ARTISANAL FISHERIES OF THE CHAD BASIN IN AFRICA
An Overview of Research and Annotated Bibliography 1920–1990
An Overview of Research and Annotated Bibliography 1920–1990
| CIFA Occasional Paper No. 18 | CIFA/OP18 |
| ARTISANAL FISHERIES OF THE CHAD BASIN IN AFRICA An Overview of Research and Annotated Bibliography 1920–1990 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS |
by
Arthur E. Neiland
Research Fellow
Centre for Marine Resource Economics
University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth, UK
From time to time the secretariat of the Committee for the Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA) publishes information in the CIFA Occasional Paper series that, while sometimes geographically restricted, is of general interest in the fisheries community at large and is useful as background to plan for the development and management of fisheries. “Artisanal Fisheries of the Chad Basin in Africa” is such a document. FAO is greatly indebted to Dr. A. Neiland, its author, for kindly donating his synthesis of research work and the annotated bibliography for publication.
Comments on this publication should be sent to the Chief, FAO Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service (FIRI), Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100, Rome Italy.
The author would like to thank the members of staff of the Centre for Marine Resource Economics (CEMARE), University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom, and in particular, Mr. Mike Dunn, Head of Department, and Mr. David Whitmarsh, Principal Lecturer, and of the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, most especially Professor W.S. Richards, Head of Department, for their advice and encouragement during the course of this work. I am grateful also to the authorities of both these institutions for providing essential research funding.
In addition, my thanks to Dr. Emmanuel Charles-Dominique and Dr. Jacques Lemoalle for their co-operation during my visit to ORSTOM in Montpellier, France and their subsequent assistance while finishing the work in Portsmouth. I am also indebted to Dr. Gordon McGregor Reid of The North of England Zoological Society (Chester) who painstakingly reviewed the original document and suggested a number of improvements.
| Neiland, A.E. Artisanal fisheries of the Chad Basin in Africa, An overview of research and annotated bibliography 1920–1990. CIFA Occasional Paper. No. 18. Rome, FAO. 1992.89p. |
ABSTRACT |
| The artisanal fisheries of the Chad Basin are amongst the most productive inland fisheries in Africa, and despite the deleterious impact of recent Sahel drought episodes, remain a significant component of the regional and national economies of the associated riparian countries: Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger. However, in common with many other African inland fisheries, attempts to plan for the future management and sustainable development of the resource are complicated by a lack of fundamental information in many subject areas. |
| It is the primary objective of this overview to highlight the nature of this information problem, using the artisanal fisheries of the Chad Basin as a case-study. A comprehensive array of 188 publications concerning the fisheries between 1900–1990 have been assembled in the form of an annotated and indexed bibliography, and reviewed according to subject-area. As a result of this analysis, a series of conclusions are presented highlighting the status of the information-base and identifying future multi-disciplinary research priorities. |
| It is suggested that amongst others, the priorities should include: (a) climatic research which may lead to a greater understanding of the dynamic environmental conditions affecting fish stocks; (b) investigations of traditional resource management systems which might allow incorporation of the empirical knowledge of the indigenuous peoples into modern management schemes; and (c) research to assess and predict the impact of regional and national economic modernization on the development of the fisheries. |
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
ROME, 1992
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