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Climate change: research to meet the challenges facing fisheries and aquaculture
Type: Brief
Climate change poses new challenges to the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture systems, with serious implications for the 520 million people who depend on them for their livelihoods and the nearly 3 billion people ...
The fisheries of Zanzibar: potential for new investments
Type: Journal Article
Zanzibar, one of the poorest areas of sub-Saharan Africa, has a good potential for foreign investment in offshore (EEZ) marine capture fisheries, in aquaculture and in fi sheries infrastructure. Zanzibar’s fisheries resources ...
Research for the future development of aquaculture in Ghana
Type: Conference Proceedings
Reports the impacts of a three-year project on small-scale integrated farming systems in Ghana. Small farm ponds are potentially one of the most valuable components of integrated resources management systems. They can raise ...
WorldFish Center in Malaysia
Type: Brochure
The WorldFish Center is an independent scientific research organization that works to reduce poverty and hunger by improving fisheries and aquaculture. It is funded by donations from governments and charitable foundations. ...
A review of global tilapia farming practices
Type: Journal Article
Tilapia, that is native to Africa and Middle East, has emerged from mere obscurity to one of the most productive and internationally traded food fish in the world. The farming of tilapias in its crudest form is believed ...
Cooperation in aquaculture rehabilitation and development in Aceh, Indonesia
Type: Journal Article
Post-tsunami rehabilitation and reconstruction activities in Aceh have been criticised as focusing on vertical reporting at the expense of lateral coordination, leading in some cases to ‘overlaps and redundancies, mistargeting ...
Is water productivity relevant in fisheries and aquaculture?
Type: Conference Paper
We present a critical analysis of the application of the water productivity concept in fisheries and aquaculture, defining the scope of application of the concept and limitations. A revised framework is presented and ...
Monitoring and evaluation training program
Type: Report
Freshwater Resources Research Program of the WorldFish Center is aimed at improving food security and eradicating poverty by introducing small-scale fresh water aquaculture as an element into the economic activities of ...
The potential role of small fish species in improving micronutrient deficiencies in developing countries: building evidence
Type: Journal Article
The purpose of this study was to build a comprehensive overview of the potential role of fish in improving nutrition with respect to certain micronutrient deficiencies in developing countries. A comprehensive literature ...
Potential of genetics for aquaculture development in Africa
Type: Journal Article
Aquaculture in Africa is fairly insignificant by world standards and accounts for a mere 0.4 per cent of global aquaculture production. The application of genetics can play an important role in efforts to increase aquaculture ...