Resilient small-scale fisheries: Recent submissions
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Small-scale capture fisheries: a global overview with emphasis on developing countries: a preliminary report of the Big Numbers Project
(2008)Type: ReportThe report gives a summary of the results to-date of case studies carried out in a selected number of countries which provides a first analysis of the differences between marine and inland small and large scale fisheries ... -
Status of fisheries resource and management approach in the open beels of Bangladesh: a comparative case study
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleA fish catch monitoring program was introduced in Ashura beel, Goakhola beel and Dikshi beel in 1997 through the Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) project. The project focused on developing community management ... -
Diagnosis and the management constituency of small-scale fisheries
(2009)Type: Working PaperDiagnosis and adaptive management can help improve the ability of small-scale fisheries (SSF) in the developing world to better cope with and adapt to both external drivers and internal sources of uncertainty. This paper ... -
Fisheries in Zambia: an undervalued contributor to poverty reduction
(2009)Type: BriefThis brief examines the fisheries sector in Zambia. Fisheries sector has made a small contribution (1.24%) to the country's national GDP. However, It is estimated that more than 20 percent of animal protein intake for ... -
Fish supply and food security for Africa
(2009)Type: BriefFish is an important food for over 400 million Africans, contributing essential proteins, minerals and micronutrients to their diets. Paradoxically, despite the high dependence on fish as a source of animal protein, fish ... -
Approaches and frameworks for management and research in small-scale fisheries in the developing world
(2009)Type: Working PaperCommonly adopted approaches to managing small-scale fisheries (SSFs) in developing countries do not ensure sustainability. Progress is impeded by a gap between innovative SSF research and slower-moving SSF management. The ... -
Status and management of the sea cucumber fishery of La Grande Terre, New Caledonia. Programme ZoNéCo
(2009)Type: Working PaperFrom October 2006 to May 2008, The WorldFish Center coordinated a ZoNéCo project to provide support to the Southern and Northern Provinces for decisions about how best to manage the sea cucumber fishery around La Grande ... -
Are fishers poor or vulnerable? Assessing economic vulnerability in small-scale fishing communities
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleAn index of economic vulnerability is developed and used with a more conventional measure of income poverty to explore vulnerability and chronic poverty in isolated rural communities. The method is applied to data from ... -
Small-scale marine fisheries policy in Vietnam
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleVietnam’s marine fisheries are considered to be small scale and are concentrated in coastal near-shore waters. This has resulted in heavy pressure on near-shore fisheries resources. Near-shore fisheries are considered by ... -
Out of new stocks in 2020: a comment on "Not all fisheries will be collapsed in 2048"
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleThe authors provide counter arguement to the article "Not all fisheries will be collapsed in 2048". Their analysis confirms the continuous absolute and relative increase in collapsed stocks shown first by Froese and ... -
Nearshore fish aggregating devices: a means of habitat protection and food security in post disaster Solomon Islands
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleIn the aftermath of the tsunami in 2007, in an effort to assist communities in Western Province in Solomon Islands, the World Wide Fund for Nature, Solomon Islands (WWFSI) received funding from the David and Lucille Packard ... -
Songs of the Doomed: The continuing neglect of capture fisheries in hydropower development in the Mekong
(2009)Type: Book ChapterSince early 2007 there has been a repid acceleration in hydropower development in the Mekong Basin. The consequence of this development on fisheries in the area has been downnplayed. Aim of this chapter Discussion reverts ... -
Literacies, development and education in fishing-dependent communities (editorial)
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleEditorial on papers addressing the changing relationships among the various literacies, knowledges and practices in small-scale fishing communities. -
Dams and fisheries in the Mekong Basin
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper draws on approaches in ecology, biology and policy analysis to examine the tensions between dams and fisheries in the Lower Mekong Basin. We review the exceptional importance of Mekong fisheries in terms of total ... -
Water, poverty and inland fisheries: lessons from Africa and Asia
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleRelying on experience from West Africa and the Mekong Basin, the authors contend that small-scale inland fisheries are a critical element in the livelihoods of many farming households who live near water bodies in developing ... -
Food security and poverty alleviation through improved valuation and governance of river fisheries in Africa
(2009)Type: ReportThe project aims to sustain and improve the livelihoods of the rural poor who depend on fisheries for their employment, income and food security along the rivers of the Lake Chad and Zambezi basins. Its purpose is to ... -
Managing fisheries conflicts through communication planning: experience from inland fisheries of Bangladesh
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleIncreasing population, ineffective management, competition among fishing gears over access to resources and proliferation of destructive practices are imposing severe stress on the inland water bodies of Bangladesh. These ... -
Innovations in fisheries co-management, and the challenge of mobility
(2009)Type: Book ChapterCo-management attempts mostly focus on improving fish-stock management, requiring people to reduce fishing activities, without offering any interim benefits. Thus incentives are not taken into account. The SFLP (Sustainable ... -
Social and economic impacts of agricultural productivity intensification: the case brush park fisheries in Lake Volta
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleThe intensification of agricultural productivity through technological innovation has often been reported to induce considerable social and economic transformation in the rural communities where those innovations are ... -
Fishery resources trends and community-based management approahes adopted in the river Titas in Bangladesh
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleDuring 1997–2002, a Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) project was implemented to monitor fish catches in two sections of the River Titas (Goshipur to Gokornaghat section and Ka section), an important tributary ...
