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Quarterly Dive Newsletter (January - March 2022)
(2022)Type: NewsletterA curated collection of the latest news, events, publications and perspectives from our scientists on aquatic food systems research and innovation from the first quarter of 2022. -
Raising a unified voice: Supporting African small-scale fishers and fish workers to be heard
(2019)Type: BlogForty representatives of fisheries and regional organizations from across Africa have called for the strengthening of existing small-scale fisheries bodies and the creation of a new pan-African platform. These actions are ... -
Rapid assessment of community needs and fisheries status in tsunami-affected communities in Aceh Province, Indonesia
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper describes the application of the methodology called Rapid Appraisal of Fisheries Management System (RAFMS) to assess quickly the situation in tsunami-affected coastal fisheries in Aceh Province, Indonesia. As a ... -
The rapid rise of agricultural mechanization in Myanmar
Type: Journal ArticleThe past decade has seen a resurgence of interest in the role of mechanization in agricultural development. This literature has given rise to debates over the design of institutions and policies to facilitate accelerated ... -
A rare global dataset: Illuminating Hidden Harvests report to highlight small-scale fisheries’ contributions to sustainable development
Type: BlogThe Illuminating Hidden Harvests global report will include a thematic chapter on the diverse contributions of Indigenous small-scale fisheries. Not all that counts can be counted, and all too often Indigenous fishing ... -
Reaping the reef: Provisioning services from coral reefs in Solomon Islands
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleCoral reefs are recognized as globally important ecosystems, for their fisheries, tourism and biodiversity values in particular, with an estimated annual contribution of $30 billion to the global economy. The benefits that ... -
Rebuilding coastal fisheries livelihoods after the Tsunami: key lessons from past experience
(2005)Type: Journal ArticleFishing communities around the Indian Ocean were severely affected by the December 2004 tsunamis. Programs for rebuilding coastal fisheries livelihoods need to address the pre-tsunami situation that was characterized by ... -
Recognize fish as food in policy discourse and development funding
(2021)Type: Journal ArticleThe international development community is off-track from meeting targets for alleviating global malnutrition. Meanwhile, there is growing consensus across scientific disciplines that fish plays a crucial role in food and ... -
Reconciling multiple societal objectives in cross-scale marine governance: Solomon Islands’ engagement in the Coral Triangle Initiative
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleEnvironmental governance aims to reconcile an expanding set of societal objectives at ever-larger scales despite the challenges that remain in integrating conservation and development at smaller scales. The authors examine ... -
Reconciling poverty alleviation with reduction in fisheries capacity: boat aid in post-tsunami Aceh, Indonesia
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleThe tremendous loss of life and assets resulting from the 2004 tsunami dealt a devastating blow to the coastal communities of Aceh Province, Indonesia. An assessment of the fishing fleet structure pre- and posttsunami, ... -
Reconstructing governability: How fisheries are made governable
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleGovernability is an important concept in the political and environmental social sciences with increasing application to socio-ecological systems such as fisheries. Indeed, governability analyses of fisheries and related ... -
Redefining community based on place attachment in a connected world
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThe concept of community is often used in environmental policy to foster environmental stewardship and public participation, crucial prerequisites of effective management. However, prevailing conceptualizations of community ... -
Redirecting benefits to genuine fishermen: Bangladesh's new fisheries management policy
(1992)Type: Journal ArticleIn 1986 the government of Bangladesh decided to pursue a new fisheries management policy (NFMP) that would allow fishing access only to the genuine fishers with the following main objectives: to free the fishers from ... -
Reducing disease risks in fish through better detection, management and prevention
Type: BriefAquaculture productivity is limited by the introduction and spread of infectious fish diseases, which compromise fish farming livelihoods and food and nutrition security in Asia and Africa. Epidemiological tools provide ... -
Reference area as a factor affecting potential yield estimates of coral reef fishes
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleA compilation of 48 estimates of Caribbean and Pacific coral reef fish catches, ranging from 0.1 to 23.7 t km super(-2) year super(-1), obtained from coral reef areas ranging from 0.1 to nearly 4-10 super(5) km super(2), ... -
Regional economic integration of the fisheries sector in ASEAN countries
(2008)Type: Book ChapterThe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is committed to deepening and broadening its internal economic integration and linkages, with the participation of the private sector, to realise an ASEAN Economic Community ... -
Regional technical workshop, Lusaka, Zambia. 17-19 Jun 2008. Workshop report
(2009)Type: ReportThe WorldFish Center and FAO are implementing a regional programme entitled "Fisheries and HIV/AIDS in Africa; investing in sustainable solutions", funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) ... -
Reimagining large-scale open-water fisheries governance through adaptive comanagement in hilsa shad sanctuaries
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleAlmost a half million fishers in Bangladesh are predominantly reliant on the hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha) fishery in the Meghna River and estuarine ecosystem. This paper adopts a broadened concept of social-ecological ... -
Reinventing fisheries management
(1996)Type: Journal ArticleThis article presents the events and outcome of an international symposium on fisheries management titled, "Reinventing Fisheries Management", held at the Fisheries Centre of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, ... -
Report on stakeholders start-up meeting Kiyindi landing site, Mukono district, Uganda 6 June 2008. Workshop report
(2009)Type: ReportThe WorldFish Center and FAO are implementing a regional programme entitled "Fisheries and HIV/AIDS in Africa; investing in sustainable solutions", funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) ...
