Kenneth Ruddle
Kenneth Ruddle is at present Coordinator of the Research and Development Programme at the Research Centre for Resources and Rural Development, Hanoi, Vietnam. In addition, he is a member of the Advisory Board, Halong Culture and Language Center, Halong City, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam, as well as a member of the Editorial Review Committee of "Museum and Anthropology", published by the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology, Hanoi. In the past he has been on the staff of universities and/or research centres in Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Norway, and the USA. He received a Ph.D from the University of California, in 1970, and a BA (Hons.) from the University of Manchester, in 1964.
His research and applied specialities are the human ecological study of tropical societies, particularly those involved in small scale tropical capture fishing and aquaculture, the human ecological aspects of environmental and resources management and rural development, and pre-existing or local resource management systems and local ecological knowledge. He has conducted field research on these topics in Asia (Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam), Latin America (Colombia, Costa Rica and Venezuela), and Africa (Ghana and Malawi).
Ruddle was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship for the academic year 1980 1981, and in 1983 was elected a Fellow, World Academy of Art and Science.
His research and applied specialities are the human ecological study of tropical societies, particularly those involved in small scale tropical capture fishing and aquaculture, the human ecological aspects of environmental and resources management and rural development, and pre-existing or local resource management systems and local ecological knowledge. He has conducted field research on these topics in Asia (Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam), Latin America (Colombia, Costa Rica and Venezuela), and Africa (Ghana and Malawi).
Ruddle was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship for the academic year 1980 1981, and in 1983 was elected a Fellow, World Academy of Art and Science.
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Artaud, Hélène and Surrallés, Alexandre (eds.)
MAR ADENTRO: Tenencia marina y debates cosmopolíticos Pp. 73-86
Copenhagen, IWGIA
Feb 2017
ISBN: 978-87-92786-75-3
‘open access’ and not managed by pre-existing systems, and therefore require externally imposed management systems to protect resources from collapse and lift fishing communities out of poverty, the Western approach to fisheries ‘development’ and management suffers from several other basic flaws. These are that (1) pre-existing systems are as much, if not more, concerned with the community of fishers and their families and not just fisheries, and their principal role is ensuring community harmony and continuity; (2) pre-existing systems can involve multiple and overlapping rights that are flexible and adapted to changing needs and circumstances; (3) fisheries are just one component of a community resource assemblage with fisheries managed in their ecological context of being dependent on the good management of linked upstream ecosystems, and on risk management and ensuring balanced nutritional resources of the community; and (4) pre-existing systems
are greatly affected by a constellation of interacting external pressures for change. If these cultural, ecological, economic, political and social context factors are not appreciated, any ‘imposed management system’ would likely fail from the outset to achieve its goals.
of farming villages is explained, and their geographical distribution described. The social and management functions and administration of the ‘floating village’ type of van chai is explained with particular reference to the lagoons of Thua Thien Hue Province. The van chai is the focus for the spiritual activities of fishing, so in each fishing community founded by migrants along the South-Central coast a van chai was established to worship the Whale God. These reflected the traditional folk and professional beliefs and mutual assistance within the community. Analysis of the religious and social functions and organization of the ‘guild-type’ van chai of the South-Central coast is based on Van Thuy Tu, Phan Thiet City, Binh Thuan Province. The general design principles of pre-existing management systems in Vietnam are examined in terms of rights, rules, monitoring and accountability, conflict resolution, and sanctions.
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Alternatively, you can use the URL located at the top of the first page of each Bulletin listed here."
Free downloads of each Bulletin can be made by going to the Publications Page of the Coastal Fisheries Programme of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). This can be found at: www.spc.int/coastfish/ee/publications/bulletins/traditional-management, and then selecting the English or French version.
Alternatively, you can use the URL located at the top of the first page of each Bulletin listed here.
Free downloads of each Bulletin can be made by going to the Publications Page of the Coastal Fisheries Programme of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). This can be found at: www.spc.int/coastfish/ee/publications/bulletins/traditional-management, and then selecting the English or French version.
Alternatively, you can use the URL located at the top of the first page of each Bulletin listed here."
Free downloads of each Bulletin can be made by going to the Publications Page of the Coastal Fisheries Programme of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). This can be found at: www.spc.int/coastfish/ee/publications/bulletins/traditional-management, and then selecting the English or French version.
Alternatively, you can use the URL located at the top of the first page of each Bulletin listed here."
Free downloads of each Bulletin can be made by going to the Publications Page of the Coastal Fisheries Programme of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). This can be found at: www.spc.int/coastfish/ee/publications/bulletins/traditional-management, and then selecting the English or French version.
Alternatively, you can use the URL located at the top of the first page of each Bulletin listed here."
Free downloads of each Bulletin can be made by going to the Publications Page of the Coastal Fisheries Programme of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). This can be found at: www.spc.int/coastfish/ee/publications/bulletins/traditional-management, and then selecting the English or French version.
Alternatively, you can use the URL located at the top of the first page of each Bulletin listed here."
Free downloads of each Bulletin can be made by going to the Publications Page of the Coastal Fisheries Programme of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). This can be found at: www.spc.int/coastfish/ee/publications/bulletins/traditional-management, and then selecting the English or French version.
Alternatively, you can use the URL located at the top of the first page of each Bulletin listed here."
Free downloads of each Bulletin can be made by going to the Publications Page of the Coastal Fisheries Programme of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). This can be found at: www.spc.int/coastfish/ee/publications/bulletins/traditional-management, and then selecting the English or French version.
Alternatively, you can use the URL located at the top of the first page of each Bulletin listed here."