Groupe de recherche: Littoral, Mer, Santé, Sécurité Alimentaire et Transports (LIMERSSAT), Département de Géographie, Université Peleforo GON COULIBALY, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
In the north of Côte d’Ivoire, the department of Korhogo has seen the development of recreational fishing in several of its localities for several years. However, there is no data on this activity in the statistics of the administrative structures for fisheries management. The same is true of scientific research. This article therefore proposes to provide the first data on the population of fishermen, the main actors in this activity. The study is based on a documentary analysis and a field survey based on a sample of 189 fishermen, interviewed at four sites. According to the results, the majority of fishermen are men (97.35%). Their average age is 50 years. They are mainly urban (92.52%) and live mainly (85.19%) in Korhogo, the main urban area of the department. The activity is also dominated by civil servants and private sector employees (41.27%).
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