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Should states and international organizations adopt a human rights approach to fisheries policy?
Type: Journal Article
Non-governmental organizations (ngo) and fisherfolk organizations already use human rights principles and legislation to campaign for the social, economic and cultural rights of fishing people. Yet, despite the widespread ...
The natural history and fisheries ecology of Lake Chilwa, southern Malawi
Type: Journal Article
Lake Chilwa produces between zero and 24,000 metric tons of fish per year, making it one of the most productive but variable lakes in Africa. The size of the lake varies seasonally and among years, sometimes drying completely. ...
Governance of aquatic agricultural systems: Analyzing representation, power, and accountability
Type: Journal Article
Aquatic agricultural systems in developing countries face increasing competition from multiple stakeholders over rights to access and use natural resources, land, water, wetlands, and fisheries, essential to rural livelihoods. ...
Prawn postlarvae fishing in coastal Bangladesh: challenges for sustainable livelihoods
Type: Journal Article
Fishing for prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) postlarvae is a major contributor to the livelihoods of the coastal poor in Bangladesh, including women. A study of coastal livelihoods along the lower Pasur River in southwest ...
Innovations in capture fisheries are an imperative for nutrition security in the developing world
Type: Journal Article
This article examines two strands of discourse on wild capture fisheries; one that focuses on resource sustainability and environmental impacts, another related to food and nutrition security and human well-being. Available ...
Rights-based fisheries governance: from fishing rights to human rights
Type: Journal Article
In the last twenty years, policy prescriptions for addressing the global crisis in fisheries have centred on strengthening fisheries governance through clarifying exclusive individual or community rights of access to fishery ...
The role of human rights in implementing socially responsible seafood
Type: Journal Article
Sustainability standards for seafood mainly address environmental performance criteria and are less concerned with the welfare of fisheries workers who produce the seafood. Yet human rights violations such as slavery and ...
Contribution of fisheries and aquaculture to food security and poverty reduction: Assessing the current evidence
Type: Journal Article
This paper evaluates the existing evidence of how and to what extent capture fisheries and aquaculture contribute to food security and poverty reduction. In doing so the authors evaluate the quality and scientific rigor ...
Wealth, rights, and resilience: An agenda for governance reform in small-scale fisheries
Type: Journal Article
The diversity of social, ecological and economic characteristics of smallscale fisheries in developing countries means that context-specific assessments are required to understand and address shortcomings in their governance. ...
Managing fisheries for human and food security
Type: Journal Article
We evaluate the current status of the global marine fisheries using the frameworks of conflict, food security and vulnerability. Existing trends suggest that there is likely to be greater food insecurity and fisheries ...