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Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh II
Type: BriefEnhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh II (ECOFISH II) is a 5-year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Jointly implemented by WorldFish and the Department of Fisheries (DOF), ... -
Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh phase 2 (EcoFish II) - Project brief (December 1, 2019–December 31, 2020)
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Enhancing fisheries productivity through improved management of reservoirs, dams and other water control structures
(2018)Type: BriefDams and the reservoirs they create are increasingly ubiquitous in landscapes throughout the world. They have a major impact on fisheries, presenting both opportunities and constraints. This brief, written for both water ... -
Enhancing productivity and resilience of water systems by integrating fisheries
Type: BriefInland capture fisheries are the primary source of livelihoods and food and nutrition security in many low- and middle-income countries, but are often adversely impacted by irrigation infrastructure. With over 300 million ... -
Enhancing the productivity of small waterbodies
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleMost small waterbodies were built for irrigation and/or drinking water storage for humans and livestock, but have also been shown to play an important role in watershed management. Apart from natural lakes, small waterbodies ... -
Enhancing the productivity of small waterbodies
(2006)Type: BookIn this review, the author provides an overview of the small water bodies as an important inland fishery resource and analyses the global trends in their utilization. He also assesses the opportunities for enhancing fish ... -
Equitable digital tools can boost small-scale fisher livelihoods
(2021)Type: BlogIn low- and middle-income countries, ICTs can be used to assist small-scale fishers and fish workers, but illiteracy and unreliable internet connectivity need to be addressed to ensure marginalised fishers are not left behind. -
Escaping the perfect storm of simultaneous climate change impacts on agriculture and marine fisheries
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleClimate change can alter conditions that sustain food production and availability, with cascading consequences for food security and global economies. Here, we evaluate the vulnerability of societies to the simultaneous ... -
Establishing freshwater protected areas to protect biodiversity and improve food security in the Philippines
(2017)Type: Book ChapterThis paper describes the efforts to establish a network of community-conserved areas in the municipality of San Mariano on Luzon, with the dual aim to protect the Philippine crocodile and to improve inland fisheries. The ... -
Estimating input demand and output supply elasticities in gillnet and seine fishing in Guimaras Strait and adjacent waters
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThis contribution is a summary of the results of the study conducted by the University of the Philippines in the Visayas team from November 1990 to June 1991. The purpose of this research is to estimate demand and output ... -
Estimating natural mortality of Kuwait's Penaeus semisulcatus using a new tag-recapture data analysis method
(1990)Type: Journal ArticleA novel method was used to estimate natural mortality (M) of Kuwaiti Penaeus semisulcatus using tagging data. The new M estimator is based on two tagging experiments with similar products of initial survival after tagging ... -
European Union supports project to strengthen fisheries and biodiversity management in African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleProper resource management implies a better understanding of ecosystems and the conservation of biodiversity. Scientists from developing countries often have limited information on their aquatic resources because of many ... -
Evaluating the effect of fishery closures: Lessons learnt from the Placie Box
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleTo reduce discarding of plaice Pleuronectes platessa in the North Sea flatfish fisheries, the major nursery areas were closed to large trawlers in 1995. The area closed was named the ‘Plaice Box’ (PB) and beam trawl effort ... -
Evaluating the Fit of Co-management for Small-Scale Fisheries Governance in Timor-Leste
(2020)Type: Book ChapterFisheries 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 ... -
Evaluating the Fit of Co-management for Small-Scale Fisheries Governance in Timor-Leste
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleFisheries 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 ... -
Evaluating the management effectiveness of marine protected areas at seven selected sites in the Philippines
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleFisheries is a vital sector in the Philippine economy, providing a significant source of both domestic and export earnings while meeting essential food security and nutritional requirements. However, marine resources in ... -
Evaluation of seagrass planting and monitoring techniques: implications for assessing restoration success and habitat equivalency
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleRestoration has become an integral part of coastal management as a result of seagrass habitat loss. We studied restoration of the seagrass (Halodule wrightii) near Tampa Bay, Florida. Experimental plots were established ... -
Evolving the narrative for protecting a rapidly changing ocean, post-COVID-19. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.
(2021)Type: Journal ArticleCalls for global action on environmental issues have been popular since the 1970s and public interest in them has been raised by rallying people to the notion that we all share one world. One need look no further than the ... -
Excess capacity and sustainable development in Java Sea fisheries
(2003)Type: Journal ArticleExcess capacity and overfishing are problems in the open-access, common-pool fisheries of the Java Sea. Data development analysis is used to estimate excess fishing capacity and the number of vessels to decommission in ... -
Exclusive economic zones and the management of fisheries in the South China Sea
(2005)Type: Book ChapterThe 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC), with the provisions for defining an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), is the international agreement that has had the greatest influence on the structure of ...
