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Redirecting benefits to genuine fishermen: Bangladesh's new fisheries management policy
Type: Journal Article
In 1986 the government of Bangladesh decided to pursue a new fisheries management policy (NFMP) that would allow fishing access only to the genuine fishers with the following main objectives: to free the fishers from ...
The obstacles to fisheries management in Jamaica
Type: Journal Article
Major factors that have contributed to the failure in Jamaica to implement fisheries management successfully are examined. Problems in the management expertise and infrastructure are detailed.
The Italian Job: Navigating the (im)perfect storm of participatory fisheries research
Type: Book Chapter
Book chapter describing the process of collaborative research in the mixed fisheries of the Adriatic.
Managing fisheries conflicts through communication planning: experience from inland fisheries of Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
Increasing population, ineffective management, competition among fishing gears over access to resources and proliferation of destructive practices are imposing severe stress on the inland water bodies of Bangladesh. These ...
Coastal resources management, policy and planning in Bangladesh
Type: Book Chapter
This paper reviews the coastal fishery resources of Bangladesh emphasizing the coastal environment, capture fisheries and management issues relative to the sector. Bangladesh’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers an area ...
Institutional and policy issues in the management of fisheries and coastal resources in Cambodia
Type: Book
This chapter raised several important issues on the legal, institutional and policy frameworks coastal resources and environmental management in the country. It shows that a top down approach is still the predominant ...
Traditional management systems, poverty and change in the arid zone fisheries of northern Nigeria
Type: Journal Article
This paper, basd on fieldwork results, explores traditional mangement systems (TMS) in the arid zone fisheries of north-eastern Nigeria with particular reference to their impact on rural poverty. The first section provides ...
Informal networks in policy processes: the case of community-based fisheries management in Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
A significant share of research for development aims at improving policy. The authors use the case of community-based fisheries management in Bangladesh to demonstrate how social network analysis can be applied to explore ...
Mariculture development and livelihood diversification in the Philippines
Type: Journal Article
This paper aims to evaluate mariculture as sustainable livelihood diversification option for coastal fishers in the Philippines and guide policy development in this direction. Mariculture in the Philippines refers to the ...
Management of fisheries, coastal resources and the coastal environment in the Philippines: policy, legal and institutional framework
Type: Working Paper
This study identifies the different types of locally based resource management systems in marine and coastal areas, such as co-management; community-based management; and integrated coastal zone management. A historical ...