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Assessing the impact of fisheries co-management interventions in developing countries: a meta-analysis
Type: Journal Article
Co-management is now established as a mainstream approach to small-scale fisheries management across the developing world. A comprehensive review of 204 potential cases reveals a lack of impact assessments of fisheries ...
Giant freshwater prawn culture: Experiences from on-farm trials in the Philippines
Type: Journal Article
This study explored the viability of giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii, locally known as ulang) culture in six regions in the Philippines. Twelve farmer-cooperators employed ulang monoculture and eight ...
Innovation and gendered negotiations: Insights from six small-scale fishing communities
Type: Journal Article
There has so far been limited investigation into gender in relation to innovation in fisheries. Therefore, this study investigates how gender relations shape the capacity and motivation of different individuals in fishing ...
Enhancement of grazing gastropod populations as a coral reef restoration tool: predation effects and related applied implications
Type: Journal Article
In this study, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of adding T. niloticus to control epilithic algal biomass and enhance coral recruitment on artificial substrata at a heavily fished reef in northwestern Philippines. Our ...
Addressing small scale fisheries management through Participatory Action Research (PAR), an experience from the Philippines
Type: Journal Article
This paper is about the use of Participatory Action Research (PAR) and how it can influence change among stakeholders in small scale fisheries. It is made up of the following sections: an articulation of why the use of ...
How do hunter-gatherers learn? The transmission of indigenous knowledge among the Agta of the Philippines
Type: Journal Article
The Agta of the Philippines depend on extensive knowledge of their natural environment for their livelihoods. However, little is known about the transmission of this indigenous ecological knowledge. This paper examines the ...
An ecosystem approach to small-scale fisheries through participatory diagnosis in four tropical countries
Type: Journal Article
Participatory diagnosis is an approach to identify, prioritize and mobilise around factors that constrain or enable effective governance and management in small-scale fisheries. Diagnostic frameworks are mostly designed ...
Gender and poverty dimensions in a value chain analysis of milkfish mariculture in Misamis Oriental, Philippines
Type: Journal Article
This paper aims to describe the role of key players in the value chain for milkfish Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775) in a mariculture Park in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental in the Philippines with an emphasis on gender dimensions. ...
Crisis sentinel indicators: Averting a potential meltdown in the Coral Triangle
Type: Journal Article
The Coral Triangle (CT) includes some or all of the land and seas of six countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste (CT6). It covers only 1.1% of the world's ...
Do fish scales matter? Diversification and differentiation in seafood commodity chains
Type: Journal Article
Recent studies in the literature on fisheries trade have contrasted the challenges and opportunities associated with domestic and internationally oriented fish trade. We examine forms of domestic and international fish ...