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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 ...
Excess capacity and sustainable development in Java Sea fisheries
Type: Journal Article
Excess capacity and overfishing are problems in the open-access, common-pool fisheries of the Java Sea. Data development analysis is used to estimate excess fishing capacity and the number of vessels to decommission in ...
Lessons from community based management of floodplain fisheries in Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
Inland (floodplain) fisheries remain the most important contributor to fish production in Bangladesh. They have in the past been administered to generate government revenue without due concern for sustainability or equity. ...
When fishery rhymes with poverty: a first step beyond the old paradigm on poverty in small-scale fisheries
Type: Journal Article
In this paper, we first look retrospectively at the perceptions embraced by academics, international agencies and practitioners of the relation between fisheries and poverty in developing countries and we try to identify ...
A preliminary study on the feasibility of using fenced brushparks for fish production in Lake Chilwa, Malawi
Type: Journal Article
A study to investigate the feasibility of using fenced brushparks for fish ranching in Lake Chilwa was conducted for five months at the Kachulu Harbor. In a water depth of 1.4 m enclosures constructed from bamboo sticks ...
Assessment of the fishing effort level in the shrimp fisheries of the central and southern Gulf of California
Type: Journal Article
In view of the concern caused by the declining trend in the annual shrimp yield in the Central Gulf of California, an attempt was made to analyze the fishing effort level exerted upon the shrimp stocks of the blue ...
Valuing Africa's inland fisheries: overview of current methodologies with an emphasis on livelihood analysis
Type: Journal Article
While Africa’s inland fisheries are widely recognized to be of great importance to local people, accurate and up-to-date information on their value is sparse and its absence is a serious constraint to the formulation of ...
Local solutions to challenges of West Indian Ocean fisheries development
Type: Journal Article
The West Indian Ocean is rich in biodiversity and marine resources. This paper gives an overview of fisheries development and resource management in the region. There are many shared issues that must be addressed within ...
Sustainability of fisheries through marine reserve: a robust modeling analysis
Type: Journal Article
Among the many factors that contribute to overexploitation of marine fisheries, the role played by uncertainty is important. This uncertainty includes both the scientific uncertainties related to the resource dynamics or ...
Fisheries production in Asia: its role in food security and nutrition
Type: Journal Article
This paper reviews the status and some management issues of fisheries production in Asia, as well as the supply and demand situation. Its food security and nutritional roles and opportunities for value addition are also discussed.