Browsing by Author "Wamukota, Andrew"

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    Artisanal Fisher Migration Patterns in Coastal East Africa
    (Elsevier, 2016-01) Wanyonyi, Innocent N.; Wamukota, Andrew; Mesaki, Simeon; Guissamulo, Almeida T.
    Migration is a feature of most small-scale fisheries across the world and has previously been described inspatial and temporal terms. This study assessed spatial and temporal migration patterns of fishers inKenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique from October 2009 to March 2010 covering important migrant fi shersdestinations on the coast. The concentrations, fishing destinations, routes, frequency as well as sea-sonality of migrant fishers in each of the countries were assessed using 192 surveys at 9 sites and 127semi-structured interviews at 25 sites. Migrations in Kenya and Tanzania were mainly seasonal while inMozambique circular migrations were common and lasted far longer. Fishers from Pemba, Unguja andNampula were the most experienced migrant fishers in terms of the numbers involved and their abilityto migrate to distant destinations. The region is likely to experience increasing influxes of migrant fishersdue to increasing fi sher numbers, fisheries governance, and other factors that provide an environmentconducive to migration. The small scales of operation of the local co-management structures, the lack ofmonitoring ability and the limited knowledge about activities of migrant fishers requires a sharedregional approach in terms of fisheries management with specific attention to issues concerning migrantfishers.
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    A Quantitative Analysis of Co-Management Success Across the Indo-Pacific
    (International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, 2010) Rabearisoa, Ando; Sambaiga, Richard F.; Wamukota, Andrew; Daw, Tim; Cinner, Joshua
    Throughout the Indo-Pacific region, communities are increasingly empowered with the ability and responsibility of working with national governments to make decisions about their marine resources. In some instances, co-management arrangements have been successful at conserving marine resources by developing locally appropriate rules to limit overexploitation. These examples have often prompted widespread replication by governments, conservation groups, and sometimes communities themselves. However, this replication is often done without a fundamental understanding of why co-management may be successful under some conditions but unsuccessful under others. Thus a question of crucial importance to resource managers, stakeholders, and common property theorists alike is what factors enable some of these institutions to succeed while others fail? Drawing on common property and adaptive governance theories, we examine relationships between socioeconomic conditions, institutional design, and the effectiveness of collaborative management in 5 countries throughout the Indo-Pacific region. This innovative project takes a big picture comparative approach to a subject that has often been studied at a local scale.