Fisheries co-management as empowerment |
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| Institution: | 1. Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA;2. Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA;3. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Ernakulam, India;4. M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Nagappattinam, India;1. Comunidad y Biodiversidad, A. C. Calle Isla del Peruano No. 215 Col. Lomas de Miramar, Guaymas, Sonora, 85448, Mexico;2. Environmental Defense Fund México, Revolución No. 345, E/5 de Mayo y Constitución Col. Centro, La Paz, Baja California Sur, 23000, Mexico;3. Sociedad de Historia Natural Niparajá, A. C. Calle Revolución de 1910 No. 430 entre Guerrero y Colegio Militar, Colonia El Esterito. La Paz, Baja California Sur, 23080, Mexico;1. School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia;2. CouttsJ&R, PO Box 2681, Toowoomba, Queensland 4350, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Empowerment is both a condition and a goal of fisheries co-management. In this paper I attempt to explain what empowerment means, what it requires, and what can be expected from it. The concept emphasizes psychological as well as sociological factors. It works at an individual and a collective level. For fisheries co-management to become sustainable, empowerment must occur at both levels. Thus, co-management entails more than institutional design and participatory democracy. It also requires capacity enhancement. The good news is that these processes are mutually dependent and reinforcing. They should therefore proceed hand in hand, and it does not matter very much which of them is undertaken first. |
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