Coastal resources and management systems influenced by conflict and migration: Mecúfi, Mozambique.

Coastal resource utilization and management systems, both traditional and more recently conceived, were studied in Mecúfi district, northern Mozambique in a post-conflict situation prior to which a significant migration of people to the coast had occurred. A wide variety of coastal biotopes containing a multitude of resources had been affected in various ways. Intertidal organisms exhibited signs of decreasing abundance and average size, whereas offshore fishes and mangrove forests did not show signs of over-utilization.