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Illuminating Hidden Harvests country case study author: Sergio Macedo Gomes de Mattos
Type: Blog
Dr. Sergio Macedo Gomes de Mattos, who works for the Brazilian Artisanal Fishing Network (Teia de Redes da Pesca Artesanal do Brasil), was a contributing author to the marine part of the IHH Brazil case study. Mattos has ...
Ocean action newsletter (volume 9) March 2019
Type: Newsletter
A major new study on small-scale fisheries is underway. Led by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, in partnership with WorldFish and Duke University, the Illuminating Hidden Harvests (#28237)study will analyze data ...
Focal community profiles for Barotse Hub, Zambia.
Type: Report
The purpose of the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) focal community profiles is to provide basic descriptions of initial conditions in each community where AAS works in the Barotse Floodplain ...
Coastal resources management, policy and planning in Bangladesh
Type: Book Chapter
This paper reviews the coastal fishery resources of Bangladesh emphasizing the coastal environment, capture fisheries and management issues relative to the sector. Bangladesh’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers an area ...
Participatory rural appraisal: Vulnerability study of Ayeyarwady delta fishing communities in Myanmar and social protection opportunities
Type: Report
This study seeks to inform fisheries management and social protection processes of the key vulnerability issues faced by fishers at five pilot sites selected for fisheries co-management within the research programme of the ...
Nearshore fish aggregating devices (FADs): A technology to boost fisheries production and combat malnutrition in Timor-Leste
Type: Brief
Benefits of artisanal nearshore FADs in Timor-Leste • Food production and nutrition security: FADs provide an opportunity to increase the sustainable production of nutrient-rich food in Timor-Leste to combat chronic ...
Improving fishing incomes when resources are overfished
Type: Journal Article
Despite increased evidence of overfishing of coastal and inland resources in the Indo-Pacific region, government fisheries development programmes, for the most part, retain their 'production' orientation. Using the familiar ...
Operationalising access to oceanic fisheries resources by small-scale fishers to improve food security in the Pacific Islands
Type: Journal Article
Maintaining the level of fish consumption in Pacific Island countries recommended for good nutrition as the populations of coastal communities grow, and as coral reefs are degraded by global warming and ocean acidification, ...
Fishermen's knowledge as background information in tropical fish ecology: a quantitative comparison with fish sampling results
Type: Journal Article
An investigation of fishermen€™s knowledge of fish occurrence patterns on various spatio-temporal scales has been realized in the Fatala Estuary (Guinea, West Africa), accompanied by a one-year survey with standardized ...
Diagnosis and management of small-scale fisheries in developing countries
Type: Journal Article
Small-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 ...