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MARINE POLICY
Volume 34, Issue 4, Pages 752-760Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2010.01.020
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Central Africa; Co-management; Fisheries governance; Global change; Migration; West Africa
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Migration constitutes one of the strategies that fishing communities often use in order to secure their livelihoods This paper analyses the patterns of migration in West and Central Africa based on case studies from selected countries It attempts to shed light on migration flows and the reasons behind mobility, and what the main challenges are with regard to integration of migrants in local communities Migration in the light of global change is discussed as well as how the interests of residents and migrants can best be accommodated for mutual benefit in the context of resource management and poverty reduction The experience of the Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme on migrants and co-management is referred to and the need for inclusive governance and social development approaches emphasised. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved
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