Towards effective stakeholder participation in co-management through fisheries management clinics
Abstract
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A study was conducted to investigate the level of stakeholder participation in co-management of Lake
Tanganyika. This study was conducted in the two districts of Mpulungu and Nsama on the Zambian
water front. A total of 568 respondents were sampled at 5% confidence interval and 95% levels of
confidence. Data was collected using structured and semi-structured interviews and focus group
discussions. Analyses were run using SPSS and Excel computer software, and Classical Content
Analysis. Results of the study revealed that the fishery lacks well-informed, legitimate and transparent
stakeholder authority. To enhance success of co-management endeavours, there is need of having clearer
pictures of stakeholders, their influence patterns and power relations. The study recommends a
framework of fisheries management clinics as a tool for effective stakeholder participation in comanagement.
These clinics would offer on-going advisory services and would at the same time be a
preferred extension method.
Keywords
- area
- biological phenomena
- collective action
- Co-management
- decentralization
- economic systems
- fisheries
- imports
- influence
- Lake Tanganyika
- Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- manpower
- participation
- policies
- power
- public sector
- RUFORUM
- stakeholder
- surface water
- The Copperbelt University
- wood
- Zambia
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