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Marine fisheries, genetic effects and biodiversity
Type: Journal Article
Preservation of marine biodiversity deserves serious consideration as almost 65% of the earth's organisms (excluding insects) are marine. There is little knowledge at present on the status of marine biodiversity. However, ...
Biochemical impacts of salinity on the catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794), and possibility of their farming at low saline water
Type: Journal Article
Although a stenohaline freshwater fish, the stinging catfish Heteropneustes fossilis, is also available in the freshwater fringes of the coastal areas of Bangladesh, the tolerance of this species to variable environmental ...
Rebuilding coastal fisheries livelihoods after the Tsunami: key lessons from past experience
Type: Journal Article
Fishing communities around the Indian Ocean were severely affected by the December 2004 tsunamis. Programs for rebuilding coastal fisheries livelihoods need to address the pre-tsunami situation that was characterized by ...
Rice field fisheries: a resource for Cambodia
Type: Journal Article
Small-scale fisheries in and around rice fields in the lowland areas of Cambodia are greatly underestimated and undervalued. Their contribution to the protein requirements of the poor rural households is significant. In ...
The role of fisheries sector in the coastal fishing communities of Sri Lanka
Type: Book Chapter
Sri Lanka is an island country with a land area of 65 610 km2. With the declaration of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in 1976, the country gained sovereign rights over an ocean area of 536 000 km2 and EEZ extending from ...
Reinventing fisheries management
Type: Journal Article
This article presents the events and outcome of an international symposium on fisheries management titled, "Reinventing Fisheries Management", held at the Fisheries Centre of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, ...
FAO | IKAN ADAPT: Strengthening The Adaptive Capacity, Resilience and Biodiversity Conservation Ability of Fisheries and Aquaculture-Dependent Livelihoods in Timor-Leste. Project Implementation Progress Report: January 2023 to June 2023
Type: Donor Report
The project has assembled a strong team, and progressed well with engagement at national, municipal, hamlet (postu) and community (suco) levels. The project is linked well with new and ongoing initiatives in areas of climate ...
Fisheries resources management in Southeast Asia: why bothers?
Type: Book Chapter
Because, in general, the economies of Southeast Asian countries are "developing", policy-makers generally assume that the fisheries sector also needs to be "developed" through soft loans, tax rebates, construction of ports, ...
Methodology for economic valuation of food security and vulnerability to poverty for inland fisheries in Africa
Type: Other
Fish play an increasingly important role in national and local economies of many developing countries. Africa’s rivers, wetlands and lakes are especially important for poor rural households for whom they provide employment ...
Fisheries co-management in Africa: Proceedings from a regional workshop on fisheries co-management research
Type: Report
Co-management as a form of resource management is gaining ground worldwide, so also in fisheries management. Co-management implies that the user-groups participate in the decision-making on how to protect and exploit the ...