Resilient small-scale fisheries: Recent submissions
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Fisheries policies for a new era
(2013)Type: BriefThere is a growing recognition that the fisheries policies of the past have been driven primarily by environmental and economic research agendas. This may have been due to the influence of the more powerful actors in the ... -
Training Workshop Proceedings: Adaptive Co-management of Fisheries
(2013)Type: Conference PaperThe Adaptive Collaborative Management of Fisheries Training workshop was held in Sekondi, Western Region of Ghana as part of the project 'Integrated Coastal and Fisheries Governance Initiative' locally referred to as 'H n ... -
Ghana coastal fisheries governance dialogue: Developing options for a legal framework for fisheries co-management in Ghana
(2013)Type: Conference PaperThe Third National Fisheries Governance Dialogue was a direct follow up on the Second National Fisheries Governance Dialogue held in Elmina in April 2012. It was agreed at the Second dialogue that co-management was the way ... -
Ecosystem approach to small scale tropical marine fisheries: Tanzania
(2013)Type: BrochureThroughout the world, poor fisheries management contributes to resource degradation, poverty, and food insecurity. This European Union project on an Ecosystem Approach to Small-scale Tropical Marine Fisheries is led by ... -
A National Framework for Fisheries Co-management in Ghana
(2013)Type: BriefThis brief proposes a dual structure for adaptive fisheries co-management. building upon the disappointments of earlier attempts at community based fisheries management, it recognizes the differences inherent in the ... -
Innovations in capture fisheries are an imperative for nutrition security in the developing world
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleThis article examines two strands of discourse on wild capture fisheries; one that focuses on resource sustainability and environmental impacts, another related to food and nutrition security and human well-being. Available ... -
Building resilient community fisheries in Cambodia
(2013)Type: Working PaperBy bringing together diverse stakeholders in a collaborative process, a WorldFish initiative has strengthened the collective capacity of an emerging grassroots network of fishing communities to: identify and articulate ... -
Reimagining large-scale open-water fisheries governance through adaptive comanagement in hilsa shad sanctuaries
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleAlmost a half million fishers in Bangladesh are predominantly reliant on the hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha) fishery in the Meghna River and estuarine ecosystem. This paper adopts a broadened concept of social-ecological ... -
Fisheries in the Ayeyarwady Basin
(2018)Type: ReportThe Ayeyarwady State of the Basin Assessment (SOBA) is one of the major knowledge outputs of the Ayeyarwady Integrated River Basin Management (AIRBM) Project prepared by Hydro-Informatics Centre (HIC). SOBA aims to inform ... -
Intersectorality in the governance of inland fisheries
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleOne of the defining characteristics of inland fisheries is that they are closely impacted by other essential human activities that rely on the same fresh or brackish water ecosystems, such as hydroelectricity generation ... -
Social considerations of large river sanctuaries: A case study from the hilsa shad fishery in Bangladesh
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleThe establishment of a sanctuary is often suggested as an effective strategy for ecological restoration, though social aspects of such attempts are often overlooked. This study analyzed the socioeconomic status of 248 ... -
Analysis of optimal habitat for captive release of the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleThe success of marine stocking programs hinges on releasing hatchery-produced juvenile animals into the optimal marine habitat. This study sought to identify optimal microhabitat features of coastal seagrass meadows for ... -
Proceedings of the 1st Solomon Islands resource management symposium: A decade of learning
(2018)Type: Conference ProceedingsFrom 2 to 6 October 2017, the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) and the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR)--in collaboration with Ecological Solutions Solomon ... -
Balancing between livelihood and biodiversity conservation: a model study on gear selectivity for harvesting small indigenous fishes in southern Bangladesh
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleThis study has determined a suitable mesh size for small indigenous fish species (SIS) harvesting and has also developed a new gill net operation technique taking into consideration of aquatic biodiversity conservation, ... -
From happy hour to hungry hour: Logging, fisheries and food security in Malaita, Solomon Islands
(2018)Type: ReportThe Solomon Islands Government (SIG) has followed a logging-based development strategy for the past three decades. Despite widespread acknowledgment of the unsustainable nature of logging throughout the country and increasing ... -
Winners and losers in area-based management of a small-scale fishery in the Colombian Pacific
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleThe Pacific coast of Colombia has some of the most extensive mangrove forests in South America. As an isolated region and one of the country's poorest, coastal communities rely on fishing as a main source of animal protein ... -
Reconciling multiple societal objectives in cross-scale marine governance: Solomon Islands’ engagement in the Coral Triangle Initiative
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleEnvironmental governance aims to reconcile an expanding set of societal objectives at ever-larger scales despite the challenges that remain in integrating conservation and development at smaller scales. The authors examine ... -
Catch trend and stock assessment of Hilsa Tenualosa ilisha using digital image measured length-frequency data
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleIn the present study, digital imaging was used to measure length-frequency data from all major migratory habitats of Hilsa. This investigation appears to be the first to generate information using this technique regarding ... -
Aquatic habitats in the Ayeyarwady Basin and their biodiversity
(2018)Type: ReportThis document provides a description of the general freshwater habitats found throughout the Ayeyarwady Basin. With a wide range of riverine and wetland habitats and high levels of species biodiversity, the Ayeyarwady River ... -
Narrative assemblages for power-balanced coastal and marine governance. Tara Bandu as a tool for community-based fisheries co-management in Timor-Leste
(2018)Type: Journal ArticlePoverty alleviation and resource governance are inextricably related. Mainstream resource management has been typically criticized by social scientists for the inherent power imbalances between fishery managers and small-scale ...
