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Tales and stories of dugongs from Solomon Islands
(2018)Type: BrochureIn Solomon Islands, seagrass is found in almost every province. Large seagrass beds can be found in Western, Choiseul and Malaita provinces, and Lau lagoon contains the largest area of seagrass in the country. Seagrass ... -
Technical assistance to the community-based fisheries management (CBFM) project: assessment of the impact of the CBFM project on community-managed fisheries in Bangladesh
(2005)Type: ReportThe CBFM Output to Purpose Review 2 (OPR2) Report identified a need to further examine the impact of the CBFM activities on fisheries management performance at the local level in preparation for the final phase of the ... -
Technical guidelines for economic valuation of inland small-scale fisheries in developing countries
(2010)Type: ReportThese “Technical Guidelines for Economic Valuation of Inland Small-scale Fisheries in Developing Countries” are one of the outputs of the project on “Food security and poverty alleviation through improved valuation and ... -
Testing Guidelines for Designing Data Collection Systems for Co-Managed Fisheries
(2005)Type: Journal ArticleSince 2002 the WorldFish Centre has been working in collaboration with the Marine Resources Assessment Group (MRAG), Aquae Sulis Ltd (ASL),, the FAO, and the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to develop guidelines for designing ... -
Testing resilience thinking in a poverty context: experience from the Niger River basin
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleResilience thinking is an important addition to the range of frameworks and approaches that can be used to understand and manage complex social–ecological systems like small-scale fisheries. However, it is yet to lead to ... -
Testing the use of a marine protected area to restore and manage invertebrate fisheries at the Arnavon Islands, Solomon Islands: choice of methods and preliminary results
(1997)Type: Conference ProceedingsThis project aims to determine if the number and size of commercially important invertebrates (e.g. trochus, sea cucumbers and giant clams) increases as the result of the declaration of the Arnavon Islands Marine Conservation ... -
TH3.2: Livelihood Aspirations and Realities of Young People in a Myanmar Fishing Community
(2022)Type: PresentationYouth livelihoods in food-systems are increasingly the focus of development institutions, drawing attention to how the livelihood aspirations of young people shape their engagements with food-systems. This study sought to ... -
The applicability of ELEFAN for use in analyzing three species of deepwater snappers in Tonga (Etelis coruscans, Pristipomoides flavipinnis and P. filamentosus, Fam. Lutjanidae)
(1990)Type: Journal ArticleAn attempt to fit the von Bertalanffy growth equation to three species of deep sea snappers using the ELEFAN method was unsuccessful, mainly because the fish are slow-growing, long lived species. Problems were also encountered ... -
The artisanal inshore shrimp fishery off the cross river estuary, Nigeria
(1989)Type: Journal ArticleThe findings are presented of an investigation conducted to assess the current status of the artisanal shrimp fisheryof Cross River Estuary, Nigeria with respect to catch rates and species composition. Three shrimp species ... -
The athu kotu (brush park) fishery of Sri Lanka
(1981)Type: Journal ArticleThe fishermen of the mangrove estuaries of western Sri Lanka have evolved a system of fishing that creates an artificial mangrove habitat. It consists of a pile of mangrove brushwood being placed in the shallows of the ... -
The black box of power in polycentric environmental governance
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleFailure to address unsustainable global change is often attributed to failures in conventional environmental governance. Polycentric environmental governance—the popular alternative—involves many centres of authority ... -
The capture and culture of postlarval coral reef fish: potential for new artisanal fisheries
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThis article summarises the reasons why the removal of postlarval coral reef fish should be sustainable and identify those conditions that may require restrictions to fishing for postlarvae. The authors also outline why ... -
The Caribbean Technical Cooperation Network in Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture
(1987)Type: Journal ArticleFisheries and Aquaculture Network in the Latin American region and to prepare a work program to facilitate forward planning and to seek financial assistance to implement activities within the framework of the Network -
The contribution of aquatic ecosystems and fisheries to food security and livelihoods: a research agenda
(2002)Type: Book ChapterAquatic ecosystems are a diverse group of water dependent habitats that support important biodiversity and provide a wide range of benefits to people. As pressure on the world‘s water resources has increased, there has ... -
The contribution of coral reef fisheries to Philippine fisheries production
(1980)Type: Journal ArticleThe importance of coral reef systems to coastal fishery resources in the Philippines has become a focal point in certain government planning and research activities. Estimates of the contribution of reefs to the total fisheries ... -
The contribution of fish intake, aquaculture, and small-scale fisheries to improving nutrition: A literature review
(2010)Type: Working PaperMuch of fish consumed by the poor are caught by household members and traded in local markets. These fish are rarely or poorly included in national statistics, and it is therefore difficult to estimate precisely the real ... -
The contribution of nearshore fish aggregating devices (FADs) to food security and livelihoods in Solomon Islands
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleFish aggregating devices, or FADs, are used widely in developing countries to concentrate pelagic fish, making them easier to catch. Nearshore FADs anchored close to the coast allow access for rural communities, but despite ... -
The Coral Triangle Atlas: An integrated online spatial database system for improving coral reef management
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleIn this paper we describe the construction of an online GIS database system, hosted by WorldFish, which stores bio-physical, ecological and socio-economic data for the 'Coral Triangle Area' in South-east Asia and the ... -
The Don Sahong dam and Mekong fisheries
(2007)Type: BriefA science brief on the effects of the construction of Don Sahong dam on fisheries in the Mekong estuary. -
The economics and management of Thai marine fisheries
(1987)Type: Working PaperThe study documents the profitability of the trawl fishing, the poverty of small-scale fishermen, the heavy overfishing of the Gulf of Thailand, and the discrepancy between the catching power of the Thai fishing industry ...
