Scientists from the developed countries increasingly acknowledge
the failure of fisheries management [18–20]. They further express
their concern that the science they have produced may not serve the
needs of small stocks in many developing countries [2,3]. In searching
for innovative approaches, they called upon a multi-disciplinary
approach which takes into account the social, economic and ecological
systems in which these fisheries occur [21–25]. In this stream,
community-based management or participatory management has
grown out of developing country needs, and has involved stakeholders
as partners in fisheries management [3,16,26]. Developing
countries should search for suitable cost-effective management
approaches. Taking into account the fast population growth in these
countries, it is necessary to realize that the resources at some point in
time will fall short and will not be capable of delivering the same
benefits to this growing population. Therefore, it is necessary to
adopt sustainable management approaches and this inevitably
requires to gradually reduce dependence on the resources.