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Untangling Tales of Tropical Sardines: Local Knowledge From Fisheries in Timor-Leste
Type: Journal Article
Tropical sardines (Family Clupeidae) are an important component of many marine fisheries in the Indo-West Pacific region. In Timor-Leste, a small, less-developed country within this region, ‘sardiña’ are some of the more ...
Nearshore fish aggregating devices show positive outcomes for sustainable fisheries development in Timor-Leste
Type: Journal Article
Capture fisheries in small island developing states (SIDS) have the capacity to increase access to vital micronutrient-rich food to tackle malnutrition, but when fishers are restricted to nearshore habitats by limited ...
Fisheries and aquaculture of Timor-Leste in 2019: Current knowledge and opportunities
Type: Internal Report
This report details the current knowledge and available data on the fisheries and aquaculture sectors in Timor-Leste.
Spatiotemporal determinants of seasonal gleaning
Type: Journal Article
1. Many coastal communities depend on ecosystems for goods and services that contribute to human well-being. As long-standing interactions between people and nature are modified by global environmental change, dynamic and ...
The contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development
Type: Poster
The infographic provides a snapshot of findings from the Illuminating Hidden Harvests report. The findings from the report, led by FAO, Duke University, and WorldFish, highlight the environmental, economic, nutritional, ...
Small-scale fisheries and sustainable development
Type: Brief
Key findings from the Illuminating Hidden Harvests report:
This brief presents the main results from the Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH) report, providing new, clearer insights to support the implementation of the ...
Strengthening small-scale fisheries for food and nutrition security, human well-being and environmental health in Zambia
Type: Brief
Zambia is rich in aquatic resources with 15 million ha of water in the form of rivers, lakes and swamps. These water bodies support diverse and widespread capture fisheries, particularly small-scale fisheries (SSF) that ...
Valuing small fish from mosquito nets: A comment on Jones & Unsworth (2019)
Type: Journal Article
A critique of a paper in Ambio that labels the capture of small fish as unsustainable without adequate consideration of the dynamics of fish populations.
Illuminating Hidden Harvests – The contributions of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development
Type: Internal Report
Small-scale fisheries account for at least 40 percent of the global catch from capture fisheries and provide employment across the value chain for an estimated 60.2 million people, about 90 percent of the total number ...
Physical distancing and risk of COVID-19 in small-scale fisheries: A remote sensing assessment in coastal Ghana
Type: Journal Article
The novel coronavirus is predicted to have dire implications on global food systems including fisheries value chains due to restrictions imposed on human movements in many countries. In Ghana, food production, both agriculture ...