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Diagnostic study of the Volta Basin fisheries: Part 1 overview of the fisheries resources
(2007)Type: ReportThe Basin Focal Project for the Volta (BFP-Volta) is a research project funded by the Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF). Its aim is to provide an in-depth analysis of the basin through three main thematic issues: ... -
Diagnostic study of the Volta Basin fisheries: Part 2 Livelihoods and poverty analysis, current trends and projections
(2007)Type: ReportThe Basin Focal Project for the Volta (BFP-Volta) is a research project funded by the Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF). Its aim is to provide an in-depth analysis of issues related to water in the Volta Basin ... -
Dialogue to address the roots of resource competition: Lessons for policy and practice
(2014)Type: ReportConflict management is an intrinsic element of natural resource management, and becomes increasingly important amid growing pressure on natural resources from local uses, as well as from external drivers such as climate ... -
Diet composition and daily ration estimates of selected trawl-caught fishes in San Miguel Bay, Philippines
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleThe diet composition of fish caught in San Miguel Bay, Philippines, in April and May 1993 was studied. The diets of tiger-tooth croaker (Otolithes ruber), commerson's anchovy (Stolephorus commersonii); and the Indian anchovy ... -
Digital monitoring of small-scale fisheries in Timor-Leste: An impact assessment
(2022)Type: Working PaperDigital tools and technologies are transforming the way we monitor and manage food systems and natural resources, but to date there is scant credible collection and analysis of evidence of their impacts on well-being, ... -
Digital small-scale fisheries in Penang, Malaysia: Initial findings and progress
(2021)Type: BriefSummary findings from preliminary data collection and analytics of small-scale fisheries digital fisheries monitoring in Penang, Malaysia. -
Dilemma of the small-scale fishermen
(1982)Type: Journal ArticleResource managers in many countries have not yet fully grasped the consequences of the fisheries dilemma now emerging in Southeast Asia. Official views often hold that abundant underutilized stocks still exist while in ... -
Discerning the culture of compliance through recreational fisher's perceptions of poaching
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleCompliance is critical for effective conservation, and non-compliance regularly negates the desired outcomes of the world's marine protected areas. To increase compliance, practitioners must understand why resource users ... -
Distribution of economic returns in small-scale fisheries for international markets: A value-chain analysis
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleSmall-scale fishers are often believed to receive marginal earnings for seafood relative to other value- chain actors but proportionate incomes across different traded species are rarely compared. This study compares value ... -
Diversifying the use of tuna to improve food security and public health in Pacific Island countries and territories
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleThe large tuna resources of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean are delivering great economic benefits to Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) through sale of licences to distant water fishing nations and ... -
Diversity of selective and non-selective fishing gear and their impact on inland fisheries in Bangladesh
(2005)Type: Journal ArticleThe paper describes the wide range of traditional fishing gear used by subsistence and professional fishers in the inland waters in Bangladesh as well as their impact on the fisheries and the environment. The negative ... -
Do governance networks build collaborative capacity for sustainable development? Insights from Solomon Islands
(2022)Type: Journal ArticleTo build capacity for addressing complex sustainable development challenges, governments, development agencies, and non-governmental organizations are making substantial investments in governance networks. Yet, enthusiasm ... -
Do non-users value coral reefs?: Economic valuation of conserving Tubbataha Reefs, Philippines
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleThe main purpose of the study is to determine whether non-use values exist among residents of Quezon City, hundreds of kilometers away from Tubbataha Reefs. The dichotomous choice contingent valuation method (CVM) was ... -
Do trawling bans work in tropical waters?
(1981)Type: Journal ArticleThe biological effect of fishing bans in tropical waters is considered. In the Philippines, the Samar Sea was closed to trawlers in November 1976; a fishery survey was carried out to monitor possible changes in the fish ... -
Does selective fishing conserve community biodiversity? Predictions from a length-based multispecies model
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleThis study challenges the widely held view that improved fisheries selectivity would always help to maintain marine biodiversity. Using a length-based multi-species model, we investigate the effects of selective versus ... -
Early COVID-19 responses in the seafood sector offer crucial lessons for dealing with future shocks in food systems
(2021)Type: News Item/Press ItemNew research examines disruptions from COVID-19 to the seafood sector and puts forth evidence-based recommendations for building future resilience in food systems. -
Echinoderms piggybacking on sea cucumbers: Benign effects on sediment turnover and movement of hosts
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleSea cucumbers (Holothuroidea) are known to host ectocommensal animals but echinoderm epibionts have never been reported nor their effects on hosts appraised quantitatively. At one location in New Caledonia, we found a high ... -
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Economic evaluation of marine fisheries in India for sustainable production and coastal zone development
(1996)Type: Journal ArticleThe article highlights briefly the economics of different types of fishing units operating along the Indian coast; analyzes the exploitation trend of major marine fishery resources in relation to its potential yield; and ... -
Economic exploitation in the Philippine small pelagic fishery and implications for the management
(1993)Type: Journal ArticleCauses and impact of the Philippine small pelagic fishery sector problems are presented together with the proposed solutions from fisheries and external sectors. The results of the biological and economic analysis of the ...
