Resilient small-scale fisheries: Recent submissions
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Factors that drive Cambodia's inland fish catch: what role can community fisheries play?
(2006)Type: BriefThis policy brief is based on an initiative being made at the IFReDI in Cambodia to model the crucial hydrological, bio-ecological and socioeconomic factors that deserve attention if the fish catch in Cambodia is to be sustained. -
From participation to governance : a critical review of the concepts of governance, co-management and participation, and their implementation in small-scale inland fisheries in developing countries
(2006)Type: Working PaperThis report reviews the role, nature and mechanisms of governance in inland fisheries. We do so by reviewing first the wider issues of governance, participation and co-management in natural resource management, and then ... -
Building capacity for fisheries research and policy: lessons learned from the Asian fisheries social science research network
(2006)Type: OtherThe Asian Fisheries Social Science Research Network (AFSSRN) was a long-term effort to build social science research capacity for fi sheries and marine resources in Southeast Asia. The history of the Network is reviewed. ... -
Fisheries and Coastal Resources Co-management in Asia: Selected Results from a Regional Research Project
(2006)Type: ReportThis report presents the results of a ten-year Fisheries Co-management Research Project in Asia. The project was a collaboration of the WorldFish Center, the Institute for Fisheries Management (Denmark), and national ... -
Managing by-catch and discards : how much progress are we making and how can we do better?
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleThere appears to be considerable potential for further reduction in global by-catch. This reduction is most likely to be achieved by focusing even greater attention on the technical, regulatory and social approaches that ... -
Guide to fisheries policy research in Cambodia : the institutional and legal context
(2006)Type: Working PaperCambodia is in the process of developing skills and competence to prioritize and address research issues for the different levels of fisheries policy and management. This involves the acquisition of knowledge in institutional ... -
Governance and institutional changes in fisheries : issues and priorities for research
(2006)Type: Working PaperThis volume contains the discussion papers presented at a workshop on governance and institutional changes in fisheries and its impact on the poverty reduction and environmental integrity in developing countries held on ... -
Tropical river fisheries valuation : a global synthesis and critical review
(2006)Type: ReportThis report reviews the global status of tropical and inland fisheries valuation; considers the impact of changes in river management on the value of tropical river fisheries; and comparatively assessed 3 valuation techniques. -
Lessons learnt community based fisheries management (CBFM) in Vietnam
(2006)Type: BriefThe integrated local government institutions in Vietnam helps to bring all stakeholders together to establish and strengthen community based institutions and leverage effective management of the fisheries resources. -
Fisheries rehabilitation in post-tsunami Aceh: Status and needs from participatory appraisals
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleThe widespread and long-term nature of the tsunami damage in Aceh province, Indonesia has threatened the continued use of coastal and fisheries resources. This article describes the application of the Rapid Appraisal of ... -
Development of fisheries co-management in Cambodia : a case study and its implications
(2006)Type: Working PaperThe livelihoods and food security of many Cambodians depend heavily on inland capture fisheries, so the sustainable management of these fisheries is very important. Notwithstanding, the sustainability of Mekong fisheries ... -
Enhancing the productivity of small waterbodies
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleMost small waterbodies were built for irrigation and/or drinking water storage for humans and livestock, but have also been shown to play an important role in watershed management. Apart from natural lakes, small waterbodies ... -
Predicting the water requirement of river fisheries.
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper is arranged in two parts. The first summarizes technical issues surrounding such assessments, briefly reviews the water requirements of river fish and fisheries, and examines some of the ways for predicting these ... -
Fisheries and water productivity in tropical river basins: Enhancing food security and livelihoods by managing water for fish
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleFaced with growing pressure upon freshwater resources, increased water productivity in agriculture is essential. Efforts to do so however need to consider the wider role of water in sustaining food production. This paper ... -
Community Management by Decree? : lessons from Cambodia's fisheries reform
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleThe Cambodian government introduced a dramatic reform in 2001 that reduced the allocation of commercial fishing lots in favor of local community access. Hailed by community activists, the policy shift nevertheless ... -
Fish supply and demand for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: An analysis of the Zambian fish sector
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleThe demand for fish in Sub-Saharan Africa, as driven by the trend of diet-shift to fish, economic and demographic growth, outstrips supply. The resulting fish deficit is drawing attention of policy makers as it poses threats ... -
Can agricultural research and extension be used to challenge the processes of exclusion and marginalisation?
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper examines if and how agricultural researchers and extension officers can see, understand and change processes that exclude some people and influence marginalisation. We used participatory action research (PAR) ... -
Experiences in wetland co-management: the MACH project
(2007)Type: Conference PaperBanchte Shekha is an NGO based in Jessore, south-west Bangladesh that has supported the development and empowerment of poor people, particularly women. In the CBFM-2 project they found it was possible to involve women in ... -
Access to common property resource and poverty reduction: inland open-water fisheries in Bangladesh
(2007)Type: Conference PaperIn Bangladesh, experiences from good practices for a Common Property Resources (CPR) identified that it is necessary to choose CPR members from the resource users with clearly defined rights to use the resource with defined ... -
Community based management of small scale fisheries in Asia: Bridging the gap between fish supply and demand
(2007)Type: Conference PaperCommunity-based management and co-management are feasible alternative approaches to bridging the gap between supply and demand. They have brought together various stakeholders to achieve improved resource and socioeconomic ...