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Review of national fisheries situation in Sri Lanka
Type: Book Chapter
Fisheries are an important source of protein and employment for Sri Lanka’s population. The declaration of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in 1976 gave the country a water area larger than its land area. The coastal ...
Paralegal work: a community-based approach to fisheries law enforcement ni Negros Occidental, Philippines
Type: Conference Paper
The depletion and degradation of the State marine and aquatic resources due to uncontrolled exploitation are the primary reasons for the enactment of fisheries laws. There are two approaches to the enforcement of these ...
Livelihood diversification in coastal and inland fishing communities: misconceptions, evidence and implications for fisheries management
Type: Working Paper
The paper starts with a review of the concept of diversification, encompassing its associated dimensions, typology and influencing factors. Linkages between diversification and poverty are also briefly outlined in this ...
Institutional issues and perspectives in the management of fisheries and coastal resources in southeast Asia
Type: Report
In developing countries, institutional weaknesses and constraints are pervasive in the fisheries and coastal resources management sector. Legal, policy and institutional frameworks are not crafted to suit the unique features ...
Global Symposium on Women in Fisheries
Type: Conference Proceedings
All over the world, women contribute in multiple ways to the production, processing, marketing and management of fish and other living aquatic resources. The first ever Global Symposium on Women in Fisheries, held in ...
Status and management of the Java sea fisheries
Type: Book Chapter
The Java Sea is a major fishing ground in Indonesia contributing 31% of the national marine fisheries production. Demersal and small pelagic fishery resources account for most production in the area. During the 1960s and ...
Genetics and the study of fisheries connectivity in Asian developing countries.
Type: Journal Article
The paper presents a brief summary of the available methods to determine connectivity using genetic markers and two examples where they have been applied in Southeast Asia. Recommendations for the more efficient conduct ...
When fishery rhymes with poverty: a first step beyond the old paradigm on poverty in small-scale fisheries
Type: Journal Article
In this paper, we first look retrospectively at the perceptions embraced by academics, international agencies and practitioners of the relation between fisheries and poverty in developing countries and we try to identify ...
A call for action to the fish world: a guide to fish-related paragraphs of the plan of implementation of the world summit on sustainable development
It contains tables and a selected verbatim set of the paragraphs and sub paragraphs of the recent Plan of Implementation of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from ...
Diagnostic study of the Volta Basin fisheries: Part 1 overview of the fisheries resources
Type: Report
The Basin Focal Project for the Volta (BFP-Volta) is a research project funded by the Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF). Its aim is to provide an in-depth analysis of the basin through three main thematic issues: ...