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Climate change, tropical fisheries and prospects for sustainable development
Type: Journal Article
Tropical fisheries substantially contribute to the well-being of societies in both the tropics and the extratropics, the latter through ‘telecoupling’ — linkages between distant human–natural systems. Tropical marine ...
ACIAR_Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF) contribution to food secure world_Final report - 2018
Type: Donor Report
Fish is by far the most important and fastest growing animal-source food, and is a critical contributor to food and nutrition security. Yet, this critical role of fish is poorly represented in global debates about food ...
Gender and the Political Economy of Fish Agri-food Systems in the Global South
Type: Book Chapter
The significance of fish for human nutrition, health, and livelihoods is increasingly recognized by and for people around the world, especially in the Global South. However, fisheries and aquaculture do not equally benefit ...
IIED_Carrots and sticks: incentives to conserve hilsa fish in Myanmar. Semi-Annual Report April 2020 – September 2020
Type: Donor Report
The report outlines the progress over 6 month (April – Sept 2020) of the activities implemented by WorldFish under the Darwin Initiative, Carrots and sticks: incentives to conserve hilsa fish in Myanmar project.
Fish friendly irrigation: Enhancing production, livelihoods and health
Type: Video
Each year, 12 Mt of aquatic foods caught in inland fisheries provide the primary source of animal protein and essential micronutrients for at least 200 million people worldwide. They are vital for livelihoods, human health ...
Heritable variation in swimming performance in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and negative genetic correlations with growth and harvest weight
Type: Journal Article
Nile tilapia is predominantly produced in smallholder ponds without aeration. We hypothesize that Nile tilapia with high oxygen uptake efficiency (O2UE) may perform better under these conditions than Nile tilapia with low ...
Inland fisheries critical for the diet quality of children in sub-Saharan Africa
Type: Presentation
This poster presentation, Inland fisheries critical for the diet quality of children in sub-Saharan Africa, was delivered by Lydia O'Meara for the 4th Global Food Security Conference. The presentation outlines the findings ...
Towards Resilient and Equitable Small-Scale Fisheries. Meeting Summary, 3-5 September 2019, Penang, Malaysia.
Type: Report
Meeting notes from the multi-stakeholder meeting in Penang, which was attended by more than 40 representatives of environmental NGOs (ENGOs), social justice NGOs, research organizations, intergovernmental organizations, ...
A new era for restocking, stock enhancement and sea ranching of coastal fisheries resources
Type: Journal Article
The growing number of countries investigating the potential for releasing cultured juveniles to augment coastal fisheries resulted in the First International Symposium on Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching (ISSESR) in ...
Evolving the narrative for protecting a rapidly changing ocean, post-COVID-19. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.
Type: Journal Article
Calls for global action on environmental issues have been popular since the 1970s and public interest in them has been raised by rallying people to the notion that we all share one world. One need look no further than the ...