The lack of alternative income sources:: The case of ornamental fishing in the Inirida fluvial fonfluence, Colombian Amazon

Jordi Rosell Foxa; Daniel Guerrero; Marcela Franco-Jaramillo

The lack of alternative income sources: The case of ornamental fishing in the Inirida fluvial fonfluence, Colombian Amazon

Jordi Rosell Foxa, Daniel Guerrero, Marcela Franco-Jaramillo

Department of Applied Economics

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Abstract

In this paper we present a case study of the impoverished ornamental fishing situation in the Inirida Fluvial Confluence (IFC) in Colombia. For this purpose fieldwork was conducted to obtain primary data from fishermen in the zone. The results indicate that effort applied to create different economic activities have no significant impact on the income of fishermen. Community Agreements for Responsible Fishing (CARF) could be an effective policy for management of the resource; nevertheless, their establishment can bring a loss of livelihoods when there are no clear alternative income sources, and may be incompatible with poverty alleviation objectives. Due to this, alternative sources of income should also be promoted in policy-making.

Translated title of the contribution	La falta de fuentes de ingresos alternativos : : el caso de la pesca ornamental en la Estrella Fluvial de Inírida, Amazonas Colombiano
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	81-103
Journal	Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales - Agricultural and Resource Economics
Volume	17
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 2017

Keywords

Inland fisheries
Natural Resource Management
Rural Development

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The lack of alternative income sources: The case of ornamental fishing in the Inirida fluvial fonfluence, Colombian Amazon. / Rosell Foxa, Jordi; Guerrero, Daniel; Franco-Jaramillo, Marcela.
In: Economía Agraria y Recursos Naturales - Agricultural and Resource Economics, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2017, p. 81-103.

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