Resilient small-scale fisheries

Integrating fish into irrigation infrastructure projects in Myanmar: rice-fish what if…?

Dubois, M.J.; Akester, M.; Leemans, K.; Teoh, S.J.; Thant, A.M.; San, S.S.; Shein, N.; Leh, M.; Moet, P.M.; Radanielson, A.M.; Mark Dubois: 0000-0002-8092-6465; Michael Akester: 0000-0001-6526-1613 (2019)

With rapidly increasing investment in water control infrastructure (WCI) and a recently ratified agriculture development strategy that promotes integrated farming of high-value products such as fish, agricultural production, ...

Increasing irrigation benefits and sustainability by integrating fisheries

FAO; WorldFish; IWMI (2019)

Irrigation systems and their reservoirs are complex, dynamic socio-ecological systems. With the right management, crop and fish production can both be increased, with the benefits shared equitably among nearby communities. ...

ADB_Strengthening community-based natural resource management to safeguard food security in Malaita Province, Solomon Islands_2018_Final

Van Der Ploeg, Jan

Marine resources are the backbone of the Solomon Islands economy, and form a crucial component of people’s subsistence livelihoods and food security (MDPAC 2016; WorldBank 2017). The sound management of coastal fisheries ...

Governing Myanmar’s inland fisheries: looking for the right balance

Tezzo, Xavier

This article describes how WorldFish and partners are working collaboratively to document early experimentations with community-based fisheries management in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Delta.

Evaluating the fit of co-management for small-scale fisheries governance in Timor-Leste

Tilley, A.; Hunnam, K.J.; Mills, D.J.; Steenbergen, D.J.; Govan, H.; Alonso-Poblacion, E.; Roscher, M.; Pereira, M.; Rodrigues, P.; Amador, T.; Duarte, A.; Gomes, M.; Cohen, P.J.; Alexander Tilley: 0000-0002-6363-0945; Matthew Roscher: 0000-0002-3408-8763; Philippa Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943 (2019)

Fisheries co-management is an increasingly globalized concept, and a cornerstone of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication, adopted ...

Laying the foundation for fisheries research in Myanmar

Tezzo, Xavier

This article describes the support rolled out by WorldFish and partners in Myanmar to support local research capacity around fisheries and aquaculture.

Gender-inclusive facilitation for community-based marine resource management. An addendum to “Community-based marine resource management in Solomon Islands: A facilitators guide” and other guides for CBRM

Kleiber, D. et al. (2019)

People who rely on a natural resource should be central to decisions about how that resource is used and managed. This principle is at the core of community-based resource management (CBRM) and other forms of collaborative ...

Fisheries and aquaculture of Timor-Leste in 2019: Current knowledge and opportunities

López-Angarita, J.; Hunnam, K.J.; Pereira, M.; Mills, D.J.; Pant, J.; Teoh, S.J.; Eriksson, H.; Amaral, L.; Tilley, A.; Hampus Eriksson: 0000-0003-1199-6889; Alexander Tilley: 0000-0002-6363-0945 (2019)

This report details the current knowledge and available data on the fisheries and aquaculture sectors in Timor-Leste.

A research framework for traditional fisheries

Smith, I.R. (1979)

The purpose of this monograph is to identify those areas of traditional fisheries research which have the greatest potential for contributing to the solution of problems facing traditional fishermen and their communities. ...

Theory and management of tropical multispecies stocks: a review, with emphasis on the Southeast Asian demersal fisheries

Pauly, D. (1979)

This paper consists of four main parts: a) the marine fisheries of Southeast Asia; b) the mathematical models; c)the Gulf of Thailand trawl fishery as a case study; and d) possible new approaches in the study and management ...

Fish behavior and its use in the capture and culture of fishes

Bardach, J.E.; Magnuson, J.J.; May, R.C.; Reinhart, J.M. (eds.) (1980)

The book deals with the utility of information on behaviour and physiology in the management of fisheries. Papersin the book are grouped into 3 categories: 1) those that apply to the manipulation of fish behaviour essentially ...

Summary report of the ICLARM/ISEAS Workshop on Law of the Sea: problems of conflict and management of fisheries in Southeast Asia

Christy, F.T., Jr. (1980)

Three working groups focussed on (1) the allocation of living resources; (2) the effects of extensions ofjurisdiction; (3) the problems of enforcement.