Overview of van chai in Thue Thien Hue, Vietnam: Tradition, present and future challenges

摘要

During process of seeking methods of advanced fishery management experience to apply into small-scale fishery in Thua Thien Hue - Viet Nam, the author is surprised that some advanced countries also apply similar methods that the traditional fishing village associations (Van Chai) has been managed fishery activities in lagoons in Thua Thien Hue since feudal times. The changes by returning back to original points in order to connect and glue the traditional quintessences of fisheries management, to advanced management in foreign countries is a core in an argued approach as well as in reality of managing small - scale fishery in Thua Thien Hue-Viet Nam presently. Based on that, this report has introduced previous fishery management in Tarn Giang lagoonbased on traditional fishery villages, to research ways to reform the management of small scale fisheries based upon local fisher's associations; outlined a scenarios for fishery management patters for future based on local community in Thua Thien Hue.The system expect to solve disputes in term of fishermen, fishing grounds and fishery resources. The report is a synthesized collection from researches of the author and relevant documents available. The findings show that fishery villages in Thua ThienHue used to be successfully managed fishery resources through its own mechanism (regulations) and actively support of feudal authorities (a form of primary co-management) and practical experience derived from efforts to manage modern fishery. In Thua Thien Hue at present, the selectively inheritance of traditional values of fishery villages is one of potential ways in managing fishery in Tarn Giang lagoon specifically.