Spatial boundaries have become an indispensable part of regimes and tools for regulating fisheries, with examples including marine protected areas, regional fisheries management organizations and Exclusive Economic Zones. ...

Major factors that have contributed to the failure in Jamaica to implement fisheries management successfully are examined. Problems in the management expertise and infrastructure are detailed.

Conflicts in the fishing industry of Canada regarding which type of fishing fleet to use in rural communities are discussed: labor-intensive or capital-intensive.

This chapter presents the current state of knowledge on "Inn" fisheries, an important fisheries management regime in Myanmar. The presentation made is based on a comprehensive review of literature, some original research ...

This paper examines the importance of accurately valuing the fisheries of large rivers (and in all ecosystems) and how such information can be used to maintain, improve and develop inland fisheries and ecosystem services, ...

This report documents the progress made during the 37 weeks of the project between 6 January 2017 and 22 September 2017. The project builds on current successes by communities (notably Adara) in implementing co-management ...

Hunter Snyder is a PhD candidate with Dartmouth College in the United States and an FAO consultant. Within the IHH study, Snyder contributed to the Greenland case study and led the thematic study on the carbon footprint ...

The Darwin-Hilsa project is developing an incentive-based system of hilsa fisheries management in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta. This study uses a mixed-methods approach to assess the socioeconomic status of local fishing ...

Ten polymorphic microsatellites were isolated from the red-bellied yellow tail fusilier Caesio cuning, a reef-associated fish which occurs widely in the Indo-Pacific region. The species is exploited by both small-scale ...

In this paper we describe the construction of an online GIS database system, hosted by WorldFish, which stores bio-physical, ecological and socio-economic data for the 'Coral Triangle Area' in South-east Asia and the ...