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Fish fights over fish rights: non-traditional security issues in fisheries in Southeast Asia
Type: Conference Paper
This paper presents the results of ‘Fish Fights over Fish Rights” project which evaluated conflicts related to overcapacity in the fisheries and those that may pose threats to food, livelihood and environmental security ...
Pacific: improving livelihoods for coastal communities in the Pacific
Type: Brochure
The island nations of the Pacific depend heavily on coral reef and coastal fisheries resources – globally, the highest per capita fish consumption is in the Pacific islands. Coral reefs support a rich variety of animals ...
Traditional management systems, poverty and change in the arid zone fisheries of northern Nigeria
Type: Journal Article
This paper, basd on fieldwork results, explores traditional mangement systems (TMS) in the arid zone fisheries of north-eastern Nigeria with particular reference to their impact on rural poverty. The first section provides ...
Profile for Aquatic Resources Management: Tboung Kla, Koh Chruem and Ou Chralang villages, Ou Mreah commune, Siem Bouk district, Stung Treng province, Cambodia
Type: Book
This publication is part of a collection of three profiles covering nine aquatic resources-dependent villages in the provinces of Stung Treng, Takeo and Siem Reap. The profiles are important because in most, if not all, ...
Testing Guidelines for Designing Data Collection Systems for Co-Managed Fisheries
Type: Journal Article
Since 2002 the WorldFish Centre has been working in collaboration with the Marine Resources Assessment Group (MRAG), Aquae Sulis Ltd (ASL),, the FAO, and the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to develop guidelines for designing ...
Africa's age of aquarium : the dawning of ornamental fish culture - a high value livelihood option for vulnerable communities
Type: Brochure
A forward-looking community service organization (CSO) in Cameroon dedicated to sustainable development and environmental protection, Organisation pour l’Environnement et le Developpement Durable (OPED), has enlisted the ...
BayFish - Tonle Sap: a Bayesian model of the fish production in the Tonle Sap Great Lake, Cambodia.
Type: Conference Paper
Probabilistic Bayesian networks have been used as decision making tools mainly in medicine and economics, but recently they have also been utilized in natural resource management. In this study a Bayesian model is built ...
The fisheries of Zanzibar: potential for new investments
Type: Journal Article
Zanzibar, one of the poorest areas of sub-Saharan Africa, has a good potential for foreign investment in offshore (EEZ) marine capture fisheries, in aquaculture and in fi sheries infrastructure. Zanzibar’s fisheries resources ...
Diversity of selective and non-selective fishing gear and their impact on inland fisheries in Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
The paper describes the wide range of traditional fishing gear used by subsistence and professional fishers in the inland waters in Bangladesh as well as their impact on the fisheries and the environment. The negative ...
Fisheries and the millennium development goals : solutions for Africa
Type: Brief
Africa, and in particular sub-Saharan Africa, stands out as facing tremendous difficulties in achieving even modest progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Today, over 46% of Africans live in absolute ...