Browsing by Author "Neiland, Arthur E."

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Tropical River Fisheries Valuation: A Global Synthesis and Critical Review
(2006) Neiland, Arthur E.; Béné, Christophe
"River fisheries, and inland fisheries in general within the tropical regions of the world (between 30oN and 30oS of the Equator), provide a range of benefits for many Developing Countries including a means of livelihood and a source of food for millions of people. However, national policies relating to crucial issues such as economic development, poverty alleviation, food security, conservation and sustainability, often fail to recognize these important attributes. Within this general context, the following report considers the role of valuation and its contribution to policy-making and river fishery management. This report is based on a series of regional review papers and aims to provide a review of the global status of tropical rivers and inland fisheries valuation, to consider the impact of changes in river basin management, and to compare the range of valuation approaches which have been used."
The Valuation of Riparian Fisheries in Southern and Eastern Africa
(WorldFish Center, 2008) Turpie, Jane; Neiland, Arthur E.; Béné, Christophe
"This paper was commissioned by the WorldFish Center as part of a global survey. It reviews the published and gray literature concerning economic valuations of river fisheries in eastern and southern Africa, extracting the best available information on their direct economic values and on the impacts of changes in water management on this value. It then assesses the methods used and makes recommendations regarding approaches to be used in future. The review concentrates on rivers with their associated floodplains and major deltas. The values and issues associated with estuaries and lakes are not considered. "Riparian fisheries in eastern and southern Africa tend to be small-scale, labor intensive, artisanal fisheries. They have received relatively little attention because they have limited commercial value compared to marine and lacustrine fisheries. However, they make an important contribution to subsistence income. Because they are highly seasonal, they tend to form part of a risk-spreading strategy, as one of several activities that households engage in. Fishing can provide a fallback source of food and income in years when local rainfall events lead to crop failure."
Valuing Africa's Inland Fisheries: Overview of Current Methodologies with an Emphasis on Livelihood Analysis
(2003) Béné, Christophe; Neiland, Arthur E.
"While Africa's inland fisheries are widely recognized to be of great importance to local people, accurate and upto-date information on their value is sparse and its absence is a serious constraint to the formulation of effective fisheries policies and management practices. As a contribution to current efforts to address this constraint, this paper reviews the different methods that are potentially applicable to the valuation of inland fisheries and discusses their respective rationales and limitations within a multisectoral, multiuser context. The livelihood analysis approach is given special emphasis. The complementarity of this recently developed approach with the other, more conventional, environmental economics methods is illustrated."