| Author | Mom Sitha |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.NR-06-05 |
| Subject(s) | Fishery management--Cambodia--Kampong Thom--Citizen participation
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Envrionment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. NR-06-05 |
| Abstract | The study examines the activities of local community people on fisheries uses in terms of livelihood, management and participation in community fisheries. A systematic sampling method was undertaken in the case study. This method was applied to select the household respondents in a systematic manner that has 85 household sample sizes. Primary data were collected from field work via household questionnaire survey; key informants interview; focus group discussion; and self observation, and were analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively. The analysis result presents that the importance of freshwater fisheries in the study areas is indisputable, given the contribution for rural livelihood. Local community people engage in diverse livelihood activities such as: fishing, fish processing, fish marketing, and farming. The main source of household income is fishing. They use four groups of fishing gears, such as group of net, hook and line, group of trap, and covering device, to fish in fishing ground of the community. Management and participation in community fisheries shows that local community people manage resources through direct and indirect participation in fisheries management activities. Direct fisheries management activities are: attending the meeting of community fisheries; and patrolling illegal practices in fishing ground of community fisheries areas, whereas indirect management activities are not fishing in protected lake and pond; and not using destructive fishing gears. The participation of local community people in fisheries management is still limited. Regarding perception and attitudes of local community people, the study indicated that most of them are happy to have legal rights in managing and using fisheries resource. The community fisheries committee and members are active in patrolling around the community fishery fishing to observe fishing anarchy. Participatory management arrangement, where responsibility for resource management and substantial management functions are shared between the institutions support and community fisheries, generally referred to as community-based management, embraces the ideas of greater participation of stakeholders and transparency. The management arrangement ranges from village level but where decisions are still taken by government. Government has delegated most of the management responsibility to local community people as user groups |
| Year | 2006 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. NR-06-05 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Natural Resources Management (NRM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Shrestha, Rajendra P.;Webb, Edward L.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Gautam, Ambika P.; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Government of Norway (NORAD); |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2006 |