a socio-economic baseline assessment of the mnazi bay - IUCN

5.3. List of Themes to be discussed with the Groups or Key Informants (example of questions
for the different groups):
• What are the different seasons (name and months) for the activities, Which is the peak season?
• Who and How many people carry out: How many men, how many women- How many young
(men and women), how many middle age (men and women), how many old (men, women)… how
many from the village, from the local area, how many resident immigrants, how many outsiders
(see below for the list of categories).
Age: Young (up to 30 years old), Middle (31-50), Old (more than 50).
Origin: Village (from the village for a long time), Res. Immigrant (recently settled in the
village), Local area (from the neighbouring villages), outsiders (from outside the local area).
If we cannot get a number for each category, then the informants could rank the information.
(1: the most numerous category, 2, and 3 or 4 for the least numerous). If the informants are
not able to rank the categories according to the number of people, ask which is the Most
numerous category)
• Where do users carry out their activity (FOR BOTH SEASONS): This may be done last..
Where do the different fishermen fish usually MAP
Where do shell collector collect shells MAP
MAP: For fishers and shell collectors we will ask the informants to draw a map of the places
they fish or collect shells. The Map will show:
• The main coastal features of the village (beach, mangrove, what the
villages think important to note …), The main marine features (reefs, sand bars,
channels…or what they think important to note)
• Circles of dots where the fishing places are/collecting with:
The name of the place/reef
The characteristics (e.g. inside/outside the reef, in deep or shallow water, on
sand/rocky/sea grass bottom/reef/other).
Which season it is used
How long it takes to reach it? (in both seasons)
where do the fish traders buy and sell their fish/to whom (in the village, outside the
village, in a market, door to door, to hotels etc)
Where to the seaweed farm (name of places, and characteristics of the place), where do
they sell the seaweed (to whom)…
• When does the activity happen (e.g. day or night, full moon or no moon, tide, specific time of
the year, how long at sea, how many times a day etc.). Is it the same in both seasons?
• What species/Product are caught or sold in each season:
For fishers: the four main species of fish in order of importance (according to season)
For shell collectors: the four or five main species for food and for ornament (according to
time…)
For seaweed: species farmed
For traders: what products do they sell, and how processed are these products (fresh,
dried, cooked…)
• How do they carry out the activity:
How the fishermen go to where they fish. If they use boats, how many fishermen use
boats for each activity, and how many fishermen use boats with engines for each gear.
Characteristics of boat ownership, characteristic of gear ownership (how many share?…)
Traders (do they use ice, what type of transport do they use to get to the selling place
etc., how do they conserve the product they sell?)
Seaweed farmers (what equipment do they need, transport etc…)
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