Garogos is a small sand island barely rising above the sea off the eastern end of the large central Maluku Island of Seram. Unable to sustain agriculture, its 300-odd inhabitants are necessarily specialist fishermen. On the basis of her field-work in 1993 Hermien Soselisa paints a vivid picture of the precarious existence of the islanders as they struggle to secure their livelihood in the face of economic and ecological uncertainties. In Garagos, virtually everyone is a fisherman, exploiting a wide variety of marine resources, from shellfish and seaweed to sea slugs and deep ocean sharks. The sea provides food for daily subsistence as well as fish and other resources used in exchange for the products of agricultural communities in nearby is...
In the past, Java island was known as “Java-dwipa”(a place where over-whelmed with food stock). Howe...
Indonesia as the largest archipelagic state has a wealth of marine ecosystem and biodiversity. Besid...
The abundant coastal and marine resources in Tomini Bay are constantly contested between various act...
Management of tropical fisheries often fails because of a limited sectoral approach that disregards ...
Fishers from several ethnic groups on islands in eastern Indonesia seasonally fish for sea cucumbers...
This thesis is an ethnography of small-scale fishers on Cebu Island in the Philippines based on 16 m...
In many ways, coastal marine resources have provided an important source of protein, income and even...
The north coast of Java Sea is home to thousands of small-scale fishers fishing for small pelagic fi...
Collection of live coral for the marine aquarium trade has increased significantly in recent years, ...
Fishing fleets in South East Asia have recently experienced unprecedented expansion. Consequently, c...
Masters Research - Master of ScienceThis thesis investigates the livelihoods of fishermen in the vil...
Three case studies of small-scale fisheries in Indonesia and Solomon Islands are examined in terms o...
Off the western coast of Sumatra among the islands of Pulau Banyak, fishing is the primary occupatio...
The state is obliged to strive for the realization of justice for traditional fishing communities. T...
This thesis presents the results of a project funded by the Australian Centre for International Agri...
In the past, Java island was known as “Java-dwipa”(a place where over-whelmed with food stock). Howe...
Indonesia as the largest archipelagic state has a wealth of marine ecosystem and biodiversity. Besid...
The abundant coastal and marine resources in Tomini Bay are constantly contested between various act...
Management of tropical fisheries often fails because of a limited sectoral approach that disregards ...
Fishers from several ethnic groups on islands in eastern Indonesia seasonally fish for sea cucumbers...
This thesis is an ethnography of small-scale fishers on Cebu Island in the Philippines based on 16 m...
In many ways, coastal marine resources have provided an important source of protein, income and even...
The north coast of Java Sea is home to thousands of small-scale fishers fishing for small pelagic fi...
Collection of live coral for the marine aquarium trade has increased significantly in recent years, ...
Fishing fleets in South East Asia have recently experienced unprecedented expansion. Consequently, c...
Masters Research - Master of ScienceThis thesis investigates the livelihoods of fishermen in the vil...
Three case studies of small-scale fisheries in Indonesia and Solomon Islands are examined in terms o...
Off the western coast of Sumatra among the islands of Pulau Banyak, fishing is the primary occupatio...
The state is obliged to strive for the realization of justice for traditional fishing communities. T...
This thesis presents the results of a project funded by the Australian Centre for International Agri...
In the past, Java island was known as “Java-dwipa”(a place where over-whelmed with food stock). Howe...
Indonesia as the largest archipelagic state has a wealth of marine ecosystem and biodiversity. Besid...
The abundant coastal and marine resources in Tomini Bay are constantly contested between various act...