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A rapid appraisal approach to evaluation of community-level fisheries management systems: framework and field application at selected coastal fishing villages in the Philippines and Indonesia
Type: Journal Article
Among the recent attempts to use Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) techniques traditionally employed in agriculture and other terrestrial resource systems is in the evaluation of the coastal and marine fisheries environments. ...
Experiences with fisheries co-management in Southeast Asia and Bangladesh
Type: Book Chapter
The countries of Southeast Asia, ie Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, have a current population of over 510 million, of whom approximately 35 percent live below the ...
Community-based and co-management institutions for sustainable coastal fisheries management in Southeast Asia
Type: Journal Article
Fisheries experts now recognize that resource conflicts can be diminished and resources better managed when fishers and other resource stakeholders are more involved in management, and access rights are distributed more ...
Fisheries in Southeast Asia: challenges and opportunities
Type: Conference Paper
This chapter highlights the important role of fisheries in providing livelihoods, trade and food security in the Southeast Asian region. It addresses the problem of decreasing fisheries and marine biodiversity and discusses ...
Measuring transaction costs of fisheries co-management in San Salvador Island, Philippines
Type: Journal Article
It is generally accepted that co-management systems are more cost-effective than centralized management of natural resources. However, no attempts have been made to empirically verify the transaction costs involved in ...
Building capacity for fisheries research and policy: lessons learned from the Asian fisheries social science research network
Type: Other
The Asian Fisheries Social Science Research Network (AFSSRN) was a long-term effort to build social science research capacity for fi sheries and marine resources in Southeast Asia. The history of the Network is reviewed. ...
The management systems of marine fisheries and other coastal resources in Palawan, Philippines: concepts, experiences and lessons
Type: Report
The marine waters surrounding the Palawan islandgroups are considered the richest fishing grounds in the Philippines. The largest and most intact assemblage of marine habitats, particularly coral reefs and mangroves, are ...
Institutional arrangements for common property fisheries management: San Miguel Bay, Philippines
Type: Conference Paper
The primary objective of this paper is to provide an update on the prevailing biophysical, social and economic conditions in the Bay, with an emphasis on the institutional and organizational arrangements for fisheries management.
The Marine Conservation Project for San Salvador: a case study of fisheries co-management in the Philippines
Type: Report
San Salvador, an island village of Masinloc municipality in Zambales, Philippines, has been inhabited by approximately three generations of residents. The initial migrants, who were largely farmers from the mainland of ...
A handbook for rapid appraisal of fisheries management systems: (version 1)
Type: Book
The Rapid Appraisal of Fisheries Management Systems (RAFMS) is a semistructured research tool designed to quickly document and evaluate the existing local-level fisheries management systems in a given fishing community. ...