WorldFish Community: Recent submissions
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Informal networks in policy processes: the case of community-based fisheries management in Bangladesh
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleA significant share of research for development aims at improving policy. The authors use the case of community-based fisheries management in Bangladesh to demonstrate how social network analysis can be applied to explore ... -
Not by rent alone: analysing the pro-poor functions of small-scale fisheries in developing countries
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleThe dominant view in academic and policy arenas is increasingly one in which the major contribution of capture fisheries to development should be derived from the capacity of society to maximise the economic rent of fishery ... -
Pre-existing fisheries management systems in Indonesia, focusing on Lombok and Maluku
(2010)Type: Book ChapterIn Indonesia pre-existing systems of fisheries management were delegitimized during the 'New Order Era' (1966–1998), and revived after the 'Reform Era' began, in 1998. Three such systems are examined; the awig–awig and ... -
An evaluation of resource overlaps among fishing gears in the coastal fisheries using multivariate techniques
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleSoutheast Asian fisheries such as in San Miguel Bay, Philippines operate in a multi-gear and mixed-species situation. Marine capture fisheries in the Philippines are conventionally sub-divided into municipal (small-scale) ... -
Productivity and coastal fisheries biomass yields of the northeast coastal waters of the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper describes the current marine fisheries situation in the northeast sector of the Bay of Bengal, ninety percent of which corresponds to Myanmar's EEZ and ten percent to Bangladesh. With the exception of the research ... -
Learning and adaptation: the role of fisheries comanagement in building resilient social-ecological systems
(2010)Type: Book ChapterThis chapter focuses on how robust self-organizations can be formed within fisheries co-management systems. Over the last 30 years, co-management has been increasingly advocated as a blueprint solution for small-scale ... -
Fisheries, large-scale trade, and conservation of seahorses in Malaysia and Thailand
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleAll seahorse species (genus Hippocampus) are listed under CITES Appendix II, requiring that exports of these fishes must be regulated for sustainability. Preliminary trade surveys and anecdotal reports suggested Malaysia ... -
Resource conflict, collective action and resilience: an analytical framework
(2010)Type: Working PaperIn developing countries where access to and use of renewable natural resources essential to rural livelihoods are highly contested, improving cooperation in their management is increasingly seen as an important element in ... -
The commercial fishery of the middle Nyong River, Cameroon: productivity and environmental threats
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleFishing methods, catches, fish species diversity, water quality and diets were examined in the middle Nyong River basin of south-central Cameroon over five years. Out of 79 indigenous species from the upper and middle Nyong ... -
CBD 2010 target: a case study of Kolleru Wetland (Ramsar Site), India using remote sensing and GIS
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleRegular monitoring of wetlands is an essential element of management for 'wise use'. Indeed, the Ramsar convention requires routine monitoring in order to detect changes in the ecological character at listed sites. However, ... -
Collecting data for poverty and vulnerability assessment in remote areas in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleData collection for poverty assessments in Africa is time consuming, expensive and can be subject to numerous constraints. In this paper we present a procedure to collect data from poor households involved in small-scale ... -
Enhancement of grazing gastropod populations as a coral reef restoration tool: predation effects and related applied implications
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleIn this study, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of adding T. niloticus to control epilithic algal biomass and enhance coral recruitment on artificial substrata at a heavily fished reef in northwestern Philippines. Our ... -
HIV and AIDS vulnerability in fishing communities in Mangochi district, Malawi
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleThe fisheries sector contributes significantly to Malawi's national economy and to the livelihoods of the poor as certain activities in the sector have relatively low barriers to entry. Various studies have shown that the ... -
Policy, planning and management at the land-water interface
(2010)Type: Book ChapterHistorically, land and water management within many coastal deltas has focused on the exclusion of saline water flows that move upstream from the coast. However, this approach fails to recognize the diversity of rural ... -
Snake prices and crocodile appetites: aquatic wildlife supply and demand on Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleCommercial trade is a major driver of over-exploitation of wild species, but the pattern of demand and how it responds to changes in supply is poorly understood. Here we explore the markets for snakes from Tonle Sap Lake ... -
Trade matters in the fight against poverty: narratives, perceptions, and (lack of) evidence in the case of fish trade in Africa
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleTwo opposing views exist in the literature on the potential role that international fish trade plays in economic development. While some claim that fish trade has a pro-poor effect, others denounce the negative effect of ... -
Synthesis and lessons learned
(2010)Type: Book ChapterBased on the selected case studies from various chapters in the book "Success stories in Asian aquaculture", this chapter further examined the broader set of lessons learned around successes in aquaculture in Asia with the ... -
Being Sadharana: talking about the just business person in Sri Lanka
(2010)Type: Book ChapterThe ethics of business is a very old problem, debated extensively by philosophers, writers and social scientists, and it underpins current concepts of social justice within a market economic system. In rural societies, ... -
Fish migration, dams, and loss of ecosystem services in the Mekong Basin
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleThe past decade has seen increased international recognition of the importance of the services provided by natural ecosystems. It is unclear however whether such international awareness will lead to improved environmental ... -
The balance of power in rural marketing networks: a case study of snake trading in Cambodia
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleProducers in small-scale rural markets often receive unfavourable prices for their goods as a result of more powerful market participants. This study uses a combination of price analysis and interview data to assess the ...
