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Two steps forward, two steps back: The role of innovation in transforming towards community-based marine resource management in Solomon Islands
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleIn many coastal nations, community-based arrangements for marine resource management (CBRM) are promoted by government, advocated for by non-government actors, and are seen by both as one of the most promising options to ... -
Workshop Report: Production and conservation of nutrient-rich small fish (SIS) in ponds and wetlands for nutrition security and livelihoods in South Asia
(2014)Type: Conference PaperSmall indigenous fish species (SIS) are an important source of essential macro- and micronutrients that can play an important role in the elimination of malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in the populations of ... -
Overfishing and the replacement of demersal finfish by shellfish: An example from the english channel
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleThe worldwide depletion of major fish stocks through intensive industrial fishing is thought to have profoundly altered the trophic structure of marine ecosystems. Here we assess changes in the trophic structure of the ... -
Fish for the future: Fisheries development and food security for Kiribati in an era of global climate change
(2014)Type: ReportThe Republic of Kiribati is a vast South Pacific island group with one of the largest exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the world. Kiribati waters support a wealth of marine fisheries activities. These activities occur ... -
Fish resources in Cambodia (2001-2011)
(2014)Type: Book ChapterCambodian inland fish resources are part of the Mekong system. With 781 known freshwater and brackish fish species, the Mekong Basin has the second highest fish biodiversity in the world after the Amazon Basin in South ... -
Strengthening community roles in aquatic resource governance in Uganda
(2014)Type: ReportLake Victoria fisheries face severe environmental stresses. Stocks are declining in a context of increasing population and growing demand for the lake's resources. Rising competition between users is putting conservation ... -
Communication strategies for managing coastal fisheries conflicts in Bangladesh
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleFisheries management involves balancing the competing demands of different users of fishery resources. Conflicts among fisheries stakeholders arise due to differences in power, interests, values, priorities, and manner of ... -
Livelihoods and fisheries governance in a contemporary Pacific Island setting
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleInshore marine resources play an important role in the livelihoods of Pacific Island coastal communities. However, such reliance can be detrimental to inshore marine ecosystems. Understanding the livelihoods of coastal ... -
Lake Nasser fisheries: Recommendations for management, including monitoring and stock assessment
(2015)Type: ReportThis study sought to improve the baseline knowledge of the fisheries of Lake Nasser and to make recommendations for the improved management of the fisheries, including stock assessment. The study included the review of key ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Community visioning and action plans: Tonle Sap hu
(2015)Type: ReportThe process of rolling out the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) in 12 target villages in the Tonle Sap region in Cambodia throughout 2013 involved several important tasks at different stages. ... -
Keeping food on the table: Human responses and changing coastal fisheries in Solomon Islands
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleGlobally the majority of commercial fisheries have experienced dramatic declines in stock and catch. Likewise, projections for many subsistence fisheries in the tropics indicate a dramatic decline is looming in the coming ... -
Social dimensions of local fisheries co-management in the Coral Triangle
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleThe challenge to manage coastal resources within Asia-Pacifics Coral Triangle has gained global attention. Co-management is promoted as a key strategy to address this challenge. Contemporary community-based co-management ... -
Aquatic agricultural systems in Cambodia: National situation analysis
(2015)Type: ReportThe objective of the current report produced for the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) is to provide basic information on key constraints driving poverty and vulnerability in aquatic agricultural ... -
Lake Nasser fisheries: Literature review and situation analysis
(2015)Type: ReportThis study sought to improve the baseline knowledge of the fisheries of Lake Nasser and to make recommendations for the improved management of the fisheries, including stock assessment. This review draws heavily from the ... -
Nearshore fish aggregating devices (FADs) for food security in Solomon Islands
(2015)Type: BriefCoastal fisheries are central to the lives of rural Solomon Island villages, supplying daily food and serving as one of the few sources of income. Yet, it is predicted that coastal fisheries in Solomon Islands, like many ... -
Empowering community-based ecosystem approaches to fisheries management: Strategies for effective training and learning
(2015)Type: Working PaperIn March 2015, regional Pacific stakeholders and Governments engaged in collaborative planning to establish a new direction in the management of Coastal Fisheries. A New Song for Coastal Fisheries: Pathways to Change calls ... -
Rotational harvesting is a risky strategy for vulnerable marine animals
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleSea cucumber fisheries exemplify resource systems under intense exploitation pressure from lucrative Asian markets. Plagányi et al. (1) model the performance of rotational harvests of sea cucumbers on the Great Barrier ... -
Good governance of rice field fishery management
(2015)Type: BriefRice field fisheries refer to the capture of wild fish and other aquatic animals from flooded rice field agroecosystems and their supporting infrastructure, such as canals, channels, streams and other bodies of water. ...
