Fishers; Individual perceived wellbeing; Prohibited gears; Property rights; Southern Benin; Geography, Planning and Development; Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Energy Engineering and Power Technology; Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Abstract :
[en] In southern Benin, the rapid growth of demographics and the need for fishery products have forced public managers to adopt various management measures in the face of anti-ecological methods used by fishers; however, these strategies are often formulated independent from the context. These measures have not remained without consequence on the daily lives of fishers. This paper examines factors influencing fishers’ individual perceived wellbeing satisfaction using the social-ecological system framework. Data on 205 small-scale fishers’ demographic information, perception of job, and individual wellbeing satisfaction and governance subsystems were collected and analysed by the use of an ordered logistic regression. The results demonstrate that job satisfaction and ownership of water bodies (in contradiction to Ostrom’s advocation for commons management) affected fishers’ individual perceived wellbeing satisfaction. Fishers likely value ownerships, affecting their perceived wellbeing mainly in the South East. The prohibition of certain fishing gear decreases fishers’ individual perceived wellbeing, indicating their attachment to these. Therefore, the question remains as to whether or not the scenarios of eco-sustainability of artisanal fisheries can be managed in the same manner as those related urban dwellers and the public sector. This is in particular reference to the line between urban land property rights, urban dwellers and the state, and property rights on water bodies, fishers, and the state.
Kpanou, Sètondji Ben-Vital Kolawolé ✱; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Modélisation et développement ; Université d'Abomey-Calavi > Faculté des sciences agronomiques > Laboratoire d’Economie Rurale et de Gestion des Exploitations Agricoles
Dedehouanou, Houinsou ✱; Laboratoire d’Economie Rurale et de Gestion des Exploitations Agricoles, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin
Kpenavoun Chogou, Sylvain ✱; Laboratoire d’Etude sur la Pauvreté et la Performance de l’Agriculture, Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin
Aoudji, Augustin K. N. ✱; Laboratoire d’Economie et de développement Rural, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Université de Liège, Gembloux, Belgium
Dogot, Thomas ✱; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département GxABT > Modélisation et développement
✱ These authors have contributed equally to this work.
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