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Livelihood importance and values of Tonle Sap Lake fisheries
Type: Brief
Fisheries have long been central to Cambodian lifestyle and more than one million people, particularly those living in and around the Tonle Sap Lake, depend on fisheries and other aquatic resources for food, income and ...
African freshwater fisheries: what needs to be managed?
Type: Journal Article
The management of African freshwater fisheries in Southern African Development Coordination (SADC) countries is discussed. Changes in catch and fishing effort in the SADC freshwater fisheries in the past 50 years, the main ...
Values of inland fisheries in the Mekong river basin
Type: Book
This report provides an overview of the biological, economical, social and cultural values of river fisheries in the Lower Mekong Basin (Yunan, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam). The report also identifies the main ...
Tonle Sap pulsing system and fisheries productivity
Type: Report
Cambodian inland fisheries have a remarkably high importance as a source of food and animal protein for the country's population. Cambodian inland fisheries amounted to 360 000 tons in 2002 according to the Department of ...
Infrastructure and tonle sap fisheries : how to balance infrastructure development and fisheries livelihoods? The challenge facing decision-makers in Cambodia
Type: Brief
Cambodia's inland fisheries are the most intensive worldwide and the fourth largest overall after China, India, and Bangladesh. This brief helps decision-makers maximize the benefits of infrastructure development, while ...
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 ...
Marketing infrastructure, distribution channels and trade pattern of inland fisheries resources in Cambodia: an exploratory study
Type: Report
Cambodia is the single most important supplier of fresh water fish to its neighboring countries in Asia, and to a limited extent in Australia, and USA. Over the past few years, fish exports from the country have been ...
Evaluation of the contribution of fisheries and aquaculture to food security in developing countries
Type: Journal Article
Fish contain important nutrients such as essential fatty acids, iron, zinc, calcium, vitamin A and vitamin C. Production of freshwater fish depends on the strategic application of various management techniques. The demand ...
Changing traditions: first global look at the gender dimensions of fisheries
Type: Journal Article
The Asian Fisheries Society and the WorldFish Center conducted the first ever Global Symposium on Gender and Fisheries in Penang, Malaysia, from 30 November to 4 December 2004. The two-day Symposium, held in conjunction ...
Investing in Africa: the WorldFish Center's African strategy in summary
Type: Journal Article
Across much of Africa, freshwater and coastal fisheries provide an important source of food and livelihood for many millions of people. In addition, the aquaculture potential of the continent has only recently begun to be ...