Length-weight relationships and condition factors are presented for Indian major carp Catla catla, Labeo rohita, L. calbasu and Cirrhinus mrigala (Cyprinidae) in a reservoir of Bangladesh (Kaptai Lake).

The overall goal of the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems is to improve the well-being of aquatic agricultural system-dependent peoples. The Program will focus initially on three aquatic agricultural ...

Fish is crucial to food and nutrition security in Solomon Islands, and demand is expected to increase due to a growing population. However, it is projected that current capture fisheries production will not meet this growing ...

The demand for gender analysis is now increasingly orthodox in natural resource programming, including that for small-scale fisheries. Whilst the analysis of social-ecological resilience has made valuable contributions to ...

Aquaculture now contributes nearly half of the global food fish production and, by the year 2030, estimates are that an additional 27 million tonnes, or over 50 percent from the current production, will be needed to meet ...

Hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha) is the national fish of Bangladesh. It is the most popular fish within the countries of the Bay of Bengal region due to its taste, flavor and look. Moreover, it contains essential micronutrients ...

Editorial on papers addressing the changing relationships among the various literacies, knowledges and practices in small-scale fishing communities.

The Agta of the Philippines depend on extensive knowledge of their natural environment for their livelihoods. However, little is known about the transmission of this indigenous ecological knowledge. This paper examines the ...

Results of a twelve-month assessment of the fisheries and aquaculture potential of small waterbodies (SWBs) in the West Gonja District of Northern Ghana are presented. The primary objectives of the project were to established ...

Concept of sustainability in relation to agricultural systems is discussed.