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- Title
Market-resource Links and Fish Vendor Livelihoods in the Upper Zambezi River Floodplains.
- Authors
Abbott, James; Campbell, Lisa; Hay, Clinton; Næsje, Tor; Purvis, John
- Abstract
This paper examines small-scale fish vending in a southern African floodplain from two perspectives: as a link between natural resource use and consumption, and as a livelihood in itself. We used a combination of observation, surveys and semistructured interviews in a market in Katima Mulilo, Namibia, to determine sources of fish, preferences and constraints to vending, average investment and profit, as well different routes into fish vending and perceptions regarding vending. Most vendors come from fishing households, but their stock is often an accumulation of purchases from other fishers. There is little evidence of formal arrangements between fishers and vendors, yet most adapt to the highly variable natural and social environments of the region. Although all vendors ranked selling fish as their most important livelihood activity, a wide range of investment and profit exists among individuals. Our findings indicate that fisheries management proposed for the area must be developed with a careful understanding of how changes in access and use will affect vending livelihoods.
- Subjects
ZAMBEZI River; NAMIBIA; FLOODPLAINS; NATURAL resources; FISHES; FISHERS; AQUATIC resources; FISHING; AQUATIC animals
- Publication
Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2007, Vol 35, Issue 5, p559
- ISSN
0300-7839
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10745-006-9102-5