The primary factors that have caused the predicament of small-scale fishermen in India are discussed and recommendations are given.

Recognizing the high stakes involved in the fisheries sector, the Royal Government of Cambodia has taken specific steps to adopt and implement policies to promote sustainable management and conservation of natural resources ...

Various management approaches have been proposed to address the alarming depletion of marine coastal resources. Prominent among them are community based management and the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs). ...

Increasing water productivity is an important element in improved water management for sustainable agriculture, food security and healthy ecosystem functioning. Water productivity is defined as the amount of agricultural ...

The need to estimate percentages and/or numbers occurs frequently during practical research work; accurate but rapid estimates can be useful when planning research programmes. Charts are provided that may be used as a ...

Developments in the seaweed farming industry in the Philippines are outlined. A large part of the coastline is ideal for seaweed farming; the 2 species of Eucheuma cultivated commercially are E. cottonii and E. spinosum . ...

Natural resource management research (NRMR) has a key role in improving food security and reducing poverty and malnutrition in environmentally sustainable ways, especially in rural communities in the developing world. ...

This handbook is a guide to procedures and practices that should be observed during hub roll-out by the teams coordinating the planning, implementation and reporting of the activities of the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic ...

In this paper, the authors present a methodology developed for gathering socioeconomic and environmental survey data in the field. The system is divided into two interfaces: i) an Android tablet with survey software for ...

The parameters a and b of the length-weight relationship of the form W = a . L super(b) were estimated for 57 fish species sampled in Sao Sebastiao Channel and shelf system in 1997, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The b values ranged ...