US EPA

6638244 

Journal Article 

Indigenous knowledge and fish utilisation in the Okavango Delta, Botswana: implications for food security 

Mosepele, K; Mmopelwa, G; Mosepele, B; Kgathi, DL; , 

2007 

WORLD ASSOC SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT-WASD, SPRU-SCIENCE & TECHNOL POLICY RES 

BRIGHTON 

Globalisation Technology and Sustainable Development Series 

292-302 

WOS:000302021200027 

The fish of the Okavango Delta is a major source of food security for the local people who live on its periphery. While subsistence fishers have used different fishing gears to effectively harvest the different fish species that occur in the Delta, commercial fishers have developed an intimate knowledge of the biology of their target species. Commercial fishers have an intimate knowledge of when and where to target their preferred fish species. They also use different fishing types of fishing gear depending on the season to target their preferred species. However, challenges brought by recent developments (e. g. fisheries legislation based on classical fisheries management regimes) pose a current threat to Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and hence, the fishers' major source of food security. The aim of this study is to find the synergy between traditional and scientific knowledge and make recommendations on how IK can assist in the formulation of policy on fisheries management. 

Ahmed, A; 

5th Conference of the World-Association-for-Sustainable-Development (WASD) 

Brisbane, AUSTRALIA