Thumbnail Image

Izarasoa Sy Ny Dinan'andavakorana

Year of publication 2016

Pages 13 p.

Author NGO, A.

Publisher FAO/IOC ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Situated in the remote Anosy region of southeast Madagascar, Sainte Luce is a small fishing community which for generations has relied on fish and lobsters catches for their livelihood. Historically, lobsters were always plentiful, yet in recent years things began to change - stocks declined, catches became smaller and consequently it became more and more difficult for people to earn a living and feed their families from lobster fishing. The fishermen of Sainte Luce made the brave decision to st and and face this challenge. The slogan of the Sainte Luce fishermen is "Model Fishermen - Example to others". Sainte Luce and Azafady, an NGO partner, are proud to produce this educational booklet to tell their story. We hope through this to raise awareness of how other fishermen in Madagascar, and all over the world, can pursue similar initiatives as the Sainte Luce fishermen, to manage their marine resources sustainably. We hope that the story of Limby and Zarasoa will inspire adults and chil dren alike to face the challenges experienced by coastal communities and, like those in our story, find a way to manage their marine resources for the benefit of their communities, ensuring that lobsters are still caught off the coast of Madagascar for many years to come. This project would not have been possible without the support and finances of FAO and IOC-Smartfish Programme, nor without the commitment of the Riaky Committee in Sainte Luce and the support of the 400 fishermen who live there .

Language Malagasy

Also available in:
No results found.

Related items

Showing items related by metadata.

  • Thumbnail Image
    Document
    Management of the lobster fishery in Madagascar 2014
    Also available in:
    FAO and the IOC launched the Oratsimba Project in Sainte Luce to develop a simple and reproducible model of sustainable community management of the lobster fishery. This initiative integrates the sector dimension through the association of actors who locally control the purchase and export of lobsters, and also takes into account the articulation of regulatory arsenals between local and national levels.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Book (stand-alone)
    Putting into practice an ecosystem approach to managing sea cucumber fisheries 2010
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    Boom-and-bust cycles are commonplace in the exploitation history of sea cucumber fisheries but pandemic overfishing to critical levels now threatens the persistence of breeding stocks for future generations of coastal fishers. Resource managers must embrace an ecosystem approach to fisheries, in which biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services and the concerns of stakeholders are taken into account alongside of the productivity of stocks and the economic gains from fishing. This document is an abridged version of FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 520 Managing Sea Cucumber Fisheries with an Ecosystem Approach. This booklet provides a “roadmap” for developing and implementing better management of sea cucumber fisheries. A set of management regulations and actions by the resource manager are needed in all fisheries and will depend on the way in which animals are fished, the status of stocks, and the technical and human resource capacity of management institutions. Als o summarised here are the merits and limitations of potential management regulations and actions by the resource manager, and steps required for their implementation.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Document
    Achieving Blue Growth through Implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries 2015
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    The 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, more commonly known as the Rio Summit, was instrumental in focusing international attention on achieving sustainable development, with a new interest in safeguarding our natural resources for future generations. The resulting shift in public debate prepared the way for a long-discussed improved integration of conservation and environmental considerations into fisheries management. The Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries was drafted, negotiated, and adopted by FAO member countries to serve this purpose. It served as the basis for the development of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries and Aquaculture. The Code recognises the nutritional, economic, social, environmental and cultural importance of fisheries and aquaculture, and the interests of all those concerned with the fishery sector.
Show more

Users also downloaded

Showing related downloaded files

No results found.