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Small-scale shrimp farmers and global markets: Trends, future prospects and adaptation
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleIt is time to recognize the crucial role of small-scale farmers in Asian aquaculture production and trade. The socially and economically important smallscale sector – the “mainstay” of Asian aquaculture – is innovative, ... -
Teaching the Adivasi to fish for a lifetime of benefit in Bangladesh
(2012)Type: BriefThe Adivasi Fisheries Project (AFP) set out in 2007 to help Adivasis in the north and northwest of Bangladesh find new and more sustainable livelihoods. It is based on 2 decades of WorldFish research in Bangladesh on ... -
Value chain analysis of the Egyptian aquaculture sector
(2012)Type: Conference PaperEgypt’s aquaculture production (921,585 tonnes in 2010) is by far the largest of any African country and places it 11th in terms of global production. Despite the fact that the aquaculture sector in Egypt is now a mature ... -
Can marine fisheries and aquaculture meet fish demand from a growing human population in a changing climate?
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleExpansion in the world's human population and economic development will increase future demand for fish products. As global fisheries yield is constrained by ecosystems productivity and management effectiveness, per capita ... -
Navigating change: Second-generation challenges of small-scale fisheries co-management in the Philippines and Vietnam
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleEarly efforts to apply the concept of fisheries co-management in Southeast Asia focused primarily on building the effectiveness of local management institutions and advocating the merits of the approach so that it would ... -
Effect of gypsum treatment on water quality parameters and fish performance in fertilized polyculture earthen ponds
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleThis experiment aimed to study the effect of agriculture gypsum treatment in aquaculture ponds (to raise water total hardness) on the physico-chemical and biological parameters of pond water and fish performance in a ... -
Strengthening impact evaluation in natural resource management
(2012)Type: ReportThe workshop on Strengthening Evaluation in Natural Resource Management Research is part of an ACIAR-funded Small Research and Development Activity (SRA) on Assessing the Impacts of Natural Resource Management and Policy ... -
Hidden harvest: The global contribution of capture fisheries
(2012)Type: ReportThe important contribution of fi sheries to human well-being is frequently underestimated. This report highlights that contribution. The report focuses on small-scale fi sheries and developing countries because the livelihoods ... -
Mangrove ecosystem services and payments for blue carbon in Solomon Islands
(2012)Type: BriefThe AusAID Development Research Project: Poverty Alleviation, Mangrove Conservation and Climate Change: Carbon offsets as payment for mangrove ecosystem services in Solomon Islands (# 49892) was designed to evaluate the ... -
Phylogeography of a pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) across the Indo-Australian Archipelago: evidence of strong regional structure and population expansions but no phylogenetic breaks
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleThis study investigates the genetic structure and phylogeography of a broadcast spawning bivalve mollusc, Pinctada maxima, throughout the Indo-West Pacific and northern Australia. DNA sequence variation of the mitochondrial ... -
Autonomous adaptation to climate change by shrimp and catfish farmers in Vietnam’s Mekong River delta
(2012)Type: Working PaperThe Mekong River delta of Vietnam supports a thriving aquaculture industry but is exposed to the impacts of climate change. In particular, sea level rise and attendant increased flooding (both coastal and riverine) and ... -
Asia-Pacific tropical sea cucumber aquaculture
(2012)Type: Conference PaperACIAR, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), organised a symposium on tropical sea cucumber aquaculture at SPC Headquarters in Noumea, New Caledonia, in February 2011. Although the principal ... -
Towards sustainable development of small-scale fisheries in the Philippines: Experience and lessons learned from eight regional sites
(2012)Type: BriefThe focus of this paper is on the governance of small-scale or municipal fisheries in the Philippines in light of the critical role they play in the livelihoods of coastal communities and in the nation as a whole. The ... -
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Recipe card: Labeo rohita [in Bengali]
(2012)Type: OtherA postcard of fish recipe from the Feed the Future program -
Increasing women's participation in community based management in Solomon Islands
(2012)Type: PosterPoster on increasing women's role in fishery management in Solomon Islands -
Building coalitions, creating change: An agenda for gender transformative research in agricultural development
(2012)Type: Working PaperThe CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) has developed its Gender Research in Development Strategy centered on a transformative approach. Translating this strategy into actual research and development ... -
Cultured fish: integrative biology and management of domestication and interactions with wild fish
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleFish aquaculture for commodity production, fisheries enhancement and conservation is expanding rapidly, with many cultured species undergoing inadvertent or controlled domestication. Cultured fish are frequently released, ... -
Value-chain analysis of Egyptian aquaculture [in Arabic]
(2012)Type: ReportEgypt’s aquaculture production (705,490 tonnes in 2009) is by far the largest of any African country and places it 11th in terms of global production. The aquaculture sector makes a significant contribution to income, ... -
Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems: Program summary: Solomon Islands
(2012)Type: BrochureThe Program will achieve impact at multiple scales (household, community, province and national as well as amongst program countries) through pathways that include partnerships, knowledge sharing and learning. In Solomon ...
