Local names of fishing sites in a small-scale fishery in Southwest Madagascar (doi:10.23708/G7IH98)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

Local names of fishing sites in a small-scale fishery in Southwest Madagascar

Identification Number:

doi:10.23708/G7IH98

Distributor:

DataSuds

Date of Distribution:

2025-02-14

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

Randriatsara, Roddy Michel; Ramahatratra, Frédéric; Ramamanarivo, Norohanta Voahirana, 2025, "Local names of fishing sites in a small-scale fishery in Southwest Madagascar", https://doi.org/10.23708/G7IH98, DataSuds, V1, UNF:6:Fdxg4s5yPPSJlBMWK4LknA== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Local names of fishing sites in a small-scale fishery in Southwest Madagascar

Identification Number:

doi:10.23708/G7IH98

Authoring Entity:

Randriatsara, Roddy Michel (IH.SM - Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines, Université de Toliara - Madagascar)

Ramahatratra, Frédéric (IH.SM - Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines, Université de Toliara - Madagascar)

Ramamanarivo, Norohanta Voahirana (IH.SM - Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines, Université de Toliara - Madagascar)

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Behivoke, Faustinato

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Léopold, Marc

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Bruggemann, J. Henrich

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Laroche, Jean (Ecologue, UMR LEMAR, IUEM, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Plouzané)

Producer:

Randriatsara, Roddy Michel

Ramahatratra, Frédéric

Behivoke, Faustinato

Date of Production:

2025-01-29

Grant Number:

JEAI

Grant Number:

66341

Grant Number:

GEOFIA project 2AO2017

Distributor:

DataSuds

Access Authority:

Léopold, Marc

Depositor:

Léopold, Marc

Date of Deposit:

2025-01-29

Date of Distribution:

2025-03-01

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.23708/G7IH98

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences, toponym, fishers' knowledge, focus group discussion, traditional fishing, Vezo, fishing site, vernacular name

Topic Classification:

Fishing and aquaculture

Abstract:

<p>This is a dataset of 454 vernacular place names (toponyms) of fishing sites in the Bay of Toliara, Southwest Madagascar. The data was collected as part of three fish landing surveys of the coral reef fishery conducted in i) 1989-1990 in six fishing villages (Besakoa, Mahavatse 1, Mahavatse 2, Ankilibe, Sarodrano, and Saint-Augustin), ii) in 2009 in five fishing villages (Ambohitsabo, Ankiembe, Ankilibe, Sarodrano, and Saint-Augustin), and iii) in 2018-2019 in eight fishing villages (Ambohitsabo, Besakoa, Mahavatsy 2, Ankiembe bas, Mahavatsy 1, Ankiembe haut, Ankilibe, and Sarodrano).</p> <p>A total of 6,461 and 15,904 fishing trips were monitored in 2009 and 2018-2019, respectively. The name of the fishing site(s) visited during each fishing trip was recorded by the fishers on a logsheet in the Vezo language. The Vezo is one of the ethnic groups in Southwest Madagascar whose identity relies on fishing practice.</p> <p>The literal meaning of the place names is given in Malagasy, French, and English as recorded during focus group discussion in 2022 in four out of the eight villages (Ambohitsabo, Ankiembe bas, Ankilibe, and Sarodrano). The survey period (1989-1990, 2009, and/or 2018-2019) when each name was recorded was also indicated in the dataset.</p>

Time Period:

2008-01-01-2022-12-31

Date of Collection:

1989-08-01-1990-02-282009-01-01-2009-09-302018-04-01-2019-03-312022-01-01-2022-12-31

Country:

Madagascar

Geographic Coverage:

Toliara, Atsimo-Andrefana

Geographic Bounding Box:

  • West Bounding Longitude: 43.5772705078125
  • East Bounding Longitude: 43.824462890625
  • South Bounding Latitude: -23.76523688975866
  • North Bounding Latitude: -23.33216830631147

Notes:

Data Type: Survey data

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Related Publications

Citation

Title:

Roddy M. Randriatsara, Faustinato Behivoke, Frédéric Ramahatratra, Jamal Mahafina, Thomas Lamy and Marc Léopold (under review). Mapping place names for small-scale fisheries evaluation. Aquatic Living Resources.

Bibliographic Citation:

Roddy M. Randriatsara, Faustinato Behivoke, Frédéric Ramahatratra, Jamal Mahafina, Thomas Lamy and Marc Léopold (under review). Mapping place names for small-scale fisheries evaluation. Aquatic Living Resources.

Citation

Title:

Roddy Randriatsara (2017). Caractérisation spatiale de l'effort de pêche par un suivi des trajectoires des pirogues par GPS dans la baie de Toliara, Madagascar. Master 2 Océanographie, Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines, Université de Toliara, Madagascar

Identification Number:

10.5281/zenodo.14824774

Bibliographic Citation:

Roddy Randriatsara (2017). Caractérisation spatiale de l'effort de pêche par un suivi des trajectoires des pirogues par GPS dans la baie de Toliara, Madagascar. Master 2 Océanographie, Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines, Université de Toliara, Madagascar

Citation

Title:

Sandra Ranaivomanana (2019). Étude de la structure en tailles des captures de poissons dans la pêcherie récifale de la baie de Toliara, sud-ouest de Madagascar. Master 2 BEST-ALI, Univ. La Réunion

Identification Number:

10.5281/zenodo.14824608

Bibliographic Citation:

Sandra Ranaivomanana (2019). Étude de la structure en tailles des captures de poissons dans la pêcherie récifale de la baie de Toliara, sud-ouest de Madagascar. Master 2 BEST-ALI, Univ. La Réunion

Citation

Title:

Faustinato Behivoke (2022). Caractérisation de la pêche récifale par l'analyse des trajectoire des pirogues dans la baie de Toliara, Madagascar. Thèse de doctorat de l'Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), Université de Toliara, Madagascar.

Identification Number:

10.5281/zenodo.14824404

Bibliographic Citation:

Faustinato Behivoke (2022). Caractérisation de la pêche récifale par l'analyse des trajectoire des pirogues dans la baie de Toliara, Madagascar. Thèse de doctorat de l'Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines (IH.SM), Université de Toliara, Madagascar.

Citation

Title:

Ramamanarivo, N. V. (2025). Etude de la dynamique d'une pêcherie : cas de la baie de Toliara. Diplôme d'Etude Approfondies d'Océanologie Appliquée, Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines, Université de Toliara, Madagascar, (1990) (1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14848559

Identification Number:

10.5281/zenodo.14848559

Bibliographic Citation:

Ramamanarivo, N. V. (2025). Etude de la dynamique d'une pêcherie : cas de la baie de Toliara. Diplôme d'Etude Approfondies d'Océanologie Appliquée, Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines, Université de Toliara, Madagascar, (1990) (1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14848559

Citation

Title:

Lambo, P. (2025). Enquête-cadre sur la pêcherie de la baie d'Ifaty (sud-ouest de Madagascar). Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines, Université de Toliara, Madagascar (1992) (1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/

Identification Number:

10.5281/zenodo.14848634

Bibliographic Citation:

Lambo, P. (2025). Enquête-cadre sur la pêcherie de la baie d'Ifaty (sud-ouest de Madagascar). Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines, Université de Toliara, Madagascar (1992) (1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/

File Description--f45786

File: Fishing_toponyms_Bay_Toliara_Atsimo_Andrefana.tab

  • Number of cases: 454

  • No. of variables per record: 8

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

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Survey

Variable Description

List of Variables:

Variables

IDsite

f45786 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 456.0; Min. 1.0; StDev 131.60100027407643; Valid 454.0; Mean 227.806167400881;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ze1GUxFdzzUf/zLmKSHCXw==

Toponym

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Variable Format: character

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Category

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Sub-category

f45786 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:3Qlios8BFKSEnZQSZRBN1w==

LiteralmeaningMalagasy

f45786 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:w1IQ3wB/MqwXsiX0jKWmDg==

LiteralmeaningFrench

f45786 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:J24k8bMtaQjqCcuViwvQEw==

LiteralmeaningEnglish

f45786 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:DUAfPzd8wR8wjGM9wMlSvg==

Fisherysurveyyear

f45786 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:1ORDcZ2NGraZpfhfQYObLw==

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README.TXT

Text:

Dataset citation, description and table of contents

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