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Towards integrated assessment and advice in small-scale fisheries: principles and processes
(2008)Type: ReportThis document presents the principles and processes for integrated assessment and advice in small-scale fisheries. The first chapter discusses failures of conventional assessment and management approaches. Chapter 2 presents ... -
Governance and decentralization reforms in small-scale fisheries: an African perspective
(2009)Type: Book ChapterRelying on a framework that highlights different dimensions of ‘decentralization’, this paper reviews fisheries co-management programmes as they have been implemented over the last 20 years in sub-Saharan Africa. It shows ... -
Are fishers poor or vulnerable? Assessing economic vulnerability in small-scale fishing communities
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleAn index of economic vulnerability is developed and used with a more conventional measure of income poverty to explore vulnerability and chronic poverty in isolated rural communities. The method is applied to data from ... -
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) ... -
Small-scale marine fisheries policy in Vietnam
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleVietnam’s marine fisheries are considered to be small scale and are concentrated in coastal near-shore waters. This has resulted in heavy pressure on near-shore fisheries resources. Near-shore fisheries are considered by ... -
Dams and fisheries in the Mekong Basin
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper draws on approaches in ecology, biology and policy analysis to examine the tensions between dams and fisheries in the Lower Mekong Basin. We review the exceptional importance of Mekong fisheries in terms of total ... -
Water, poverty and inland fisheries: lessons from Africa and Asia
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleRelying on experience from West Africa and the Mekong Basin, the authors contend that small-scale inland fisheries are a critical element in the livelihoods of many farming households who live near water bodies in developing ... -
Food security and poverty alleviation through improved valuation and governance of river fisheries in Africa
(2009)Type: ReportThe project aims to sustain and improve the livelihoods of the rural poor who depend on fisheries for their employment, income and food security along the rivers of the Lake Chad and Zambezi basins. Its purpose is to ... -
Diagnosis and the management constituency of small-scale fisheries
(2009)Type: Working PaperDiagnosis and adaptive management can help improve the ability of small-scale fisheries (SSF) in the developing world to better cope with and adapt to both external drivers and internal sources of uncertainty. This paper ... -
Health service delivery and other HIV/AIDS related interventions in the fisheries sector in Sub-Saharan Africa: a literature review
(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) ... -
Managing fisheries conflicts through communication planning: experience from inland fisheries of Bangladesh
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleIncreasing population, ineffective management, competition among fishing gears over access to resources and proliferation of destructive practices are imposing severe stress on the inland water bodies of Bangladesh. These ... -
Innovations in fisheries co-management, and the challenge of mobility
(2009)Type: Book ChapterCo-management attempts mostly focus on improving fish-stock management, requiring people to reduce fishing activities, without offering any interim benefits. Thus incentives are not taken into account. The SFLP (Sustainable ... -
Out of new stocks in 2020: a comment on "Not all fisheries will be collapsed in 2048"
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleThe authors provide counter arguement to the article "Not all fisheries will be collapsed in 2048". Their analysis confirms the continuous absolute and relative increase in collapsed stocks shown first by Froese and ... -
Social and economic impacts of agricultural productivity intensification: the case brush park fisheries in Lake Volta
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleThe intensification of agricultural productivity through technological innovation has often been reported to induce considerable social and economic transformation in the rural communities where those innovations are ... -
Fisheries in Zambia: an undervalued contributor to poverty reduction
(2009)Type: BriefThis brief examines the fisheries sector in Zambia. Fisheries sector has made a small contribution (1.24%) to the country's national GDP. However, It is estimated that more than 20 percent of animal protein intake for ... -
Nearshore fish aggregating devices: a means of habitat protection and food security in post disaster Solomon Islands
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleIn the aftermath of the tsunami in 2007, in an effort to assist communities in Western Province in Solomon Islands, the World Wide Fund for Nature, Solomon Islands (WWFSI) received funding from the David and Lucille Packard ... -
Diagnosing, strengthening and monitoring small-scale fishery resilience
(2009)Type: BriefThe project "Improving resilience and adaptive capacity of fisheries-dependent communities in Solomon Islands" uses participatory diagnosis to identify threats to rural coastal communities in Solomon Islands and sources ... -
Fishery resources trends and community-based management approahes adopted in the river Titas in Bangladesh
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleDuring 1997–2002, a Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) project was implemented to monitor fish catches in two sections of the River Titas (Goshipur to Gokornaghat section and Ka section), an important tributary ... -
Étude de la documentation en science sociale sur le risque et la vulnérabilité liés au VIH/SIDA dans les communautés de pêcheurs en Afrique subsaharienne
(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) ... -
Approaches and frameworks for management and research in small-scale fisheries in the developing world
(2009)Type: Working PaperCommonly adopted approaches to managing small-scale fisheries (SSFs) in developing countries do not ensure sustainability. Progress is impeded by a gap between innovative SSF research and slower-moving SSF management. The ...
