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Drivers of Small-Scale Fishers’ Willingness to Adopt Property Rights Co-Management in the Lake Nokoué and Porto-Novo Lagoon Complex in Southeast Benin
Kpanou, Sètondji Ben-Vital Kolawolé; Kpenavoun Chogou, Sylvain; Hounnou, Fèmi E. et al.
2022In Fishes, 7 (5), p. 249
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Keywords :
fishers’ choices; management options; subsidy; Benin
Abstract :
[en] The estuarian and lagoon areas of southeast Benin are atypical lake territories where private property rights are hereditary from endogenous legal tradition. People live in stilt dwellings and are exclusively dedicated to free-to-access fishing. Consequently, an increasing number of fishers with low respect for the State’s general rules for sustainable fishing contribute to legal pluralism and the tragedy of the commons. Co-management of small-scale fisheries has been advocated to offer various benefits, including improved socio-ecological integration, shared sustainable livelihoods, and adherence to biodiversity objectives. This study aims to assess the factors that influence the willingness of small-scale fishers to adopt property rights co-management options in southeast Benin. The data were collected using the discrete choice experiment method. The results show that 44% of fishers are willing to adopt property rights co-management options. This willingness is determined by their involvement in the co-management committee, access to a subsidy and livelihood diversification options. These fishers are the oldest in the sample and primarily owners of Acadja, a traditional fishing tool made of bush and tree branches planted in the lake. Institutional agreements for co-management establishment, such as subsidies to support small-scale fishers’ livelihood diversification and capacity-building, must be set up to achieve co-management goals.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Kpanou, Sètondji Ben-Vital Kolawolé  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre
Kpenavoun Chogou, Sylvain 
Hounnou, Fèmi E. 
Aoudji, Augustin K. N.
Lalèyè, Philippe A. 
Dedehouanou, Houinsou
Dogot, Thomas ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > TERRA Research Centre > Modélisation et développement
Language :
English
Title :
Drivers of Small-Scale Fishers’ Willingness to Adopt Property Rights Co-Management in the Lake Nokoué and Porto-Novo Lagoon Complex in Southeast Benin
Alternative titles :
[fr] Facteurs déterminants de la volonté des petits pêcheurs d'adopter la cogestion des droits de propriété dans le complexe lagunaire du lac Nokoué et de Porto-Novo au sud-est du Bénin.
Original title :
[en] Drivers of Small-Scale Fishers’ Willingness to Adopt Property Rights Co-Management in the Lake Nokoué and Porto-Novo Lagoon Complex in Southeast Benin
Publication date :
22 September 2022
Journal title :
Fishes
eISSN :
2410-3888
Publisher :
MDPI AG
Volume :
7
Issue :
5
Pages :
249
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Development Goals :
14. Life below water
Funders :
ARES CCD - Académie de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur. Coopération au Développement [BE]
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