Resilient small-scale fisheries: Recent submissions
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Addressing conflict through collective action in natural resource management
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThe food security crisis and international "land grabs" have drawn renewed attention to the role of natural resource competition in the livelihoods of the rural poor. While significant empirical research has focused on ... -
Improving Fishery Management in Support of Better Governance of Myanmar's Inland and Delta Fisheries
(2017)Type: BriefKnown as MYFish 2, the Improving Fishery Management in Support of Better Governance of Myanmar's Inland and Delta Fisheries project is funded by the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). It ... -
Echinoderms piggybacking on sea cucumbers: Benign effects on sediment turnover and movement of hosts
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleSea cucumbers (Holothuroidea) are known to host ectocommensal animals but echinoderm epibionts have never been reported nor their effects on hosts appraised quantitatively. At one location in New Caledonia, we found a high ... -
Diversifying the use of tuna to improve food security and public health in Pacific Island countries and territories
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleThe large tuna resources of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean are delivering great economic benefits to Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) through sale of licences to distant water fishing nations and ... -
Marine Protected Areas in the Coral Triangle: Progress, Issues, and Option
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleThe six Coral Triangle countries-Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste-each have evolving systems of marine protected areas (MPAs) at the national and local levels. More than ... -
Do non-users value coral reefs?: Economic valuation of conserving Tubbataha Reefs, Philippines
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleThe main purpose of the study is to determine whether non-use values exist among residents of Quezon City, hundreds of kilometers away from Tubbataha Reefs. The dichotomous choice contingent valuation method (CVM) was ... -
Impact of tannery effluents on the aquatic environment of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleThis study presents an overview of the existence and effects of six heavy metals, chromium (Cr), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), manganese (Mn), and aluminum (Al), in tannery effluents released to the Buriganga River ... -
Resilience and social thresholds in small-scale fishing communities
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleChange has become a pervasive global force with implications for the sustainability of social-ecological systems. In this context, understanding how much disturbance systems can absorb, where critical thresholds lie, and ... -
Detecting fisheries trends in a co-managed area in the Kingdom of Tonga
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleCommunity based and co-management approaches are increasingly used strategies for marine conservation and sustainable management in the tropical Pacific. However, our understanding of the effectiveness of co-management on ... -
Strengthening the resilience of small-scale fisheries: A modeling approach to explore the use of in-shore pelagic resources in Melanesia
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleSmall-scale fisheries play a critical role in both poverty alleviation and food security. A large proportion of the world fish stocks are, however, getting fully or over-exploited. In this article we address these issues ... -
Small-scale fisheries through the wellbeing lens
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleDespite longstanding recognition that small-scale fisheries make multiple contributions to economies, societies and cultures, assessing these contributions and incorporating them into policy and decision-making has suffered ... -
Navigating the transformation to community-based resource management
(2017)Type: Book ChapterIn this chapter, the authors use the case of community-based resource management in the Solomon Islands to contribute a critical social science perspective on navigating social transformations towards sustainability. -
The role of fish and fisheries in recovering from natural hazards: Lessons learned from Vanuatu
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleCoastal fisheries provide staple food and sources of livelihood in Pacific Island countries, and securing a sustainable supply is recognised as a critical priority for nutrition security. This study sought to better ... -
Policy coherence with the small-scale fisheries guidelines: Analysing across scales of governance in Pacific small-scale fisheries
(2017)Type: Book ChapterConcerns about the sustainability of small-scale fisheries, and the equitable distribution of fisheries benefits, are wide-spread within government agencies, non-government organizations, and rural fishing communities ... -
Governance structures and sustainability in Indian Ocean sea cucumber fisheries
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleGood governance is paramount to the sustainability of fisheries, and inclusiveness of stakeholder groups has become the centerpiece in the ethos of managing small-scale fisheries. Understanding the effect of governance ... -
Strengthening post-hoc analysis of community-based fisheries management through the social-ecological systems framework
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleCommunity-based fisheries management (CBFM) is held up as one of the most promising approaches for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries. Yet, the complex features that shape CBFM outcomes remain inadequately understood. ... -
Chinese market responses to overexploitation of sharks and sea cucumbers
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleGlobal exploitation of sharks and sea cucumbers to meet consumer demand in China is motivating a rising conservation concern. In order to analyze trends in resource exploitation and market dynamics, this paper reviews ... -
Viability and resilience of small-scale fisheries through cooperative arrangements
(2016)Type: Journal ArticleThe small-scale fisheries sector in many Pacific islands is facing increasing challenges in relation to resource availability, economic opportunity, and demographic and social pressure. In particular, intensifying cash-oriented ... -
Biochemical impacts of salinity on the catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794), and possibility of their farming at low saline water
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleAlthough a stenohaline freshwater fish, the stinging catfish Heteropneustes fossilis, is also available in the freshwater fringes of the coastal areas of Bangladesh, the tolerance of this species to variable environmental ... -
Ecoviability for ecosystem-based fisheries management
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleReconciling food security, economic development and biodiversity conservation is a key challenge, especially in the face of the demographic transition characterizing many countries in the world. Fisheries and marine ...