Student Life - Recent Graduates-- James
Abbott
DUML BRL 309
135 Duke Marine Lab Rd
Beaufort, NC 28516
252-504-7644
Fax: 252-504-7648
Research Interests:
My interests are spread between the natural and human sides of fishing. I am especially interested in the role fish plays in rural communities, both as a source of food and income in areas of high natural and economic variability.
Education:
- BSc Marine Biology, Dalhousie University, Canada
- MSc Tropical Coastal Management, University of Newcastle on Tyne, UK
Bio: At present, I am doing my research in the floodplains of the Upper Zambezi River, in Southern Africa. In this region, farming and fishing livelihoods are largely controlled by the annual flood regime. However, recent droughts and growing commercialization suggest that fishing's role in the region is changing. One of the most important ways of analysing this change is by considering where subsistence and commercial livelihoods meet; namely, the villages and fish markets.
My research examines what trends, if any, have emerged in how people in this region divide their time between fishing (both catching and selling) and other pursuits over the past 5 years and what consequences this may have for emerging management in the area.
My funding comes from a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship and an IDRC Research Fellowship.
Publications:
Abbott, J., Hay, C., Kalonga, M., Næsje, T. and Purvis, J. 2003. Joint
frame survey of the Upper Zambezi River (Namibia/Zambia). DEA Research Discussion
Paper #54.
Abbott, J. 2001. Traditional Fisheries Management in the Eastern Caprivi region of Namibia. Annex to a presentation at the FAO Expert Consultation on the Management of Small-scale Fisheries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Accra, Ghana, 12-14 December 2001.
Abbott, J. 1999. Fisheries in Namibia after Independence. Original published in Norwegian, in the review Afrikagruppernas Arskronika 1999. pp. 180-183.
Latif, R., and J. Abbott. 1999. The Establishment of a South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation. A New Step in High Seas Fisheries Management. SADC Marine Fisheries and Resources Newsletter. Vol. 1(2), pp. 11-12.
Hobbies: Cycling, squash, foreign languages and cooking