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Illuminating hidden harvests: The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development
Type: Brief
FAO, WorldFish and Duke University are working in partnership with experts globally to revisit and build on the Hidden Harvest study in 2012. Encompassing the pre-harvesting, harvesting and post-harvesting sectors of inland ...
Beyond net deficits: new priorities for an aquacultural geography
Type: Journal Article
Geographers first identified aquaculture as an important field of study during the 1990s, pointing to a 'net deficit' in geographical knowledge about the activity. This paper examines how far geographers have come in ...
Baseline studies of biodiversity: the fish resources of Western Indonesia
Type: Working Paper
This book presents and analyzes data on fish resources collected in Western Indonesia during bottom trawl surveys conducted from 1974 to 1981 by a variety of research vessels. The data identify fish communities that ...
Interventions for improving the productivity and environmental performance of global aquaculture for future food security
Type: Journal Article
Aquatic foods are increasingly being recognized as having an important role to play in an environmentally sustainable and nutritionally sufficient food system. Proposals for increasing aquatic food production often center ...
Feed resources vis-à-vis livestock and fish productivity in a changing climate
Type: Book Chapter
Animal source food production globally already faces increasing pressure because of negative environmental implications, particularly because of greenhouse gas emissions. As livestock and aquaculture are important sources ...
An equity lens on behavioral science for conservation
Type: Journal Article
In recent decades, interest in and application of behavioral insights to conservation theory and practice have expanded significantly. Yet the growth of integrated strategies to adapt and guide human behavior in service ...
RESILIENT AQUATIC FOOD SYSTEMS (RAqFS) FOR HEALTHY PEOPLE AND PLANET. STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP REPORT - ZAMBIA
Type: Report
The report describes the stakeholder engagement workshop convened to introduce the AqF Initiative (in particular the AquaPlans work package) to the traditional leaders, community representatives and stakeholders working ...
Success story: Improved fish smoker delivers a superior product – Myanmar language version
Type: Blog
This success story in Myanmar language, details the key lessons learned, technical, social and economic, when piloting an improved design of fish smoker in Kale Township, Sagaing Region of Myanmar
How to enhance the sustainability and inclusiveness of smallholder aquaculture production systems in Zambia?
Type: Journal Article
Fish is a key source of income, food, and nutrition in Zambia, although unlike in the past, capture fisheries no longer meet the national demand for fish. Supply shortfalls created an opportunity to develop the aquaculture ...
Simulation of the effects of oxygen on food consumption and growth of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.)
Type: Journal Article
Fish need oxygen for aerobic generation of energy for body maintenance, locomotion, feeding and biosynthesis. The rate of oxygen uptake of most fish is limited by diffusion through the gills, and gill surface area grows ...