Relationships between small-scale fishers and traders in Southeast Asian fish trade and price settings

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24780189
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: General fisheries
• Research Institution: Kochi University
• Principal Investigator: Hori Mina 高知大学, 教育研究部総合科学系黒潮圏科学部門, 講師 (60582476)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 小規模漁業 / 仲買業者 / 水産物流通 / 資源管理 / トンレサープ湖 / カンボジア / タイ / フィリピン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The relationships between fishers and traders were studied by conducting interview surveys to fishers and traders in Cambodia, Thailand and Philippines. Advantage in price setting by trader varied according to fish species, fishing methods, storage system, resale destination or number of traders within the area. The relationships between fishers and traders also varied from traders only involved in buy and sell fish, loan to fishers, providing fishing gears or fuel in advance or to loan fishers for non-fisheries purposes such as weddings or funerals. In the case of Cambodia, relationships between traders and fishers were based on mutualism and not strict as patron-client relationships, thus there is a possibility of including traders in community based resource management system to have better post treatment or to allow data collection for stock assessment.

Free Research Field

漁村社会論