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    • Fish in the tea 

      The World Fish Center (2002)
      Type: Book Chapter
      When the rains fail in Malawi, life gets really tough. But in the Thylo district, Friday Limited Nikoloma has discovered integrated agriculture and aquaculture. This allows him to produce more, and to keep his crops green ...

    • Spreading the news 

      The World Fish Center (2002)
      Type: Book Chapter
      The best word to describe Nazmy Abdel Rahman Shafi is 'dynamic'. At 73 he runs, with his partner Mohammed Gouda, a successful fish farm in the Fayoum province of Egypt. Not only were these men the first to begin farming ...

    • They don't see it's ugly 

      The World Fish Center (2002)
      Type: Book Chapter
      It's mean in looks and personality - so why is Egyptian fish farmer Hamid Mohammad Abdel Semi keen to breed the native catfish in his ponds? Because, as well as being tasty and fetching a good market price, the Egyptian ...

    • Community-based approaches to marine and coastal resources management in the Philippines: a policy perspective 

      La Vina, A.G.M. (2002)
      Type: Book
      This is a study undertaken to ascertain the elements and trends at the local and national levels, which define therights and rules that provide the management framework for the implementation of different types of locally ...

    • Coastal resources management in Indonesia: legal and institutional aspects 

      Purwaka, T.H.; Sunoto (2002)
      Type: Report
      This research explores legal and institutional aspects of fisheries and coastal resources management. The analysis is based on the principles of integrated fisheries management which includes seven key management factors: ...

    • Navigating the institutional landscape: introduction and overview 

      Torell, M.; Salamanca, A.M. (2002)
      Type: Book
      Southeast Asia is one of the world's most productive areas in terms of fisheries and other coastal resources. These resources are important to the local, regional and national economies. Coastal areas are also the focus ...

    • Heterogeneous individual growth of Macrobrachium rosenbergii male morphotypes 

      Ranjeet, K.; Kurup, B.M. (2002)
      Type: Journal Article
      In a single cohort of small freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, the size range of females in the population is rather small. However, among the males, three major morphotypes are found and each has a distinct size ...

    • Results of bottom trawl surveys carried out in Vietnamese waters (20-200 m) in 1996-1997 

      Dang, V.T.; Tran, D.; Nielsen, R.; Riget, F. (2002)
      Type: Journal Article
      Bottom trawl surveys were conducted in the southwest monsoon season in 1996 (survey 1) and in the northeast monsoon season in 1996-97 (survey 2) throughout Vietnamese waters. The surveys mainly covered the depth zone 50-200 ...

    • Choosing the appropriate spatial resolution for monitoring coral bleaching events using remote sensing 

      Andrefouet, S.; Berkelmans, R.; Odriozola, L.; Done, T.; Oliver, J.; Muller-Karger, F. (2002)
      Type: Journal Article
      Bleached corals provide a strong optical signal that suggest that remote sensing investigations of major bleaching events are feasible using airborne or satellite sensors. However, patchy coral cover, varying intensities ...

    • Working wives in Philippine coastal fisheries 

      Banez-Sumagaysay, M. (2002)
      Type: Conference Paper
      The decision to work is ultimately a decision on how to spend time; the choice being based on a comparison of the gains derived from market opportunities and the benefits of staying at home. Once in the labor force, the ...

    • Responding to globalization trends in fisheries: assets of professional Taiwanese women 

      Chao, N.H.; Chang, C.F.; Chang, E.Y. (2002)
      Type: Conference Paper
      Globalization is an inevitable trend in Taiwan. The investment in human resources has increased over the last three decades, yielding a large pool of professionals, including women. Women became competitive professionals ...

    • Women-led fisheries management - a case study from Bangladesh 

      Sultana, P.; Thompson, P.M.; Ahmed, M. (2002)
      Type: Conference Paper
      Although women constitute 50% of the total population of Bangladesh, only 18% are economically involved in the total labor force. They are involved in diversified work within their homesteads. However, during times of ...

    • Women in aquaculture: initiatives of Caritas Bangladesh 

      Shelly, A.B.; Costa, M.D. (2002)
      Type: Conference Paper
      In Bangladesh, women have proven to be competent in adopting aquaculture technologies, despite the fact that their role in aquaculture growth has not been sufficiently recognized and remains inadequately addressed. To ...

    • Alternative livelihoods in a coastal village 

      Asong, R.H.; Mabunay, Ma. L.; Aure, D.; Seraspe, E.; Braganza, R.; Corda, D.E. (2002)
      Type: Conference Paper
      This study presents a gendered case study of landless and low-income dwellers in a coastal community whose lives depend not only on fishing but a variety of income-generating activities. It looks into the possibilities of ...

    • Women do fish: a case study on gender and the fishing industry in Sierra Leone 

      Browne, P.B. (2002)
      Type: Conference Paper
      Sierra Leone is one of the few countries with comprehensive legislation on fisheries and a special Fisheries Division established under the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The focus of the legislation and the government ...

    • Women and gender participation in the fisheries sector in Lake Victoria 

      Medard, M.; Sobo, F.; Ngatunga, T.; Chirwa, S. (2002)
      Type: Conference Paper
      The paper starts with an analysis of the gender roles of women in the fisheries sector. These roles are recognized inthree stages of production: fishing, processing and marketing. Further, the paper looks at the impacts ...

    • Making each and every African fisher count: women do fish 

      Williams, S.B. (2002)
      Type: Conference Paper
      For many officials working in development, documenting issues of particular concern to women is nothing new. These officials believe that these issues reflect women's demands for equality as well as the influence of feminist ...

    • From women in fisheries to gender and fisheries 

      Williams, M.J.; Williams, S.B.; Choo, P.S. (2002)
      Type: Conference Paper
      This paper traces the sequence of events leading to the involvement of the Asian Fisheries Society and ICLARM The World Fish Center, in the Women in Fisheries program and to the move towards Gender and Fisheries initiatives. ...

    • Global Symposium on Women in Fisheries 

      Williams, M.J.; Chao, N.H.; Choo, P.S.; Matics, K.; Nandeesha, M.C.; Shariff, M.; Siason, I.; Tech, E.; Wong, J.M.C. (eds.) (2002)
      Type: Conference Proceedings
      All over the world, women contribute in multiple ways to the production, processing, marketing and management of fish and other living aquatic resources. The first ever Global Symposium on Women in Fisheries, held in ...

    • On her own feet 

      The World Fish Center (2002)
      Type: Book Chapter
      Mrs Jessie Kaunde is proud to be one of the small, but growing, number of women who farm fish on their own. She recognised fish farming as an opportunity to provide herself with a better future back in 1999, when she heard ...