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Illuminating Hidden Harvests science cafe at 3rd World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress (event proceedings)
Type: Conference Proceedings
The aim of IHH is to capture and quantify the contributions of SSF to the three pillars of sustainable development (economic, social and environmental) at a global level. Data and information to produce these ...
Illuminating hidden harvests: The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development
Type: Brief
FAO, WorldFish and Duke University are working in partnership with experts globally to revisit and build on the Hidden Harvest study in 2012. Encompassing the pre-harvesting, harvesting and post-harvesting sectors of inland ...
Reimagining large-scale open-water fisheries governance through adaptive comanagement in hilsa shad sanctuaries
Type: Journal Article
Almost a half million fishers in Bangladesh are predominantly reliant on the hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha) fishery in the Meghna River and estuarine ecosystem. This paper adopts a broadened concept of social-ecological ...
Protecting African fish and fisheries: PAFFA delegates call for action
Type: Blog
Blogpost about the key discussion points and outcomes for the PAFFA conference
Balancing between livelihood and biodiversity conservation: a model study on gear selectivity for harvesting small indigenous fishes in southern Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
This study has determined a suitable mesh size for small indigenous fish species (SIS) harvesting and has also developed a new gill net operation technique taking into consideration of aquatic biodiversity conservation, ...
SSF Guidelines represent voyage of struggle, empathy and support
Type: Blog
Blogpost about the journey of the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines, featuring quotes from John Kurien
Social considerations of large river sanctuaries: A case study from the hilsa shad fishery in Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
The establishment of a sanctuary is often suggested as an effective strategy for ecological restoration, though social aspects of such attempts are often overlooked. This study analyzed the socioeconomic status of 248 ...
Postharvest fish losses and unequal gender relations: drivers of the social-ecological trap in the Barotse Floodplain fishery, Zambia
Type: Journal Article
The Barotse Floodplain fishery is an important source of livelihood for economically poor women and men in western Zambia. Current efforts by the Department of Fisheries and the traditional authority to manage the fishery ...
Porter un nouvel éclairage sur les captures non visibles: La contribution de la pêche artisanale au développement durable
Type: Brief
En 2012, la FAO, la Banque mondiale et WorldFish ont publié une étude Hidden Harvest: The global contribution of capture fisheries. Pour soutenir la dynamique croissante de mise en oeuvre des Directives SSF, et en réponse ...
Proceedings of the 1st Solomon Islands resource management symposium: A decade of learning
Type: Conference Proceedings
From 2 to 6 October 2017, the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) and the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR)--in collaboration with Ecological Solutions Solomon ...