This work explores how colonial marine conservation policy in Madagascar had the dual purpose of facilitating the expansion of capital and ‘civilizing’ the way Malagasy fishers used marine resources. I analyse how the legacy of narratives that emerged to bolster state-led conservation intervention during the colonial period are still present in current conservation and development narratives, perpetuating in some cases the colonizer-colonized relationship between conservation organizations and local resource users. These findings indicate a need to revamp certain aspects of marine resource use legislation in Madagascar and the need for conservation organizations to explicitly acknowledge their history when working with local resource users in order to avoid reproducing historical injustices.

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鲸鱼和儒艮：考察作为马达加斯加海洋历史发展的殖民保护的兴起

这项工作探讨了马达加斯加的殖民海洋保护政策如何具有促进资本扩张和“文明”马达加斯加渔民使用海洋资源的方式的双重目的。我分析了殖民时期为支持国家主导的保护干预而出现的叙事遗产如何仍然存在于当前的保护和发展叙事中，在某些情况下使保护组织与当地资源使用者之间的殖民者殖民关系永久化。这些发现表明需要修改马达加斯加海洋资源使用立法的某些方面，以及保护组织在与当地资源用户合作时需要明确承认他们的历史，以避免重现历史不公正。