Sustainable Poverty Alleviation From Coastal Ecosystem Services: Value Chain Analysis, 2013-2017

This research used observation, secondary data, semi-structured interviews with key informants, and questionnaire surveys to collect the information. This was done in two steps: I) First mapping the structure of the value chain at each site, II) then survey with a representative set of respondents in each node, and also interview some key informants. The main topics were: (1) fishing and trade characteristics, (2) effort and history, (3) catch volume and value, (4) assets and expenses, (5) barriers to entry and upgrading opportunities, (6) market structure and conduct, (7) relations affecting fisher and trader behaviour, (8) household characteristics, and (9) demographics. The research aimed to provide a better understanding of how a set of commodities flow from the point of extraction all the way to the end consumer, who benefits in this trade and opportunities for improvement in the chain the SPACES project conducts interviews with fishers, traders, processing companies as well as observations at landings sites and markets. The commodities in focus are mixed reef fish (e.g. rabbitfish, grouper, goatfish), octopus, small pelagics, and mangrove pole.