Njifonjou O., Laloë Francis, Chaboud Christian, Simier Monique. (1999). Marine fisheries management in Cameroon : overview and perspectives for improvement of the survey system and data collection. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 56, p. 1033-1043. ICES Symposium on Confronting Uncertainty in the Evaluation and Implementation of Fisheries-Management Systems, Le Cap (ZAF), 1998/11/16-19. ISSN 1054-3139.
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Marine fisheries management in Cameroon : overview and perspectives for improvement of the survey system and data collection
ICES Journal of Marine Science, 1999,
56, p. 1033-1043 ISSN 1054-3139
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ICES Symposium on Confronting Uncertainty in the Evaluation and Implementation of Fisheries-Management Systems, Le Cap (ZAF), 1998/11/16-19
Since 1982, a data-collection system has been in place in Cameroon to obtain statistics for the small-scale marine fisheries sector. Surveys have been conducted in an attempt to determine the impact of fishing effort on the resources, and data collected refer mostly to catch and effort. Although such data may be used for analysis of resource dynamics, they are generally inappropriate for analysing fishing activity in terms of the dynamics of exploitation. The latter analysis is necessary in order to address questions on the developmental capacity of the fisheries sector. With such a collection system, the main sources of uncertainty come from a lack of knowledge of the socio-economic dynamics of fishing communities, including the dynamics of the fishing fleet and technology. Data on those factors are needed to evaluate the impact of resource state and of the socio-economics of the operation on the fishing mortality. More information is therefore needed and a more systematic approach to data collection has been taken. This new approach and its implementation are discussed, taking into consideration catch-effort data as well as the new surveys on fishing units and socio-economic dynamics. These last two include information on fishing strategies (through surveying a fixed set of fishing units), and processing and trade of fisheries products (through a sample of processors). Some results obtained from these data are presented, and their usefulness for fisheries development and management is discussed. (Résumé d'auteur)
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Appliquées à la pêche [040INFSTA01]
Descripteurs
GESTION DES PECHES ; PECHE ARTISANALE ; EXPLOITATION DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ; ANALYSE ECONOMIQUE ; ANALYSE STATISTIQUE ; COLLECTE DE DONNEES ; CAPTURE ; EFFORT DE PECHE ; POISSON MARIN ; DISTRIBUTION SPATIALE ; DYNAMIQUE DE POPULATION ; ETUDE D'IMPACT ; OBSERVATOIRE
