Authors : Jude A. Momodu, O.A. Shogbesan and M. Zharkahyel
Abstract: This study investigated the drivers and strategies for managing fishery conflicts in Fadama fishing communities in Adamawa state. The study employed descriptive research design and employed a purposive sampling technique to select 309 fishers from 4 fishing communities in the Fadama areas of Adamawa state which include: Bagale, Rugange, Bilanchi and Dansin Biratiye. The categories of participants selected for the study include: community leaders (37); male fishers (134); female fishers (46); fish marketers (49) and fish processors and preservators (41). Data was collected through a quantitative questionnaire and analysed through standard deviation. The study established the factors that drive fishery conflict in the fishing communities in Adamawa state to include: competition over jurisdiction between local and outside fishers; stealing of fishing gears; violation of community fishing rules and regulations; volume of water bodies due to effects of climate which heighten competition between actors in fishing communities and limited fish resources among others. In order to constructively manage fisheries resources in sustainable manner, compromise and collaboration conflict management strategies were recommended to promote a culture co-management of fisheries resources in the Fadama areas of Adamawa state and other areas where fishery conflict are endemic in Nigeria.
Jude A. Momodu, O.A. Shogbesan and M. Zharkahyel, 2019. Empirical Study of the Drivers and Strategies of Managing Fishery Conflicts in the Fadama Areas of Adamawa State. Journal of Fisheries International, 14: 32-42.