Resilient small-scale fisheries: Recent submissions
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CBFM-2 International conference on community based approaches to fisheries management
(2007)Type: Conference PaperThe CBFM international conference held on 6th and 7th March 2007 in Dhaka, Bangladesh brought together policy makers, scientists and development practioners from all over the world to share experiences in co-mangement of ... -
Proceedings of the international workshop on the fisheries of the Zambezi Basin
(2007)Type: Conference PaperThis report from WorldFish is divided into two sections, with annexes. Section One contains the workshop report, including the workshop results and outputs. Section Two contains summary papers of the workshop presentations ... -
Community management as part of the inland capture fisheries strategy in Bangladesh
(2007)Type: Conference PaperBangladesh has had comprehensive experience of community based management for inland capture fisheries from several projects (revenue and externally funded) over the last 10 to 15 years. The lessons were extensively used ... -
Impact of community based management approaches on fishery resource diversity of seven flowing rivers in Bangladesh
(2007)Type: Conference PaperResearch showed that fish production, abundance and biodiversity were significantly higher in CBFM project sites compared to control water bodies. Performance indicators also suggested that fisher-managed approach yielded ... -
When co-management fails: a review of theory and lessons learned from reservoir fisheries in dry-zone of Sri Lanka
(2007)Type: Conference PaperOver recent decades co-management has become an increasingly popular form of governance reform in many developing countries. Viewed as a means of promoting sustainable and equitable management of natural resources, it has ... -
Turning social capital into natural capital: Changing livelihoods of fishers through CBFM
(2007)Type: Conference PaperImpact surveys revealed that CBFM had significantly improved social capital and household income of fishers. Fishers have better access to land and fishing grounds, more diversified livelihood options, greater amount of ... -
Utilization of wetland ecosystem through fish-crop diversification for enhanced productivity and economic stability for fish-farm community of Indian sub-continent
(2007)Type: Conference PaperThis paper deals with a number of case studies that were undertaken during the last 8- 10 years in utilizing divergent ‘Tal’ wetland ecosystems (deep, semi-deep, temporary in a range of agro-ecological zones like NAZ, OAZ ... -
Embedding co-management: community-based fisheries resource management regime in Lake Victoria, Tanzania
(2007)Type: Conference PaperThis paper discusses fisheries management reforms through involving local level institutions (LLFI). It is based on studies which were undertaken on Tanzania’s Lake Victoria fishery where LLFIs were established through the ... -
Sunamganj community based resource management project (SCBRMP): an approach to sustainable beel fisheries management
(2007)Type: Conference PaperSunamganj is a land dominated by floodplains with seasonally flooded tectonic depressions known locally as haors and smaller water bodies known as beels. People’s livelihoods and culture are largely dominated by the haor ... -
Source and abundance of jatka (juvenile hilsa, Tenualosa ilisha) in the Gajner beel, sujanagar, Pabna.
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleInvestigations on the source, abundance, migration, exploitations and management options of Jatka (juvenile hilsa, Tenualosa ilisha) fisheries were conducted in the Gajner beel, located at the south-east corner of the Pabna ... -
Micro-enterprise development in selected fishing communities in the province of Iloilo, Philippines
(2007)Type: Conference PaperThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations provided funding in support of the development of micro-enterprises in Banate Bay, Iloilo and Southern Iloilo. This project was implemented by the University of ... -
Co-managing shared waters: a coastal governance experience of Western Visayas Region, Philippines
(2007)Type: Conference PaperCoastal ecosystems in the Philippines are under stress from the combined effects of human overexploitation and habitat destruction. In recent years, the concept of an integrated approach to coastal resource management has ... -
Paralegal work: a community-based approach to fisheries law enforcement ni Negros Occidental, Philippines
(2007)Type: Conference PaperThe depletion and degradation of the State marine and aquatic resources due to uncontrolled exploitation are the primary reasons for the enactment of fisheries laws. There are two approaches to the enforcement of these ... -
Option for formulating community based fish sanctuary and its management in beel ecosystem in Brahmanbaria.
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleWith the objective of formulating community based fish sanctuaries in beel ecosystem based on the experiences of traditional fish aggregating devices (FAD), like katha and kua, this study was undertaken in three beels viz., ... -
Legal issues pertaining to community based fisheries management
(2007)Type: Conference PaperThe Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) provided legal support to the CBFM-2 project and in particular to the 130 Community Based Organisations established under the project. The project was implemented ... -
The prospect of co-management in managing open water resources with special reference to Indonesia: a lesson learned
(2007)Type: Conference PaperThis paper is attempt to compile an experience of applying a co-management approach to manage the open water resource by Susilowati (1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007). An institutional analysis based on Pomeroy and William ... -
Fisheries co-management: the Zambian experience
(2007)Type: Conference PaperSince the late 1980’s various forms of fisheries co-management initiatives have been implemented in some of the major fisheries in Zambia. The reasons for instituting co-management arrangements have been varied and have ... -
The Philippines: a hotspot of sea cucumber fisheries in Asia
(2008)Type: Book ChapterThis article provides an overview of the sea cucumber fisheries in the Philippinee, covering topics of 1) trade, 2)socioeconomic importance to local community 3) recommendations for improving fisheries management and ... -
Traditional fisheries of rainforest rivers in the Campo-Ma'an area of Southern Cameroon
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleThis article presents a different type of bushmeat – aquatic bushmeat. The authors describe traditional fisheries in rivers of rainforest ecosystems. The case of the Campo-Ma'an Area of Southern Cameroon is analysed to ... -
Livelihood diversification in coastal and inland fishing communities: misconceptions, evidence and implications for fisheries management
(2008)Type: Working PaperThe paper starts with a review of the concept of diversification, encompassing its associated dimensions, typology and influencing factors. Linkages between diversification and poverty are also briefly outlined in this ...
