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dc.creatorBaran, E.
dc.creatorBorin, U.
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-27T09:29:31Z
dc.date.available2018-09-27T09:29:31Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifierWF_3446.pdf
dc.identifier.citationp. 136-141. In: Gough, P., Philipsen, P. ; Schollema, P.P. & Wanningen, H. 2012. From sea to source; International guidance for the restoration of fish migration highways
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/978
dc.description.abstractThe Mekong is an exceptional river in many ways. In terms of fish biodiversity, it is the world’s second richest river after the Amazon (www.fishbase. org). With 6 to 18% of the global freshwater fish catch, it is also home to the largest freshwater fisheries in the world. The productive Mekong fisheries are essential to the food security of the 60 million people of the Lower Mekong Basin. Fish contributes 81% of the population’s protein intake in Cambodia and 48% in Laos. Mekong inland fisheries also provide employment to 1.6 of the 14 million Cambodians. In the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, 60% of the people are part-time fishers (An Giang province) and 88% of 'very poor' households depend on fisheries. The combination of high fish biodiversity, high productivity, high exploitation rate and long distance migrations makes dam development a major concern in the Mekong Basin.
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dc.languageEn
dc.titleThe importance of the fish resource in the Mekong River and examples of best practices
dc.typeBook Chapter
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBaran, E.; Borin, U. (2012). The importance of the fish resource in the Mekong River and examples of best practices. p. 136-141. In: Gough, P., Philipsen, P. ; Schollema, P.P. & Wanningen, H. 2012. From sea to source; International guidance for the restoration of fish migration highways
cg.coverage.countryCambodia
cg.coverage.countryLao People's Democratic Republic
cg.coverage.regionSouth-Eastern Asia
cg.identifier.worldfish3446
cg.subject.agrovocbiodiversity
cg.subject.agrovocfood security
cg.subject.agrovocwater power
cg.subject.agrovocwatersheds
cg.subject.worldfishaquatic resources
cg.subject.worldfishhydropower
cg.subject.worldfishriver basins
cg.identifier.statusOpen access
cg.contribution.worldfishauthorBaran, E.
cg.contribution.worldfishauthorBorin, U.
cg.description.themeMiscellaneous
worldfish.location.areaMekong delta


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