Browsing Resilient small-scale fisheries by Issue Date
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Community based fisheries management (CBFM) in Vietnam
(2007)Type: BriefThe integrated local government institutions in Vietnam helps to bring all stakeholders together to establish and strengthen community based institutions and leverage effective management of the fisheries resources. -
Community based fisheries management CBFM-SSEA fisheries and livelihoods impact
(2007)Type: BrochureResearch showed that community based fisheries management has significantly increased annual fish production, lifted household income levels, improved access to credit from a wide range of sources, and enabled livelihood ... -
The prospect of co-management in managing open water resources with special reference to Indonesia: a lesson learned
(2007)Type: Conference PaperThis paper is attempt to compile an experience of applying a co-management approach to manage the open water resource by Susilowati (1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007). An institutional analysis based on Pomeroy and William ... -
Social development issues and fisheries
(2007)Type: Working PaperThe vast majority of small-scale fisherfolk are from low-income developing countries. Recent studies of poverty in fishing communities show that cash incomes from fishing are often higher than earnings from agriculture, ... -
Water requirements of floodplain rivers and fisheries : existing decision support tools and pathways for development
(2007)Type: ReportThis report comprehensively reviews current environmental flow methodologies and fisheries production models to show that the combination of the DRIFT (Downstream Response to Imposed Flow Transformation) methodology and ... -
Fish, fishing and livelihoods : community based organisations as focus for local development
(2007)Type: BrochureThe central tenet to Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) is that users dependent on a common resource, in this case fishers and other households depending on wild fish to catch, will harvest that resource in a ... -
Marketing systems for fish from Lake Tana, Ethiopia: opportunities for improved marketing and livelihoods
(2007)Type: ReportThis study examined the domestic trade in frozen fish sourced from Lake Tana, Ethiopia and identified uneven demand and supply, high harvesting cost, high price, great distance from market, low fish quality as the main ... -
Impact of community based management approaches on fishery resource diversity of seven flowing rivers in Bangladesh
(2007)Type: Conference PaperResearch showed that fish production, abundance and biodiversity were significantly higher in CBFM project sites compared to control water bodies. Performance indicators also suggested that fisher-managed approach yielded ... -
Community based fisheries management: the right option
(2007)Type: BriefThe principle behind community managed fisheries is hand over of the management of fisheries resources to community groups and they will manage the resources sustainably and equitably. The benefits of this approach are ... -
Spillover of commercially valuable reef fishes from marine protected areas in Guam, Micronesia
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleDoes adult spillover (movement out of marine protected areas [MPAs]) of fish create a net export of fish biomass from MPAs to adjacent fished reefs? Biomass of five commercial reef fish species was estimated by visual ... -
Community based management of small scale fisheries in Asia: Bridging the gap between fish supply and demand
(2007)Type: Conference PaperCommunity-based management and co-management are feasible alternative approaches to bridging the gap between supply and demand. They have brought together various stakeholders to achieve improved resource and socioeconomic ... -
Fisheries co-management: the Zambian experience
(2007)Type: Conference PaperSince the late 1980’s various forms of fisheries co-management initiatives have been implemented in some of the major fisheries in Zambia. The reasons for instituting co-management arrangements have been varied and have ... -
Community based fisheries management : livelihoods impact
(2007)Type: BriefThe Community Based Fisheries Management Project has been implemented since 1995 by the Department of Fisheries (DoF) with the assistance of the WorldFish Center. It has worked in a range of water bodies across Bangladesh, ... -
Diagnosis and management of small-scale fisheries in developing countries
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleSmall-scale fisheries (SSF) make important but undervalued contributions to the economies of some of the world’s poorest countries. They also provide much of the animal protein needed by societies in which food security ... -
Fisher profiles and perceptions of sea turtle-fishery interactions: case study of East Coast Peninsular Malaysia
(2007)Type: Working PaperThe paper focuses on coastal fisheries, particularly examining sea turtle-fishery interactions and determining the socioeconomic profile and perception of local fishers about sea turtle issues along the East Coast of ... -
Access to common property resource and poverty reduction: inland open-water fisheries in Bangladesh
(2007)Type: Conference PaperIn Bangladesh, experiences from good practices for a Common Property Resources (CPR) identified that it is necessary to choose CPR members from the resource users with clearly defined rights to use the resource with defined ... -
Fish for life: rehabilitating lives after natural disasters
(2008)Type: VideoCoastal areas, whose inhabitants are often dependant on fish for food and income, are increasingly those most affected by natural disasters. This video takes a look at how one remote fishing community in Aceh Indonesia, ... -
The Philippines: a hotspot of sea cucumber fisheries in Asia
(2008)Type: Book ChapterThis article provides an overview of the sea cucumber fisheries in the Philippinee, covering topics of 1) trade, 2)socioeconomic importance to local community 3) recommendations for improving fisheries management and ... -
From sound economics to sound management: practical solutions to small-scale fisheries governance in the developing world
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleThis is a commentary on Daniel Bromley's paper (The crisis in ocean governance: conceptual confusion, spurious economics, political indifference). Taking into consideration the varied context of small-scale fisheries in ... -
Traditional fisheries of rainforest rivers in the Campo-Ma'an area of Southern Cameroon
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleThis article presents a different type of bushmeat – aquatic bushmeat. The authors describe traditional fisheries in rivers of rainforest ecosystems. The case of the Campo-Ma'an Area of Southern Cameroon is analysed to ...
