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The predicament of the freshwater fisheries and aquaculture of Sri Lanka
Type: Journal Article
A discussion is presented on the current problems facing the freshwater fisheries of Sri Lanka, following the decision taken by the Government to abolish the Inland Fisheries Division of the Fisheries Ministry and to stop ...
Managing fisheries conflicts through communication planning: experience from inland fisheries of Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
Increasing population, ineffective management, competition among fishing gears over access to resources and proliferation of destructive practices are imposing severe stress on the inland water bodies of Bangladesh. These ...
The sustainable livelihoods approach to the development of freshwater prawn marketing systems in Southwest Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
A conceptual framework, drawn from an approach to poverty reduction known as the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA), is applied to understanding the role of freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) marketing systems ...
Institutional arrangements in seasonal floodplain management under community-based aquaculture in Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
Seasonal floodplains under private and public ownership in the Indo-Ganges river basin provide food and income for millions of people in Bangladesh. Floodplain ownership regimes are diverse, covering the whole spectrum ...
Scaling out enhanced floodplain productivity by poor communities: aquaculture and fisheries in Bangladesh and eastern India
Type: Conference Paper
Rearing fish in seasonal floodplains raises productivity but can adversely affect the poor and the biodiversity of important natural fisheries. Equitable community institutions enable poor rural households to cooperate ...
Population parameters of important species in inland fisheries of Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
The von Bertalanffy growth model parameters (L8 and K) and mortality coefficients (Z, M and F) were estimated for 12 fish species caught by fishers in five Community-Based Fisheries Management project sites in Bangladesh. ...
Status of fisheries resource and management approach in the open beels of Bangladesh: a comparative case study
Type: Journal Article
A fish catch monitoring program was introduced in Ashura beel, Goakhola beel and Dikshi beel in 1997 through the Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) project. The project focused on developing community management ...
Problems for the conservation of freshwater fish genetic resources in India and some possible solutions
Type: Journal Article
Many interconnected problems involved for the conservation of freshwater fish genetic resources of India are enumerated. Some possible solutions to the problems are also discussed.
High level of hybridisation in three species of Indian major carps
Type: Journal Article
Thirty individuals of each species of Indian major carps, i.e., Catla catla, Cirrhinus cirrhosus (C. mrigala) and Labeo rohita, obtained from a nursery near Mymensingh, Bangladesh were analysed by means of allozyme ...
Community-based resource management approaches adopted in the three tributaries of River Surma, North-East Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
Freshwater fishery resources are declining in Bangladesh due to over exploitation, anthropogenic causes and inadequate management. To improve sustainability of these resources, a community-based resource management initiative ...