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

Shell collectors numbers
and characteristics per
season type represented in
the group.
Number :
Gender (men, women)
Age (old, middle, young)
Origin (res. imm, outsider,
village, local)
Timing
Seasons?
Peak season?
Daily pattern (night, day),
tide (low, high), how many
times a day? How long?
Monthly patterns (name of
time in Kiswahili?)
Species:
Main shell species (Local
name) in order of
importance (1 most and 5
least) according to time
(month,
season…relevant).
According to type of trade
Equipment, organisation,
processing and aim
What equipment do they use
Do people sell
shells?Proportion? Which
species?
How do they process the
shells they sell?
Indicative selling price (per kg,
per type of shell).
Where are they sold? What
for..(lime, ornamental, food..)
How are the shell collectors
organised (e.g. indiv,,
association, cooperatives…)
Conflicts: List of other groups (e.g.: mangrove cutters, Park authorities, Fisheries
Division, Forestry Department, specific trader groups….) with which the user groups are
in conflict and REASON for the conflict.
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What has changed in the
last ten years in (in relation
to their activity):
Number of people doing this?
Why?
Amount of shells collected (more,
less..indicative kgs per
PERSON) for which shells?
Size of shells (bigger, smaller)
Species (which more, which less)
Income (more, less, indicative
income from shell collecting per
person
Price of shells