8.1 Expected Outputs of the
Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme
- National fisheries plans and policies improved
through adoption of relevant CCRF principles and national poverty alleviation
planning which accounts for fisheries
- communities needs
- Improved capacity of communities and their
partners to participate in planning and management for fisheries livelihoods;
- Co-management systems established and functioning;
- Eco-systems and the resources they support
enhanced and/or protected
- Economic and social benefits from the artisanal
sub-sector enhanced.
- Policies, institutions and processes informed
by dissemination of SFLP experience and knowledge.
- Effective institutional network for programme
implementation established.
8.2 Causes of accidents at sea (from
the four country reports)
Most of the causes mentioned come from Joal-Fdiouth in the
Region of Petite Côte, Senegal, which does not constitute a case study
community. However, the area is one of the most productive fishing zones in the
country, and the region where most accidents occur. It illustrates well the
causes of accidents. Additional causes have been added from the cases of Bonfi
and Koukoudé in Guinea.
8.2.1 Causes related to fishing
practices
- overloading canoes with fish causes instability
and possible capsizing;
- fishing further out to sea with canoes
insufficiently adapted to the conditions there may lead to the capsizing of
the vessel;
- engine break down or lack of fuel, leaving
a canoe without a means of propulsion;
- use of explosives for fishing.
8.2.2 Causes related to visibility
- artisanal fishing with un-marked gear,
so that other vessels run over and damage them;
- collisions caused by unnoticed trawlers
fishing in the inshore zone at night without lights;
- canoes lack radar reflectors and are
not detected by bigger vessels in the offshore zone, causing collision;
- canoes cannot lift anchors on time, or
leave quickly enough if a larger vessel is in a collision course with them;
- use of fires on canoes to alert bigger
vessels of their presence, leading to explosions of fuel tanks;
- industrial vessels are too fast or use
automatic pilot, so that they cannot change course in time to prevent collision.
8.2.3 Causes related to interactions between artisanal
and industrial fishing
- illegal transfer of fish from industrial
to artisanal vessels means that the vessels involved come too close, causing
damage to the smaller;
- artisanal vessels fishing for shark near
industrial vessels which throw by-catch overboard.
8.2.4 Complicating factors
- lack of safety equipment or alternative
means of propulsion on board means survival after an accident or engine failure
is reduced;
- cultural attitudes and beliefs which
lead to a fatalistic attitude towards safety;
- safety gear is often unavailable on local
markets;
- fishers of multiple nationalities and
origins active in the same area lead to misunderstandings, miscommunications,
disagreements and accidents;
- in the northern most countries with cold
currents, hypothermia means survival time of crewmembers who end up in the
cold water after an accident is very short.