Migrant fishers of Pemba: Drivers,impacts and mediating factors |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Natural Sciences, Linnaeus University, 391 82 Kalmar, Sweden;2. School of Environmental and Earth Sciences, Pwani University, P.O. Box 195, Kilifi, Kenya;3. Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Fahrenheitstr. 6, d-28359 Bremen, Germany;4. Kenya Marine and Research Institute, P.O. Box 81651 – 80100, Mombasa, Kenya;5. CDC-Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya;1. Marine Biology, Ecology & Biodiversity, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium;2. Institut Halieutiques et des Science Marines (IH.SM), Université de Toliara BP 141 - Route du Port, Avenue de France, Tuléar, 601, Madagascar;3. Systems Ecology & Resource Management Unit, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 50, 1050, Brussels, Belgium;4. General Botany & Nature Management, Biology Department, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium;1. Leibniz Centre for Marine Tropical Ecology GmbH, Fahreihstrasse 6, 28359 Bremen, Germany;2. Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park, P.O. BOX 845, Mtwara, Tanzania;1. School of Natural Sciences, Linnaeus University, 391 82 Kalmar, Sweden;2. The Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory 0909, Australia;3. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Arafura Timor Research Facility, Darwin, Northern Territory 0810, Australia;4. Stockholm Resilience Center, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden;5. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Box 50005, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Most of the fishers of coastal East Africa particularly among the Bajuni, Kojani, Macua and Vezo ethnic communities have historically practiced migration. This study explores the strategies used by migrant fishers’ of Pemba in the Western Indian Ocean region. By adopting a modified sustainable livelihoods framework (SLF), the study uses in-depth interviews and questionnaires to explore the life histories of the fishers in migrant communities, their motivations to migrate, and their associated socioeconomic and ecological implications. Results point out to a complexity of factors contributing to migration including natural, to economic and social factors. Interaction of such factors is instrumental in shaping fisher migration as an activity into an important livelihood strategy. The study concludes that SLF provides holistic understanding of migration. However the incorporation of the ‘livelihood spaces’ extends this knowledge by integrating the spectrum of spatial aspects. This understanding is critical in the design of policies and interventions necessary to ensure resource sustainability and secure fishers livelihoods. This multi-method approach is critical in empirical study of fisher migration. |
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| Keywords: | Migrant fishers Mediating factors Impacts Pemba Policy ‘Livelihood space’ |
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