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Fish trade in Africa: its characteristics, role and importance
Type: Book Chapter
This chapter focuses on Africa and illustrates some of the ways in which fish trade affects development – with positive, negative and sometimes unclear outcomes. Although Africa is a minor player in global fish trade (Africa ...
Synthesis and lessons learned
Type: Book Chapter
Based on the selected case studies from various chapters in the book "Success stories in Asian aquaculture", this chapter further examined the broader set of lessons learned around successes in aquaculture in Asia with the ...
A bright future for fish farming
Type: Book Chapter
It is highly unlikely that wild capture fisheries will be able to produce higher yields in future. For aquaculture the opposite is the case. No other food production sector has grown as fast over the past 20 years. Aquaculture ...
A place at the table? (Commentary)
Type: Book Chapter
International organizations are calling for fisheries to be included in a new global deal on climate change. A consortium of 16 organizations including the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture ...
Contemporary visions for small scale aquaculture
Type: Book Chapter
This chapter discusses the importance of small scale aquaculture in supporting livelihoods and alleviating poverty. Similar to capture fisheries, this sector faces challenges related to globalized trade, production regulation ...
An overview of the socioeconomic status of fisheries in Malaysia
Type: Book Chapter
Fish production in Malaysia increased steadily at 4.5% per annum from 801 000 t in 1985 to 1 280 906 t in 1997. Most of the production was contributed by marine capture fisheries, amounting to 1 168 973 t (91% of total ...
The importance of fisheries and aquaculture to development
Type: Book Chapter
Small-scale fisheries and aquaculture make critical contributions to development in the areas of employment, with over 41 million people worldwide, the vast majority of whom live in developing countries, working in fish ...
The Implications of global climate change for molluscan aquaculture
Type: Book Chapter
Climate change is leading to alterations in the basic biophysical processes that determine the ecological structure and function of the oceans. This will have an impact on the future of molluscan shellfish farming. The ...
Adapting tropical Pacific fisheries and aquaculture to climate change: management measures, policies and investments
Type: Book Chapter
The main purpose of this book is to assess how changes projected to occur under low (B1) and high (A2) emissions scenarios in 2035 and 2100 could derail plans by the Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) to use ...
The WorldFish center and its relevance for integrated irrigation and aquaculture
Type: Book Chapter
The WorldFish Center (formerly known as ICLARM - the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management) was established in 1977 and since the mid 1980s has conducted research on rice-fish systems which are an ...