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The barracuda's tale: trawlers, the informal sector and a state of classificatory disorder off the Nigerian coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Axel Klein
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L'essor de la pêche artisanale au Nigeria fut l'une des rares réussites économiques des années 80. Sans assistance des agences gouvernementales, les pêcheurs en pirogues, migrants ghanéens pour une grande part, ont réagi avec succès aux opportunités offertes par le marché de Lagos. Au cours de ces dernieres années, la diminution des réserves de poissons et la concurrence des chalutiers ont forcé les pêcheurs côtiers à adapter leurs activités à cette nouvelle situation. En décrivant un certain nombre de ces réactions, l'article aborde plusieurs thèmes plus larges d'études économiques anthropologiques et africaines. Faisant ressortir le contraste entre opposition et coopération de la pêche industrielle et de la pêche artisanale, il jette une luniiere intéressante sur les débats qui ont lieu au sein du secteur informel, tandis que le rôle de la police maritime et de la marine alimente le débat sur l'état africain.

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The money beneath
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Africa , Volume 69 , Issue 4 , October 1999 , pp. 555 - 574
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Copyright © International African Institute 1999

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