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The relation between farming practices and tilapia production in small-scale fish farms in Bangladesh.
Type: Working Paper
Because of its climate and vast water resources, Bangladesh is highly suitable for fisheries. Unsurprisingly, fisheries supply the majority of animal protein (60%) in Bangladeshi diets and provide employment to over 17 ...
Spawning seasonality of hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta
Type: Working Paper
The hilsa is a critically important species for smallscale fishing communities in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta and Rakhine State. Yet current fishing regulations are inadequate and exploitation rates are well beyond sustainable ...
Gender-inclusive facilitation for community-based marine resource management. An addendum to ‘Community-based marine resource management in Solomon Islands: A facilitators guide’ and other guides for community-based resource management
Type: Working Paper
Both women and men should be included in community-based marine resource management. To create an inclusive management process it is necessary to use deliberate and thoughtful and reflexive strategies that do not rely on ...
The socioeconomics of fish consumption and child health in Bangladesh
Type: Working Paper
Child malnutrition in Bangladesh exceeds WHOs threshold for public health emergencies. Using more than 36,000 records from several waves of the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, the research focuses on the socioeconomic ...
First Round Technical Report on Fish Catch and Bio-diversity under HFMLIP - JICA
Type: Working Paper
The Haor Flood Management and Livelihood Improvement Project (HFMLIP) has been implementing by LGED in five haor basin districts namely Kishoreganj, Netrokona, Sunamganj, Habiganj and Brahmanbaria. The project is implementing ...
Food and feeding ecology of hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) in Bangladesh’s Meghna River basin
Type: Working Paper
Hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha) is one of the most important tropical fish of the Indo-Pacific region, especially in Bangladeshi waters. The hilsa fishery has declined significantly since 2002 mainly due to overfishing, ...
Livelihood impact assessment of beel user group members
Type: Working Paper
The first round Beel User Group (BUG) member’s livelihoods report assesses the overall baseline information of the sample households under the fisheries promotion component of the Haor Flood management and Livelihoods ...
Aquaculture in Zambia: An overview and evaluation of the sector's responsiveness to the needs of the poor
Type: Working Paper
Given the recent expansion and commercialization of aquaculture in Zambia, an important question that needs to be explored is how have the recent changes in the Zambian aquaculture sector contributed to the needs of the ...
Hilsa’s non-consumptive value in Bangladesh: Estimating the non-consumptive value of the hilsa fishery in Bangladesh using the contingent valuation method
Type: Working Paper
Hilsa is Bangladesh’s most important single-species fishery: for cultural identity, earnings and employment. However, overfishing, habitat destruction, siltation, pollution and climate change have driven catches down, and ...
Tilapia lake virus (TiLV): Literature review
Type: Working Paper
Tilapia lake virus (TiLV) is an emerging infectious agent that has recently been identified in diseased tilapia on three continents. At the time of writing, scientific publications have reported TiLV in samples collected ...