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Community-based fisheries management in post-tsunami Aceh, Indonesia: diagnosis, planning and options testing
(2007)Type: PosterThe tremendous loss of life and assets resulting from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami dealt a devastating blow to the coastal communities of Aceh Province, Indonesia. There have been a variety of interventions ranging from ... -
New advances in rice-aquaculture production systems for deltaic plains: key findings from a project funded by the CGIAR challenge Program on water and food
(2007)Type: ReportForty per cent of the world population is settled in coastal zones, where much of industrial needs and world's food are produced. The influence of the sea on the environment and human livelihood is not restricted to the ... -
Simplification of seagrass food webs across a gradient of nutrient enrichment
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleAnthropogenic nutrient enrichment has resulted in significant changes in food web structure. Although such changes have been associated with the loss of diversity and ecosystem services, little empirical work has been done ... -
Indigenous species for African aquaculture development
(2007)Type: Book ChapterFrom the history of introductions and the development of successful aquaculture elsewhere, it appears that the use of exotic species to speed up the rate of aquaculture development in Africa is unlikely to be an efficacious ... -
Enabling alternative livelihoods for aquatic resource dependent communities of the Tonle Sap: summary note
(2007)Type: ReportThis research note is provided as a supplement to the technical report, “Influence of Built Structures on Livelihoods: Case Studies of Road Development, Irrigation, and Fishing Lots," as part of the livelihoods component ... -
Diagnostic study of the Volta Basin fisheries: Part 2 Livelihoods and poverty analysis, current trends and projections
(2007)Type: ReportThe Basin Focal Project for the Volta (BFP-Volta) is a research project funded by the Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF). Its aim is to provide an in-depth analysis of issues related to water in the Volta Basin ... -
Delineating recommendation domains for small-scale freshwater aquaculture: deploying GIS for decision support
(2007)Type: Book ChapterThis paper highlights Geographical Information System (GIS) applications in an on-going, three-year project to develop spatial decision-support tools for identifying recommendation domains (places and sets of conditions) ... -
Influence of phenol pollution on Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
(2007)Type: ReportIn this study a field investigation was done by collection of water and Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from Helwan (branch of Nile River), El- Abbassa earthen ponds and Bahr El-Baqar fish ponds every 4 months during ... -
Milkfish production and processing technologies in the Philippines
(2007)Type: ManualThis manual describes the technologies developed for Milkfish seed production, grow-out and processing in the Philippines. -
Investing in African fisheries : building links to the millennium development goals
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper examines the direct and indirect links between fisheries and individual Millennium Development Goals and translates the findings into recommendations for action in support of improved investments in fisheries ... -
Lessons learnt in CBFM-SSEA Sunamganj district Bangladesh
(2007)Type: BrochureIn the district of Sunamganj, Bangladesh, the sustainable resource management, which is part and parcel of the Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) approach, has led to documented increases in yields as well as ... -
China and the WorldFish Center pooling resources [in Chinese]
(2007)Type: BrochureWorldFish has renewed its partnership specifically to make aquaculture more productive, profitable and environmentally sustainable in China, tropical Asia and Africa. This brochure documents our previous work in China and ... -
Institutional issues in the CBFM-2 project
(2007)Type: Conference PaperA wide range of institutional arrangements were practiced in the Community Based Fisheries Management project in phase-1 (1994-1999) and phase-2 (2001-2007). The project documents stated that there were three main fisheries ... -
Grow-out of sandfish Holothuria scabra in ponds shows that co-culture with shrimp Litopenaeus stylirostris is not viable
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleWe examined the potential for producing the large numbers of sandfish (Holothuria scabra) needed for restocking programmes by co-culturing juveniles with the shrimp Litopenaeus stylirostris in earthen ponds. Our experiments ... -
Paralegal work: a community-based approach to fisheries law enforcement ni Negros Occidental, Philippines
(2007)Type: Conference PaperThe depletion and degradation of the State marine and aquatic resources due to uncontrolled exploitation are the primary reasons for the enactment of fisheries laws. There are two approaches to the enforcement of these ... -
Valuing Recreational and Conservation Benefits of Coral Reefs-the Case of Balinao, Philippines
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleThe recognition of previous termrecreationalnext term and conservation benefits of coral reefs globally provides a sound economic rationale for their management. The value of previous termrecreationalnext term and conservation ... -
Socioeconomic and ecological considerations in the management of Lower Guinea rainforest rivers
(2007)Type: ReportLow order rainforest streams in Central Africa represent the largest single riverine ecosystem on the continent. Of the 8 million people who live in the Lower Guinea Rainforest, nearly 20% are more or less fulltime fishers ... -
Institutions in the Mekong Delta of Cambodia: findings from a situation analysis
(2007)Type: Conference PaperThis paper focuses on property rights and collective action in the Mekong region of Cambodia. Institutional arrangements in water management for community-based aquaculture in two villages in the Mekong area of Cambodia ... -
Annual report 2006
(2007)Type: ReportThis brouchure captures the essence of the work and projects with key partners by WorldFish in 2006. A balance sheet is also provided for reference. -
Policy on the transfer of genetically improved Farm Tilapia (GIFT) from Asia to Africa by the WorldFish Center
(2007)Type: BriefThe Mission of The WorldFish Center is to ‘reduce poverty and hunger through improved fisheries and aquaculture’. We work to achieve this through relevant research, development and technology transfer, partnerships, capacity ...
