a
whole range of information”. Has...
In April 1997, the Council of the European Union (EU) initiated a debate about Community fishing agreements (CFAs). In its conclusions, the Council invited "the Commission to undertake an analysis of the costs and benefits of fishing agreements with the Community". The overall aim is to provide pertinent information to...
L'augmentation de la demande des ressources naturelles littorales entraîne des situations de plus en plus nombreuses de proche cohabitation entre plusieurs usages côtiers. Le développement de ces usages s'est réalisé à des époques différentes ou de façon contemporaine mais en parfaite harmonie, jusqu'à un certain point d'occupation spatiale et d'accaparation...
Fishing is one of the most intensively regulated industries in the U.S. economy. Theoretically, regulating an industry
means subjecting it to the rule of law: treating those with an interest in the resource fairly while preserving the public interest
in public order, economic efficiency, and conservation. There are, however, two...