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Production system and challenges of saline aquaculture in Punjab and Sindh provinces of Pakistan
Type: Journal Article
Introduction: Lack of data about saline aquaculture in Pakistan has curtailed informed policy and investment decision making resulting in undervaluation of and underinvestment in the sector. Therefore, saline aquaculture ...
Conservation for sustaining livelihoods: Adaptive co-management of fish no-take zones in the Mekong River
Type: Journal Article
A major challenge in natural resource management in developing countries is to pursue conservation objectives while avoiding negative impacts on local livelihoods. Inland capture fisheries provide opportunities to demonstrate ...
Opportunities to Strengthen Fish Supply Chain Policy to Improve External Food Environments for Nutrition in the Solomon Islands
Type: Journal Article
Malnutrition and food insecurity have significant social and economic impacts in small island developing states, such as the Solomon Islands. Enhancing the domestic supply of fish, the main source of local protein, can ...
A high-quality chromosome-level genome assembly of rohu carp, Labeo rohita, and its utilization in SNP-based exploration of gene flow and sex determination
Type: Journal Article
Labeo rohita (rohu) is a carp important to aquaculture in South Asia, with a production volume close to Atlantic salmon. While genetic improvements to rohu are ongoing, the genomic methods commonly used in other aquaculture ...
Nutritional value of the marine fish in Bangladesh and their potential to address malnutrition: A review
Type: Journal Article
Marine fish are good source of essential macro- and micronutrients and major food items in coastal areas in Bangladesh. However, there is no review that details the nutritional value of marine fish in Bangladesh. Therefore, ...
Modelling the role of marine protected area in biodiversity conservation
Type: Journal Article
This study explored the anthropogenic stressors of a coral habitat and predicted the role of a proposed MPA around coral habitat on biodiversity conservation. The study was conducted in the Saint Martin's Island which is ...
Impact of adoption of better management practices and nutrition-sensitive training on the productivity, livelihoods and food security of small-scale aquaculture producers in Myanmar
Type: Journal Article
Small-scale aquaculture is a major source of food in Myanmar. Beyond its importance for food security and nutrition, small scale aquaculture contributes to the livelihoods of many rural households and is a potentially ...
Retention of fish biodiversity in a mixed-use agroecosystem in Cambodia
Type: Journal Article
Fisheries of the Mekong Basin are crucial to regional food security. They rely on seasonal monsoon rains that inundate rice fields and reconnect water bodies. Species assemblages vary over time and space, but infrastructure ...
Local ecological knowledge can support improved management of small-scale fisheries in the Bay of Bengal
Type: Journal Article
Fishers’ local ecological knowledge (LEK) can be used to reconstruct or supplement long-term trends in heavily exploited population or poorly assessed species with low biomass. We used historical memories of small-scale ...
Why human rights matter for marine conservation
Type: Journal Article
Human rights matter for marine conservation because people and nature are inextricably linked. A thriving planet cannot be one that contains widespread human suffering or stifles human potential; and a thriving humanity ...