Resilient small-scale fisheries: Recent submissions
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Following the fish inland: understanding fish distribution networks for rural development and nutrition security
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleIn developing countries, small-scale fisheries are both a pivotal source of livelihood and essential for the nutritional intake of larger food insecure populations. Distribution networks that move fish from landing sites ... -
Sixteen years of social and ecological dynamics reveal challenges and opportunities for adaptive management in sustaining the commons
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleEfforts to confront the challenges of environmental change and uncertainty include attempts to adaptively manage social–ecological systems. However, critical questions remain about whether adaptive management can lead to ... -
Access to marine ecosystem services: Examining entanglement and legitimacy in customary institutions
(2020)Type: Journal ArticleEcosystem services have become a dominant paradigm for understanding how people derive well-being from ecosystems. However, the framework has been critiqued for over-emphasizing the availability of services as a proxy for ... -
Social dimensions of resilience in social-ecological systems
Type: Journal ArticleResilience is generally considered the capacity to tolerate, absorb, cope with, and adjust to changing social or environmental conditions while retaining key elements of structure, function, and identity. The social ... -
Promoting greater coherence between small-scale fisheries and social protection policies, mechanisms and programs in Cambodia: Research Summary
(2019)Type: BriefThe aim of this policy brief is to make policy-relevant suggestions related to the following questions: 1. How can vulnerable fisher-farmers’ access to social protection be enhanced? 2. What potential exists for social ... -
Hilsa fishery management in Bangladesh
(2020)Type: Conference PaperHilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha), is a biologically, nutritionally, economically, socially and culturally important species in the Bay of Bengal and Persian Gulf regions, but Bangladesh enjoys the major share wherein it ... -
Population genomics of an anadromous Hilsa Shad Tenualosa ilisha species across its diverse migratory habitats: Discrimination by fine-scale local adaptation
(2020)Type: Journal ArticleThe migration of anadromous fish in heterogenic environments unceasingly imposes a selective pressure that results in genetic variation for local adaptation. However, discrimination of anadromous fish populations by ... -
Value-chain analysis - An assessment approach to estimate Lake Nasser fisheries performance
(2018)Type: Conference PaperAlthough, the fishery in Lake Nasser has existed for more than 40 years, the economic and financial performance of its fisheries-based businesses not well understood. The current study aimed to improve understanding of ... -
ACIAR_Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF) contribution to food secure world_Final report - 2018
Type: Donor ReportFish is by far the most important and fastest growing animal-source food, and is a critical contributor to food and nutrition security. Yet, this critical role of fish is poorly represented in global debates about food ... -
Fine-scale population structure and ecotypes of anadromous Hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha) across complex aquatic ecosystems revealed by NextRAD genotyping
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleThe anadromous Hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha) live in the Bay of Bengal and migrate to the estuaries and freshwater rivers for spawning and nursing of the juveniles. This has led to two pertinent questions: (i) do all Hilsa ... -
Nearshore fish aggregating devices show positive outcomes for sustainable fisheries development in Timor-Leste
Type: Journal ArticleCapture fisheries in small island developing states (SIDS) have the capacity to increase access to vital micronutrient-rich food to tackle malnutrition, but when fishers are restricted to nearshore habitats by limited ... -
‘Invisible’ fisher women of Bangladesh raise their voice
(2017)Type: BlogIn Bangladesh, fishing has long been seen as ‘men’s work’. It’s a social perception that ignores the vital contribution of women to fisheries - 30 percent of women in rural and coastal areas are directly or indirectly ... -
Social equity and benefits as the nexus of a transformative Blue Economy: A sectoral review of implications
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleThe term ‘Blue Economy’ is increasingly used in various marine sectors and development frameworks. For it to be a truly useful approach, however, we argue that social benefits and equity must be explicitly prioritized ... -
Spawning seasonality of hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta
(2019)Type: Working PaperThe hilsa is a critically important species for smallscale fishing communities in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta and Rakhine State. Yet current fishing regulations are inadequate and exploitation rates are well beyond sustainable ... -
Socioeconomic characteristics of hilsa fishers in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar Opportunities and challenges
(2018)Type: ReportThe Darwin-Hilsa project is developing an incentive-based system of hilsa fisheries management in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta. This study uses a mixed-methods approach to assess the socioeconomic status of local fishing ... -
‘Blue boats’ and ‘reef robbers’: A new maritime security threat for the Asia Pacific?
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleVietnamese ‘blue boats’ - small wooden-hulled fishing boats - are now entering the territorial waters of Pacific Island countries and illegally catching high-value species found on remote coastal reefs. Crossing several ... -
Gender-inclusive facilitation for community-based marine resource management. An addendum to ‘Community-based marine resource management in Solomon Islands: A facilitators guide’ and other guides for community-based resource management
(2019)Type: Working PaperBoth women and men should be included in community-based marine resource management. To create an inclusive management process it is necessary to use deliberate and thoughtful and reflexive strategies that do not rely on ... -
The black box of power in polycentric environmental governance
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleFailure to address unsustainable global change is often attributed to failures in conventional environmental governance. Polycentric environmental governance—the popular alternative—involves many centres of authority ... -
Gender norms and relations: implications for agency in coastal livelihoods
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleImproving livelihoods and livelihood opportunities is a popular thrust of development investments. Gender and other forms of social differentiation influence individual agency to access, participate in, and benefit from ... -
Harnessing global fisheries to tackle micronutrient deficiencies
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleMicronutrient deficiencies account for an estimated one million premature deaths annually, and for some nations can reduce gross domestic product1,2 by up to 11%, highlighting the need for food policies that focus on ...