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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) ... -
Reproductive biology of the commercial sea cucumber Holothuria fuscogilva in the Solomon Islands
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleReproduction of Holothuria fuscogilva (Selenka, 1867) in the Solomon Islands was investigated over a 4?yr period (1994 to 1998) by macroscopic and microscopic examination of the gonad tubules, the gonad index (GI) method, ... -
Reproductive season of the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus in the coastal waters of northern Brazil
(1990)Type: Journal ArticleThe spawning season of the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus (Latreille) was identified based on adult specimens collected monthly off northeastern Brazil, from August 1982 to July 1988. The maturity indices used ... -
Research and development of Indian reservoir fisheries
(1980)Type: Journal ArticleReservoir resources and the status of fishery development in India is discussed. The current situation regardingresearch on reservoir ecosystems and fishery resources management is considered, and the ecosystem-oriented ... -
Research initiatives on fisheries co-management in Central and Southern Africa
(1996)Type: ReportAs part of their collaboration on a world wide research project on fisheries co-management (1995-1999), the Institute o Fisheries Management and Coastal Community Development (IFM-CCD) at the North Sea Centre (NSC) Denmark ... -
Reservoir fisheries of Orissa State, southern India
(1996)Type: Journal ArticleOrissa State has about 256000 ha of reservoir waters. At present, about 197000 ha of 1442 reservoirs are suitable for fish production. These reservoirs, constructed primarily for water storage, irrigation, flood control ...
