Benin: Do unto your fish...

Forty years ago, fishers of the coastal lagoons of Benin still used to follow rules handed down from the time of their ancestors. They were usually expressed as religious taboos: do not catch fish when they are too young, do not fish on certain...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1999
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/48506
Description
Summary:Forty years ago, fishers of the coastal lagoons of Benin still used to follow rules handed down from the time of their ancestors. They were usually expressed as religious taboos: do not catch fish when they are too young, do not fish on certain...