Resilient small-scale fisheries: Recent submissions
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Conditions for successful co-management: lessons learned in Asia, Africa, the Pacific and the wider Caribbean
(2011)Type: Book ChapterThe purpose of this chapter is to present and discuss key conditions for the successful implementation of fisheries and coastal co-management identified in South-east Asia, Africa, the Pacific and the wider Caribbean. These ... -
Does selective fishing conserve community biodiversity? Predictions from a length-based multispecies model
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleThis study challenges the widely held view that improved fisheries selectivity would always help to maintain marine biodiversity. Using a length-based multi-species model, we investigate the effects of selective versus ... -
Vulnerability in African small-scale fishing communities
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleFishing communities are often recognised as being amongst the poorest in developing countries, and interventions targeted at improving resource status seen as central in the fight against poverty. A series of field assessments ... -
The forgotten service: food as an ecosystem service from estuarine and coastal zones
(2012)Type: Book ChapterIn this chapter, we review in detail the existing body of literature and knowledge related to the provision of food in estuaries and coastal zones. Both aquatic and terrestrial commodities are considered. The chapter ... -
Towards sustainable development of small-scale fisheries in the Philippines: Experience and lessons learned from eight regional sites
(2012)Type: BriefThe focus of this paper is on the governance of small-scale or municipal fisheries in the Philippines in light of the critical role they play in the livelihoods of coastal communities and in the nation as a whole. The ... -
A framework to assess national level vulnerability from the perspective of food security: The case of coral reef fisheries
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleMeasuring the vulnerability of human populations to environmental change is increasingly being used to develop appropriate adaptation policies and management plans for different economic sectors. We developed a national-level ... -
Navigating change: Second-generation challenges of small-scale fisheries co-management in the Philippines and Vietnam
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleEarly efforts to apply the concept of fisheries co-management in Southeast Asia focused primarily on building the effectiveness of local management institutions and advocating the merits of the approach so that it would ... -
Green economy in a blue world: synthesis report
(2012)Type: ReportThe Green Economy in a Blue World report analyzes how key sectors that are interlinked with the marine and coastal environment (the blue world) can make the transition towards a Green Economy. The report covers the impacts ... -
Uganda and Malawi field pilots of proposed LSMS fisheries module: summary report
(2012)Type: ReportWhile an overwhelming majority of sub-Saharan African countries exhibit serious weaknesses in statistics pertaining to crop and livestock sectors, the deficiencies in terms of nationallyrepresentative data on the fishery ... -
Wealth, rights, and resilience: An agenda for governance reform in small-scale fisheries
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleThe diversity of social, ecological and economic characteristics of smallscale fisheries in developing countries means that context-specific assessments are required to understand and address shortcomings in their governance. ... -
Crab fisheries in Cambodia and the development of crab banks
(2012)Type: ReportThe crab (swimming crab; Portunus pelagicus) fishery in coastal Cambodia appears to have declined in recent years due to over-fishing and a growth in the number of fishermen, but remains an important source of income for ... -
Hidden harvest: The global contribution of capture fisheries
(2012)Type: ReportThe important contribution of fi sheries to human well-being is frequently underestimated. This report highlights that contribution. The report focuses on small-scale fi sheries and developing countries because the livelihoods ... -
Profitability of small-scale fisheries in Elmina, Ghana
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleIn order to achieve sustainable fishing livelihoods in coastal communities, data on profitability of small-scale fisheries relative to fish species caught and gear types used by fishermen is required as part of a broader ... -
Phylogeography of a pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) across the Indo-Australian Archipelago: evidence of strong regional structure and population expansions but no phylogenetic breaks
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleThis study investigates the genetic structure and phylogeography of a broadcast spawning bivalve mollusc, Pinctada maxima, throughout the Indo-West Pacific and northern Australia. DNA sequence variation of the mitochondrial ... -
Rights-based fisheries governance: from fishing rights to human rights
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleIn the last twenty years, policy prescriptions for addressing the global crisis in fisheries have centred on strengthening fisheries governance through clarifying exclusive individual or community rights of access to fishery ... -
Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM): A Solomon Islands policy review
(2012)Type: ReportThe Solomon Islands is one of the CT6 countries that have signed on to the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) (FAO 2003a). In doing so, they have agreed to implement ... -
Food security versus environment conservation: A case study of Solomon Islands' small-scale fisheries
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleThe sustainable management of small-scale fisheries in coral reef ecosystems constitutes a difficult objective not least because these fisheries usually face several worsening pressures, including demographic growth and ... -
Evaluating the effect of fishery closures: Lessons learnt from the Placie Box
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleTo reduce discarding of plaice Pleuronectes platessa in the North Sea flatfish fisheries, the major nursery areas were closed to large trawlers in 1995. The area closed was named the ‘Plaice Box’ (PB) and beam trawl effort ... -
Managing fisheries for human and food security
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleWe evaluate the current status of the global marine fisheries using the frameworks of conflict, food security and vulnerability. Existing trends suggest that there is likely to be greater food insecurity and fisheries ... -
Community-based marine resource management in Solomon Islands: A facilitators guide. Based on lessons from implementing CBRM with rural coastal communities in Solomon Islands (2005-2013)
(2013)Type: ManualThis guide was developed to document the process and activities that WorldFish staff have used and adapted as facilitators working with communities interested in marine resource management in Solomon Islands. It draws on ...