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Are fishers poor or vulnerable? Assessing economic vulnerability in small-scale fishing communities
Type: Journal Article
An 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 ...
Nearshore fish aggregating devices: a means of habitat protection and food security in post disaster Solomon Islands
Type: Journal Article
In 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 ...
Dams and fisheries in the Mekong Basin
Type: Journal Article
This 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 ...
Social and economic impacts of agricultural productivity intensification: the case brush park fisheries in Lake Volta
Type: Journal Article
The 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 ...
Out of new stocks in 2020: a comment on "Not all fisheries will be collapsed in 2048"
Type: Journal Article
The 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 ...
Water, poverty and inland fisheries: lessons from Africa and Asia
Type: Journal Article
Relying 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 ...
Small-scale marine fisheries policy in Vietnam
Type: Journal Article
Vietnam’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 ...
Managing fisheries conflicts through communication planning: experience from inland fisheries of Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
Increasing 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 ...
Fishery resources trends and community-based management approahes adopted in the river Titas in Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
During 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 ...
Literacies, development and education in fishing-dependent communities (editorial)
Type: Journal Article
Editorial on papers addressing the changing relationships among the various literacies, knowledges and practices in small-scale fishing communities.