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for young men. Net i shing may have been preferred to better-paid trap
i shing or plantation work because it was sociable, l exible and seemed to
be enjoyable. Small i sh may have been preferred for social and economic
reasons. They could be used easily for barter and were easy to cook, dry and
sell. Interestingly, there were remarkably few conl icts between the users of
marine resources despite the fact that there were overlapping uses of the
resource and many recently arrived i shers. However, an increasing popula-
tion and a declining resource base will inevitably lead to competition and
environmental degradation unless there is investment in the community.
Note
1.
There were many people in Quirimba village and in Kumilamba who gave generously
of their time to assist in the collection of the information in this chapter. Much of the
information was collected with the help of trap i sher Anibal Amade who suggested
many useful interviewees, provided translation assistance where necessary and also pro-
vided detailed information on the trap i shery. Seine net i shers Mussa and Lamu from
Quirimba spent hours explaining the workings of the Quirimba i sheries and introduced
me to many other i shers, including reef l at gill netters. Saidi Ndiki, an older gill net
i sher, was interviewed on a number of occasions about this i shery. Captains Ibrahimo,
Manueli and Jabira from the seine net i shery provided a great deal of useful informa-
tion. Oscari, Zaidu and Momadi from Santa Maria were key informants on the i sheries.
For general information on the economics of life on Quirimba, Awaje Shale and her
family were very helpful. The workshop with the invertebrate i shers was organized with
Fatima Mussa and other women from OMM (Mozambican Women's Organization) in
the village. Mario Carvalho and Alex Corrie of The Frontier-Moçambique project pro-
vided assistance with translation and setting up interviews and so on, and the rest of the
Frontier staf , visitors and volunteers provided invaluable support at various times. The
Quirimbas National Park was designated in 2002.
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