Resilient small-scale fisheries: Recent submissions
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Values of inland fisheries in the Mekong river basin
(2007)Type: BookThis report provides an overview of the biological, economical, social and cultural values of river fisheries in the Lower Mekong Basin (Yunan, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam). The report also identifies the main ... -
Investing in African fisheries : building links to the millennium development goals
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper examines the direct and indirect links between fisheries and individual Millennium Development Goals and translates the findings into recommendations for action in support of improved investments in fisheries ... -
Overfishing in the Gulf of Thailand: policy challenges and bioeconomic analysis
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper estimates maximum sustainable yield and maximum economic yield from Schaefer and Fox surplus production bioeconomic models to find evidence of biological and economic overfishing, and their consequences in Gulf ... -
Impact of the Community-Based Fisheries Management on sustainable use of inland fisheries 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 ... -
Why do fishers fish where they fish? Using the ideal free distribution to understand the behaviour of artisanal reef fishers
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleWe used the theory of the ideal free distribution (IFD) as a framework to understand the mechanisms underlying fishing site selection by Anguillian artisanal fishers exploiting shallow-water coral reefs. Contrary to the ... -
Community based fisheries management CBFM-SSEA fisheries and livelihoods impact
(2007)Type: BrochureResearch showed that community based fisheries management has significantly increased annual fish production, lifted household income levels, improved access to credit from a wide range of sources, and enabled livelihood ... -
Spillover of commercially valuable reef fishes from marine protected areas in Guam, Micronesia
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleDoes adult spillover (movement out of marine protected areas [MPAs]) of fish create a net export of fish biomass from MPAs to adjacent fished reefs? Biomass of five commercial reef fish species was estimated by visual ... -
Diagnosis and management of small-scale fisheries in developing countries
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleSmall-scale fisheries (SSF) make important but undervalued contributions to the economies of some of the world’s poorest countries. They also provide much of the animal protein needed by societies in which food security ... -
The Don Sahong dam and Mekong fisheries
(2007)Type: BriefA science brief on the effects of the construction of Don Sahong dam on fisheries in the Mekong estuary. -
Micro-credit and community based fisheries management
(2007)Type: BrochureThis impact study confirmed that Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) approach has improved the livelihoods of poor households based on increased accessibility to micro-credits; increased credit amount received; ... -
Diagnostic study of the Volta Basin fisheries: Part 2 Livelihoods and poverty analysis, current trends and projections
(2007)Type: ReportThe Basin Focal Project for the Volta (BFP-Volta) is a research project funded by the Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF). Its aim is to provide an in-depth analysis of issues related to water in the Volta Basin ... -
Community-based fisheries management in post-tsunami Aceh, Indonesia: diagnosis, planning and options testing
(2007)Type: PosterThe tremendous loss of life and assets resulting from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami dealt a devastating blow to the coastal communities of Aceh Province, Indonesia. There have been a variety of interventions ranging from ... -
Assessment of earthquake and tsunami impact on fisheries dependent coastal communities of western province, Solomon Islands
(2007)Type: PosterAlmost 90% of rural communities in the Western Province, Solomon Islands are coastal-based (FAO) and heavily dependent on fi sheries resources for their livelihood. On April 2nd, 2007 a large earthquake and tsunami hit the ... -
Fisher profiles and perceptions of sea turtle-fishery interactions: case study of East Coast Peninsular Malaysia
(2007)Type: Working PaperThe paper focuses on coastal fisheries, particularly examining sea turtle-fishery interactions and determining the socioeconomic profile and perception of local fishers about sea turtle issues along the East Coast of ... -
Cluster based management approaches for wetlands: CNRS's experience in the CBFM-2 project
(2007)Type: Conference PaperThis paper describes cluster-based management systems, formation processes, legal status, scope of works, and community responses to the approaches in five sites managed by CNRS under the Community based Fisheries Management ... -
Turning the tide : community based fisheries management protecting the poor and the environment
(2007)Type: BrochureThe Comnmnity Based Fisheries Management (CBFM-2)' project is attempting to turn back the tide of years of environmental degradation in Bangladesh by. the responsibility for looking after inland fisheries resources to these ... -
Diagnostic study of the Volta Basin fisheries: Part 1 overview of the fisheries resources
(2007)Type: ReportThe Basin Focal Project for the Volta (BFP-Volta) is a research project funded by the Challenge Programme on Water and Food (CPWF). Its aim is to provide an in-depth analysis of the basin through three main thematic issues: ... -
Community based fisheries management : capturing the benefits
(2007)Type: BriefThe unequal distribrition of wealth and power in rural Bangladesh makes it difficult for the poorer members of society, including women to access natural resources such as fisheries.Over a ten year period, the Community ... -
Community based fisheries management (CBFM) in Vietnam
(2007)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. -
Lessons learnt in CBFM-SSEA Sunamganj district Bangladesh
(2007)Type: BrochureIn the district of Sunamganj, Bangladesh, the sustainable resource management, which is part and parcel of the Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) approach, has led to documented increases in yields as well as ...