TY  - JOUR
T1  - Participatory Community Assessments for Fishing Measure Establishment Around Estuarine Riverin Southern Thailand
AU - Chesoh, Sarawuth AU - Sakset, Amphorn 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 9
IS  - 5
SP  - 340
EP  - 350
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2014.340.350
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2014.340.350
KW  - Social assessment
KW  -fishers perceptions
KW  -traditional fishing
KW  -community acceptance
KW  -institutional
KW  -role
KW  -Pak Phanang River
AB  - In data poorof subsistence fisheries and open access of resource 
  use, a community-based management and knowledge sharing between resource users 
  and authorized agents are key successful to collaborate to establish a development 
  plan. This study aimed to evaluate fishers attitudes of the fisheries resource 
  situation and to recommend the practical fisheries management around the Pak 
  Phanang River Basin of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in Southern, Thailand. In-depth 
  interviews by using semi structured questionnaire 102 fishers households and 
  participatory rural appraisal towards 7 communities along the Pak Phanang River 
  were used to collect the data from January to May, 2011. The findings showed 
  that temporal change in fishing pattern and decline in key fisheries species 
  and habitat loss including water quality deterioration, increased aquatic weed 
  growth and fish mortality more occurs, those affected the fishers income. The 
  fishers were highly appreciative the good cooperation of the authorities for 
  fisheries management. Similarly, they agreed onsome conservation measures, particularly 
  fishing prohibited regulation during the spawning season in spawning grounds 
  and illegal gears ban but disagreed with controlling the quantity of fish caught, 
  ruling on the number of fishers and fishing period setting. Moreover, the fishers 
  mainly requested taking more participating role in fisheries reconstructing 
  predominantly in decision making of the planning process. Finally, institutional 
  establishing for cooperation among stakeholders on fishing regulation, including 
  seasonally water quality monitor, fish restocking and enhancement programs on 
  the socio economics of fisher households were strongly recommended.
ER  -