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Small fish can mean big nutrition
Type: Brief
Malnutrition levels in Bangladesh are amongst the highest in the world. Approximately half of Bangladesh’s population lives below the food poverty line and the dietary intake of both adults and children are severely deficient ...
Sub-Saharan fish trade and nutrition in a changing climate
Type: Brief
There is an increasing ‘fish gap’ in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where fish supplies have failed to keep pace with the region’s growing demand. Despite the high dependence on fish for nutrition in much of the region, consumption ...
Drivers of region-wide declines in architectural complexity on Caribbean reefs
Type: Journal Article
Severe declines in the cover of live hard coral on reefs have been reported worldwide, and in the Caribbean region, the architectural complexity of coral reefs has also declined markedly. While the drivers of coral cover ...
Aquaculture, fisheries, poverty and food security
Type: Working Paper
Fisheries and aquaculture play important roles in providing food and income in many developing countries, either as a stand-alone activity or in association with crop agriculture and livestock rearing. The aim of this paper ...
Smoked marine fish from Western Region, Ghana: a value chain assessment
Type: Report
The value chain analysis of ths report focused on smoked marine fish- overwhelmingly the most important fish product originating in Western Region, Ghana. Smoked fish from Western Region is mainly destined for the domestic ...
Catalyzing collective action to address natural resource conflict: lessons from Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake
Type: Working Paper
This paper reports on outcomes and lessons learned from a 15-month initiative aimed at strengthening collective action to address natural resource conflict in Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake. Employing the Appreciation-Influence-Control ...
Aquaculture farmer organizations and cluster management: concepts and experiences
Type: Report
Small-scale aquaculture producers in developing countries are facing new opportunities and challenges related to market liberalization, globalization and increasingly stringent quality and safety requirements for their ...
Blue frontiers: managing the environmental costs of aquaculture
Type: Report
The report begins with an overview of the current status of world aquaculture. It then goes on to describe an approach for estimating the current combined biophysical resource demands of aquaculture for producer countries ...
Reconciling livelihoods and aquatic ecosystem resilience in the lakes of Malawi (Editiorial)
Type: Journal Article
Lakes Malawi, Malombe and Chilwa produce almost all the fish consumed in Malawi. The ecologies of these lakes are very different. These differences present significant challenges in implementing policies and management ...
Climate change and other external drivers in small-scale fisheries: practical steps for responding
Type: Book Chapter
The effects of international trade, market globalization, technology, climatic change, health and disease, demography, governance, development patterns and aquaculture on small-scale fisheries and practical suggestions for ...