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Evaluating the Fit of Co-management for Small-Scale Fisheries Governance in Timor-Leste
Type: Book Chapter
Fisheries co-management is an increasingly globalized concept, and a cornerstone of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication, adopted ...
Policy coherence with the small-scale fisheries guidelines: Analysing across scales of governance in Pacific small-scale fisheries
Type: Book Chapter
Concerns about the sustainability of small-scale fisheries, and the equitable distribution of fisheries benefits, are wide-spread within government agencies, non-government organizations, and rural fishing communities ...
On her own feet
Type: Book Chapter
Mrs Jessie Kaunde is proud to be one of the small, but growing, number of women who farm fish on their own. She recognised fish farming as an opportunity to provide herself with a better future back in 1999, when she heard ...
Socioeconomic aspects of artisanal fisheries in Asia
Type: Book Chapter
The fisheries sector provides a valuable source of food protein and is one of the primary sources of livelihood and employment in Asian countries. However, it is also within the fisheries sector where extreme poverty ...
Transdisciplinary engagement to address transboundary challenges for small-scale fishers
Type: Book Chapter
Small-scale fisheries and their governance are increasingly affected by natural, social, and political issues that originate outside their immediate control and locality. This chapter explores how researchers, non-governmental ...
Management strategies for multi-species complexes in artisanal fisheries
Type: Book Chapter
Artisanal fisheries are extremely diverse when considered on a worldwide basis, although less so within particular countries. As a general case, artisanal fisheries are those in which fishermen operate from vessels of ...
How to capture small-scale fisheries’ many contributions to society? – Introducing the ‘Value-Contribution Matrix’ and applying it to the case of a swimming crab fishery in South Korea
Type: Book Chapter
To facilitate a systematic and comprehensive capturing of small-scale fisheries’ societal contributions, this chapter proposes a ‘value-contribution matrix’ and applies it to the case of a swimming crab fishery in South ...
Appraisal, assessment and monitoring of small-scale coastal fisheries in the South Pacific region
Type: Book Chapter
All fisheries should, ideally, pass through a four stage process of appraisal, assessment, management and monitoring. Fisheries assessment methods are reviewed, as are methods for parameter estimation. A cost effective ...
Improved management, increased culture and consumption of small fish species can improve diets of the rural poor
Type: Book Chapter
In many low-income countries with water resources, small fish species are important for the livelihoods, nutrition and income of the rural poor. The small size of fish favours frequent consumption by and nutrition of the ...
Diagnosis and the management constituency of small-scale fisheries
Type: Book Chapter
The concepts and implementation of the Participatory Diagnosis and Adaptive Management (PDAM) framework for small-scale fishery development and management in developing countries are described.