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Author: Kosamu, I.B.M.
Title: Management of small-scale fisheries in developing countries : The case of Elephant Marsh in Malawi
Issue Date: 2017-06-13
Management of Small-Scale Fisheries in Developing
Countries: The case of Elephant Marsh in Malawi
© 2017, Ishmael B. M. Kosamu, Leiden University
Cover photos: Ishmael B.M. Kosamu Photos: Ishmael B.M. Kosamu ISBN: 978-90-5191-180-0
Management of Small-Scale Fisheries in Developing Countries: The case of
Elephant Marsh in Malawi
P ROEFSCHRIFT
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden,
op gezag van de Rector Magnificus prof.mr. C.J.J.M. Stolker volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties
ter verdedigen op dinsdag 13 juni 2017 klokke 15.00 uur
door
ISHMAEL BOBBY MPHANGWE KOSAMU geboren te Dowa, Malawi
in 1975
Promotiecommissie
Promotores: Prof. dr. W. T. de Groot (Radboud Univ. Nijmegen / Universiteit Leiden) Prof. dr. G. R. de Snoo (Universiteit Leiden)
Co-promotor: Dr. P. S. Kambewa (University of Malawi)
Overige leden: Prof. dr. J. M. Bavinck (Universiteit van Amsterdam/ Norges Arktisk Universiteit Tromso, Norway)
Dr. D. J. Snelder (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Prof. dr. H. H. de Iongh (Universiteit Antwerpen / Universiteit Leiden) Prof. dr. A. Tukker (Universiteit Leiden)
Prof. dr. P. M. van Bodegom (Universiteit Leiden)
To my late grandfathers:
Ishmael Mphangwe Snr. and White Chilumpha
Table of Contents
General Introduction ... 9
1.1. Introduction ... 9
1.2. Objective ...13
1.3. Study Area ...14
1.4. Fieldwork Methodology...18
1.5. Thesis Outline ...21
References ...21
Institutions and Ecosystem-Based Development Potentials of the Elephant Marsh, Malawi ... 27
Abstract ...28
2.1. Introduction ...29
2.2. Ecosystem Services ...30
2.3. The People and Their Traditions ...32
2.4. Management Arrangements ...33
2.5. Ecosystem-Based Potentials of the Elephant Marsh ...38
2.6. Towards Co-Management of the Elephant Marsh? ...40
2.7. Concluding Remarks ...43
References ...44
Conditions for sustainability of small-scale fisheries in developing countries .... 51
Abstract ...52
3.1. Introduction ...53
3.2. Methodology ...59
3.3. Results and Discussion ...71
3.4. Implications for future policy direction and fisheries management practice ...73
Acknowledgements...74
References ...74
Conditions for Sustainability of the Elephant Marsh Fishery in Malawi ... 81
Abstract ...82
4.1. Introduction ...83
4.2. Small-Scale Fisheries Management in Developing Countries ...86
4.3. Study Area ...91
4.6. Conclusions ... 100
Acknowledgments ... 100
References ... 101
Actor-based design of a management system for the Elephant Marsh Fishery in Malawi ... 105
Abstract ... 106
5.1. Introduction ... 107
5.2. Methodology ... 108
5.3. Results ... 114
5.4. Towards an empirically based management institution: weak, local and amorphous . 120 5.5. Conclusion ... 123
Acknowledgment ... 123
References ... 124
Synthesis and Outlook ... 127
6.1. Synthesis of the preceding Chapters ... 127
6.2. Outlook: Towards a marsh-wide fisheries ‘Authority’? ... 132
6.3. Lessons for small-scale fisheries management in developing countries ... 136
6.4 Conclusions ... 137
References ... 138
