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Implementing resilience management: lessons from fishing communities in the Niger basin
Type: Brief
Small inland fisheries are important to the livelihoods of the poor in Africa, contributing both food security and income to millions of households living near freshwater lakes, reservoirs, rivers and floodplains. These ...
Porter un nouvel éclairage sur les captures non visibles: La contribution de la pêche artisanale au développement durable
Type: Brief
En 2012, la FAO, la Banque mondiale et WorldFish ont publié une étude Hidden Harvest: The global contribution of capture fisheries. Pour soutenir la dynamique croissante de mise en oeuvre des Directives SSF, et en réponse ...
Valuing small fish from mosquito nets: A comment on Jones & Unsworth (2019)
Type: Journal Article
A critique of a paper in Ambio that labels the capture of small fish as unsustainable without adequate consideration of the dynamics of fish populations.
Predicting vulnerability to management changes in data-limited, small-scale fisheries
Type: Journal Article
It is estimated that more than 200 million people worldwide depend on small-scale fisheries for their livelihood, driving the need for fisheries reform to develop effective, local-level governance systems to protect food ...
USAID_Enhanced coastal fisheries in Bangladesh (ECOFISH-bd)_Annual report Oct 2017 - Sept 2018
Type: Donor Report
ECOFISH contributes to the USAID Country Development Cooperation Strategy Objective 4, “Responsiveness to Climate Change Improved,” by aligning with two sub-intermediate results (IRs) of DO4: “(1) improved management of ...
Nearshore fish aggregating devices (FADs): A technology to boost fisheries production and combat malnutrition in Timor-Leste
Type: Brief
Benefits of artisanal nearshore FADs in Timor-Leste • Food production and nutrition security: FADs provide an opportunity to increase the sustainable production of nutrient-rich food in Timor-Leste to combat chronic ...
Following the fish inland: understanding fish distribution networks for rural development and nutrition security
Type: Journal Article
In developing countries, small-scale fisheries are both a pivotal source of livelihood and essential for the nutritional intake of larger food insecure populations. Distribution networks that move fish from landing sites ...
Testing resilience thinking in a poverty context: experience from the Niger River basin
Type: Journal Article
Resilience thinking is an important addition to the range of frameworks and approaches that can be used to understand and manage complex social–ecological systems like small-scale fisheries. However, it is yet to lead to ...
Hilsa’s non-consumptive value in Bangladesh: Estimating the non-consumptive value of the hilsa fishery in Bangladesh using the contingent valuation method
Type: Working Paper
Hilsa is Bangladesh’s most important single-species fishery: for cultural identity, earnings and employment. However, overfishing, habitat destruction, siltation, pollution and climate change have driven catches down, and ...
Operationalising access to oceanic fisheries resources by small-scale fishers to improve food security in the Pacific Islands
Type: Journal Article
Maintaining the level of fish consumption in Pacific Island countries recommended for good nutrition as the populations of coastal communities grow, and as coral reefs are degraded by global warming and ocean acidification, ...