WorldFish Community: Recent submissions
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Increasing water productivity in agriculture
(2013)Type: Book ChapterIncreasing water productivity is an important element in improved water management for sustainable agriculture, food security and healthy ecosystem functioning. Water productivity is defined as the amount of agricultural ... -
Food security and the coral Triangle Initiative
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleThe Asia-Pacific's Coral Triangle is defined by its extremely high marine biodiversity. Over one hundred million people living in its coastal zones use this biodiversity to support their livelihoods. Hundreds of millions ... -
Centrostephanus rodgersii
(2013)Type: Book ChapterCentrostephanus rodgersii is ecologically important on southeastern Australian rocky reefs, where its grazing activity results in a mosaic of barrens and macroalgal habitats. The creation, persistence and demise of C. ... -
Piecework (Ganyu) as an indicator of household vulnerability in rural Zambia
(2013)Type: Journal ArticlePiecework (ganyu) is short-term, casual labor common in rural Zambia and neighboring countries. Reliance on piecework as a strategy to cope during food shortages in the rainy/cultivation season can restrict own-farm ... -
Crisis sentinel indicators: Averting a potential meltdown in the Coral Triangle
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleThe Coral Triangle (CT) includes some or all of the land and seas of six countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste (CT6). It covers only 1.1% of the world's ... -
Limits to resilience from livelihood diversification and social capital in lake social-ecological systems
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleDiversity of both social networks and livelihood sources plays a central role in determining the sustainability of natural resource use and resilience of social–ecological systems, not least in resource-dependent economies. ... -
Improved fisheries management in the Barotse Floodplain of Zambia - An urgent call for action
(2013)Type: BriefAn estimated 70,000 people depend on the resources of the Barotse floodplain for their livelihood, food and nutrition security. However, poor management, increasing fishing pressure and use of destructive fishing gears ... -
Community-based marine resource management in Solomon Islands: A facilitators guide. Based on lessons from implementing CBRM with rural coastal communities in Solomon Islands (2005-2013)
(2013)Type: ManualThis guide was developed to document the process and activities that WorldFish staff have used and adapted as facilitators working with communities interested in marine resource management in Solomon Islands. It draws on ... -
Zamaiso ye Zwezipili ya Litapi mwa Libala la Bulozi – Pizo ya ku eza sesiñwi ka putako
(2013)Type: BriefBatu ba ba pilela fa lika ze fumanwa mwa Libala la Bulozi, ba ba fumana sico ni buiketo bwa mubili ni moya, ba akalezwa ku fita fa palo ya bo lule ba mashumi a ketalizoho ka amabeli (70 000). Kono ki zamaiso ye maswe, ku ... -
Increasing productivity and improving livelihoods in aquatic agricultural systems: A review of interventions
(2013)Type: Working PaperAquatic agricultural systems (AAS) are food production systems in which the productivity of freshwater or coastal ecosystems contributes significantly to total household nutrition, food security, and income in developing ... -
Catch rates, composition and fish size from reefs managed with periodically-harvested closures
(2013)Type: Journal ArticlePeriodically-harvested closures are commonly employed within co-management frameworks to help manage small-scale, multi-species fisheries in the Indo-Pacific. Despite their widespread use, the benefits of periodic harvesting ... -
Fishing dynamics associated with periodically harvested marine closures
(2013)Type: Journal ArticlePeriodically-harvested fisheries closures are emerging as a socially acceptable and locally implementable way to balance concerns about conserving ecosystem function and sustaining livelihoods. Across the Indo-Pacific ... -
Determination of moulting events in rock lobsters from pleopod clipping
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleRock lobster growth is routinely measured for research to optimise management measures such as size limits and quotas. The process of estimating growth is complicated in crustaceans as growth only occurs when the animal ... -
Ecosystem-based management objectives for the North Sea: riding the forage fish rollercoaster
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleThe North Sea provides a useful model for considering forage fish (FF) within ecosystem-based management as it has a complex assemblage of FF species. This paper is designed to encourage further debate and dialogue between ... -
Introduction to fish species diversity: Sunamganj haor region with CBRMP's working area
(2013)Type: ReportThis book is a modest attempt at identifying Sunamganj haor fish species, especially in areas falling under the Sunamganj Community Based Resource Management Project (CBRMP). It contains a total of 126 fish species from ... -
Hen Mpoano, our Coast, our Future. Western Region of Ghana. Building capacity for adapting to a rapidly changing coastal zone: Lessons learned
(2013)Type: ReportOur Coast, Our Future: Western Region of Ghana was the first major product of the Hen Mpoano initiative, published in 2010. It made the case that a process is needed which is grounded in the belief that a fresh approach ... -
An Ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) in Misamis Occidental, Philippines
(2013)Type: BrochureWorldFish, with funding support from the European Commission (EC), is undertaking a project with sites in Indonesia, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Tanzania. Titled Implementing an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) ... -
Fishing gears diversity in Sunamganj, haor region within CBRMP's working area
(2013)Type: ReportThis book is a research output on fishing gears used in the beels from Sunamgan Haor areas under the initiative of the Community Based Resource Management Project (CBRMP) of LGED and WorldFish. It presents a collection of ... -
Mfumo wa Ikolojia katika uvuvi mdogomdogo unaoendeshwa kwenye bahari za tropiki: Tanzania
(2013)Type: BrochureUsimamizi hafifu wa uvuvi umechangia katika uharibifu wa rasilmali, kukuza umaskini na ukosefu wa uhakika wa chakula duniani kote. Ili kudhibiti hali hii, mfumo wa ikolojia, unaotoa kipaumbele kwenye uendelevu na usawa ... -
Fisheries policies for a new era
(2013)Type: BriefThere is a growing recognition that the fisheries policies of the past have been driven primarily by environmental and economic research agendas. This may have been due to the influence of the more powerful actors in the ...
