Madagascar: to preserve marine resources, fishermen organize themselves

In Madagascar, efforts to preserve marine resources are bearing fruit. . These fishermen, organized into communities, monitor and regulate well-defined fishing zones themselves For example, the Vezo fishermen of the Great South-West have noted remarkable success this year: they have caught a volume of octopus never seen in the last 15 years. ..

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Fishermen in the Atsimo Andrefana region have reduced marine exploitation. They have diversified their sources of income, to no longer depend on fishing. This is the case for fishermen around managed marine areas.

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