Volume 67, Issue 2, July 2023, Pages 338–344
Abdoulaye Alassane BA1 and Abdoulaye NGOM2
1 Doctorant, Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis, Département de Sociologie, Observatoire pour l’étude des Urgences des Innovations et des mécanismes du Changement social (URIC), Senegal
2 Enseignant-chercheur, Université Assane Seck de Ziguinchor, Département de Sociologie, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Économiques et Sociales (LARSES), Senegal
Original language: English
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This paper examines the ecological and environmental determinants of international migration and internal displacement of artisanal fishers in Saint-Louis, Senegal. The results obtained support the idea that climate change, by inducing warming, ocean acidification and disruption of the reproductive cycles of fish species, has contributed to the scarcity of these species and the impoverishment of artisanal fishermen in Saint-Louis. To adapt and without abandoning the traditional fishing activity, some fishermen emigrate to neighboring countries such as Mauritania and Gambia where they hope for a more profitable fishery, while others, displaced to resettlement sites such as Djougop because of coastal erosion, opt for illegal emigration to Spain despite the Covid-19 pandemic that is raging in the world. If this option does not scare the artisanal fisherman who is used to long sea crossings, it makes sense in the quest for a home and a socio-professional «comfort» torn by the nibbling swells.
Author Keywords: Migration, artisanal fishermen, coastal erosion, climate change, Saint-Louis.
Abdoulaye Alassane BA1 and Abdoulaye NGOM2
1 Doctorant, Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis, Département de Sociologie, Observatoire pour l’étude des Urgences des Innovations et des mécanismes du Changement social (URIC), Senegal
2 Enseignant-chercheur, Université Assane Seck de Ziguinchor, Département de Sociologie, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Économiques et Sociales (LARSES), Senegal
Original language: English
Copyright © 2023 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
This paper examines the ecological and environmental determinants of international migration and internal displacement of artisanal fishers in Saint-Louis, Senegal. The results obtained support the idea that climate change, by inducing warming, ocean acidification and disruption of the reproductive cycles of fish species, has contributed to the scarcity of these species and the impoverishment of artisanal fishermen in Saint-Louis. To adapt and without abandoning the traditional fishing activity, some fishermen emigrate to neighboring countries such as Mauritania and Gambia where they hope for a more profitable fishery, while others, displaced to resettlement sites such as Djougop because of coastal erosion, opt for illegal emigration to Spain despite the Covid-19 pandemic that is raging in the world. If this option does not scare the artisanal fisherman who is used to long sea crossings, it makes sense in the quest for a home and a socio-professional «comfort» torn by the nibbling swells.
Author Keywords: Migration, artisanal fishermen, coastal erosion, climate change, Saint-Louis.
How to Cite this Article
Abdoulaye Alassane BA and Abdoulaye NGOM, “International migration of refugee family fisheries under the effect of coastal erosion and maritime submersion in Saint-Louis (Senegal),” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 338–344, July 2023.
