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Food and feeding ecology of hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) in Bangladesh’s Meghna River basin
Type: Working Paper
Hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha) is one of the most important tropical fish of the Indo-Pacific region, especially in Bangladeshi waters. The hilsa fishery has declined significantly since 2002 mainly due to overfishing, ...
The contribution of fish intake, aquaculture, and small-scale fisheries to improving nutrition: A literature review
Type: Working Paper
Much of fish consumed by the poor are caught by household members and traded in local markets. These fish are rarely or poorly included in national statistics, and it is therefore difficult to estimate precisely the real ...
Hilsa’s non-consumptive value in Bangladesh: Estimating the non-consumptive value of the hilsa fishery in Bangladesh using the contingent valuation method
Type: Working Paper
Hilsa is Bangladesh’s most important single-species fishery: for cultural identity, earnings and employment. However, overfishing, habitat destruction, siltation, pollution and climate change have driven catches down, and ...
Bringing gender analysis and resilience analysis together in small scale fisheries research: Challenges and opportunities
Type: Working Paper
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the challenges involved in bringing gender analysis together with the analysis of social-ecological resilience and in doing so to provide ways forward that will enable a more meaningful ...
Increasing productivity and improving livelihoods in aquatic agricultural systems: A review of interventions
Type: Working Paper
Aquatic agricultural systems (AAS) are food production systems in which the productivity of freshwater or coastal ecosystems contributes significantly to total household nutrition, food security, and income in developing ...