Fisherfolk Vulnerability and Institutional Mediation on Lake Tanganyika

Qualitative data from 2026 explores how small-scale fisherfolk in six shoreline villages in Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo experience and respond to conflict-induced vulnerabilities. The study conceptualizes vulnerability through exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity, analyzing how formal and informal institutions mediate fisherfolk's responses. It emphasizes fisherfolk's agency and calls for inclusive co-management policies integrating local norms with formal governance.

Use Cases

• Analyzing institutional mediation of conflict impacts based on qualitative interview data
• Studying adaptive capacity and livelihood strategies of small-scale fisherfolk
• Comparing formal and informal governance structures in transboundary fishery contexts
• Applying Critical Institutionalism frameworks to case study data from Lake Tanganyika

Strengths

• Data is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, facilitating reuse and sharing
• Focus on a specific, understudied transboundary context (Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania/DRC)
• Cross-platform presence on figshare suggests established curation and accessibility

Limitations

• Column names and row counts are not provided, limiting understanding of the data's structure and scale
• The dataset consists of a single 1,027,775-byte PDF file, suggesting it is a document (e.g., thesis, report) rather than structured, machine-readable data
• The temporal coverage of the underlying study is not specified, only the publication date

Provenance

Source

Deo Namwira

Collection Method

Qualitative data collected from six shoreline villages in Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Freshness

2026-03-24

Geography

Lake Tanganyika shoreline villages in Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo.