Seeing Through Fishers’ Lenses

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dc.contributor.authorMoshy, Victoria H.
dc.contributor.authorBryceson, Ian
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-22T17:12:33Z
dc.date.available2016-09-22T17:12:33Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractInsights from traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of the marine environment are difficult to integrate into conventional science knowledge (CSK) initiatives. Where TEK is integrated into CSK at all, it is usually either marginalized or restricted to CSK modes of interpretation, hence limiting its potential contribution to the understanding of social-ecological systems. This study uses semi-directive interviews, direct observations, and structured open-ended questionnaires (n = 103) to explore TEK of marine ecological changes occurring within the Mafia Island Marine Park, Tanzania, and factors contributing to these changes. It illuminates TEK insights that can be valuable in parallel with CSK to provide a more nuanced understanding of ecological changes. In some areas, fishers observed coral reef growth, increased fish abundance, and increased sea temperatures, whereas in others, they reported decreases in sea level, coral cover, fish abundance, catch composition, catch quantities, and fish size. They associated these changes with interrelated factors emanating from environmental processes, conservation outcomes, marketing constraints, population dynamics, and disappearance of cultural traditions. Utilizing TEK without restricting it to CSK modes of interpretation has the potential to improve CSK initiatives by promoting complementarity and mutual enrichment between the two kinds of knowledge, thereby contributing new insights that may enhance adaptive management and resilience in social-ecological systems.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMoshy, V.H. and Bryceson, I., 2016. Seeing Through Fishers’ Lenses. SAGE Open, 6(2), p.2158244016641716.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/2158244016641716
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4257
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.subjectFishers’ knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectSocial-ecological systemsen_US
dc.subjectMarine fisheriesen_US
dc.subjectMarine ecological changesen_US
dc.subjectMarine protected areasen_US
dc.titleSeeing Through Fishers’ Lensesen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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