TY - BOOK ID - 10002121 TI - Artisanal fishers on the Kenyan coast : household livelihoods and marine resource management AU - Hoorweg, Jan. AU - Wangila, Barasa. AU - Degen, A. Allan PY - 2009 SN - 9004178082 9786612606090 9047444981 1282606093 9789047444985 9789004178083 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Fisheries --Kenya. KW - Fishers --Kenya --Economic conditions. KW - Marine resources --Kenya --Management. KW - Small-scale fisheries --Kenya. KW - Fishers KW - Fisheries KW - Small-scale fisheries KW - Marine resources KW - Labor & Workers' Economics KW - Business & Economics KW - Economic conditions KW - Management KW - Economic conditions. KW - Management. KW - Ocean KW - Ocean resources KW - Resources, Marine KW - Sea resources KW - Artisanal fisheries KW - Artisanal fishing KW - Small-scale fishing KW - Coastal fisheries KW - Commercial fisheries KW - Commercial fishing industry KW - Farms, Fish KW - Fish farms KW - Fishery industry KW - Fishery methods KW - Fishing industry KW - Freshwater fisheries KW - Inland fisheries KW - Large-scale fisheries KW - Marine fisheries KW - Marine recreational fisheries KW - Recreational fisheries KW - Sea fisheries KW - Sea fishing industry KW - Sport fisheries KW - Anglers KW - Fishermen KW - Economic aspects KW - Aquatic resources KW - Commercial products KW - Marine biology KW - Natural resources KW - Oceanography KW - Aquaculture KW - Wildlife utilization KW - Fishery sciences KW - Fishes KW - Persons KW - Sports persons KW - Sportspersons KW - Sociology of environment KW - Hunting. Fishery. Aquaculture KW - Kenya UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:10002121 AB - Overexploitation of natural resources is often associated with poverty among local populations. A multi-disciplinary team studied artisanal fishers along the Kenyan coast on the Indian Ocean. The main focus of the research was on income diversification of fishers, the pressure on marine resources and the relation between the two. Income diversification did not reduce the pressure on the marine environment. Rather, indications are that many part-time fishers are entering the profession. Moreover, fishers with alternative employment stayed in-shore and used damaging gear more often. Policies to stimulate employment opportunities for coastal communities cannot be expected to lessen the pressure on marine resources and need to be planned carefully in terms of industry location, labour requirements and degree of coastal pollution. ER -