| lessons for resource conservation from two contrasting small-scale fisheries. | small-scale fisheries present challenges to management due to fishers' dependency on resources and the adaptability of management systems. we compared social-ecological processes in the sea cucumber fisheries of zanzibar and mayotte, western indian ocean, to better understand the reasons for resource conservation or collapse. commercial value of wild stocks was at least 30 times higher in mayotte than in zanzibar owing to lower fishing pressure. zanzibar fishers were financially reliant on the f ... | 2015 | 25238980 |