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African aquaculture: realizing the potential
Type: Journal Article
Despite 40 years of research and development, and hundreds of millions of dollars spent, aquaculture is struggling to realize its high biophysical potential in Africa. Hampered by ineffective institutional arrangements and ...
Fisheries management in Malawi: a patchwork of traditional, modern, and post-modern regimes unfolds
Type: Book Chapter
This cases study provides an overview of how the roles of different stakeholders and institutions in fisheries management have evolved during the past century in Malawi.
Tropical river fisheries valuation: background papers to a global synthesis
Type: Working Paper
This report is a compilation of five regional reviews that document the global status of tropical rivers and inland fisheries in three continents: Latin America, Africa and Asia. It explores the role of valuation methods ...
Planning the use of fish for food security in the Pacific
Type: Brief
Fish is a mainstay of food security for Pacific island countries and territories (PICTs). Diversifying the supply of fish will make rural households in the Pacific more resilient to natural disasters, social and political ...
Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture
Type: Working Paper
This publication introduces the methods and results of a research project that has developed a set of decision-support tools to identify places and sets of conditions for which a particular target aquaculture technology ...
Tropical river fisheries valuation: establishing economic value to guide policy
Type: Brief
Annual fish production from rivers and other inland fisheries is estimated at 5.5 million tons and a gross market value of $6 billion. Capturing the true economic value of fisheries to developing countries is the focus ...
Gender and fisheries
Type: Journal Article
Editorial: Focuses on the gender dimensions of fisheries which provide rich ground for perspectives on development policy and community based strategies for livelihoods, gender and social justice.
Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture: country case study: development and status of freshwater aquaculture in Malawi
Type: Working Paper
This monograph is a result of a 3-year project to produce a decision-support toolkit with supporting databases and case studies to help researchers, planners and extension agents working on freshwater pond aquaculture. The ...
Aquaculture development 3. Genetic resource management
Type: Report
These Technical Guidelines have been developed to support sections of the FAO’s Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries on aspects of genetic resource management in aquaculture. Guidance is provided on broodstock management ...
Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture: country case study: development and status of freshwater aquaculture in Cameroon
Type: Working Paper
This report is an output of the project “Determination of high-potential aquaculture development areas and impact in Africa and Asia”. This monograph is the case study for Cameroon. Written in three parts, it describes the ...