Community-level access and control in the management of Lake Victoria's fisheries

摘要: The fisheries of Lake Victoria have reached a critical stage in their development: catches are declining, and there is increasing evidence hardship amongst the fishing communities. In an effort to countermand reduction flow economic benefits lake's riparian states collaborating with international agencies develop management strategy that would be based on partnership between stakeholders. One possible area for such collaboration via devolution certain access controls This paper describes findings from recent research argues notions linked community perceptions resource, control over it own individual collective manoeuvrings designed retain improve livelihoods.