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Fisheries co-management - an institutional innovation? Lessons from south east Asia and southern Africa
Type: Journal Article
During the last decade the co-management concept has gained increasing acceptance as a potential way forward to improve fisheries management performance. It has, however, at the same time become increasingly evident that ...
The end of the line: who is most at risk from the crisis in global fisheries?
Type: Journal Article
This synopsis praises the film "The end of the line" in bringing attention to fisheries and food crisis faced by the world. However, not enough focus has been placed on African fisheries where food fish is a key component ...
Diversifying the use of tuna to improve food security and public health in Pacific Island countries and territories
Type: Journal Article
The large tuna resources of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean are delivering great economic benefits to Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) through sale of licences to distant water fishing nations and ...
Extension services support to small-scale fisheries, Indonesia
Type: Journal Article
In the mid-1970s the Indonesian government realized a need for furthering effective in-service training of government fishery development field staff. An improved system of extension service was agreed upon and technical ...
Dams and fisheries in the Mekong Basin
Type: Journal Article
This paper draws on approaches in ecology, biology and policy analysis to examine the tensions between dams and fisheries in the Lower Mekong Basin. We review the exceptional importance of Mekong fisheries in terms of total ...
Sixteen years of social and ecological dynamics reveal challenges and opportunities for adaptive management in sustaining the commons
Type: Journal Article
Efforts to confront the challenges of environmental change and uncertainty include attempts to adaptively manage social–ecological systems. However, critical questions remain about whether adaptive management can lead to ...
Measuring transaction costs of fisheries co-management in San Salvador Island, Philippines
Type: Journal Article
It is generally accepted that co-management systems are more cost-effective than centralized management of natural resources. However, no attempts have been made to empirically verify the transaction costs involved in ...
Multidisciplinary research and management: fisheries in the Central Delta of the Niger River (Mali)
Type: Journal Article
This contribution gives an overview of the fisheries in the Central Delta of the Niger River (Mali) and highlights the results of a multidisciplinary research and management program conducted in the area to assess the ...
Expanding the horizons for women in fisheries and aquaculture
Type: Journal Article
Women are present in all phases of fish production, processing and distribution, and contribute to the generation of wealth, the preservation of aquatic ecosystems, and the maintenance of households and communities in rural ...
Can community-based adaptation increase resilience
Type: Journal Article
A central claim of community-based adaptation (CBA) is that it increases resilience. Yet, the concept of resilience is treated inconsistently in CBA, obscuring discussion of the limitations and benefits of resilience ...