WorldFish Repository: Recent submissions
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The importance of fisheries for development
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleDeclining fish stocks and degraded aquatic environments are easily overlooked in debates about sustainable development. This issue of id21 insights aims to bring these challenges forward. It examines the problems facing ... -
Integrating agriculture, fisheries and ecosystem conservation: Win-win solutions
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleIntegrated Agriculture-Aquaculture (IAA) is essentially diversification of agriculture, leading to synergisms among sub-systems resulting in a higher productivity from land/water area under the farmers' control. One method ... -
Guidance manual : management of impacts of irrigation development on fisheries
(2006)Type: ManualThis manual is designed for qualified irrigation, fisheries, environmental or social science professionals. It sets out principles, procedures and tools for the assessment and management of the impacts of irrigation ... -
Microsatellite loci for studies on population differentiation and connectivity of the red-bellied yellow tail fusilier, Caesio cuning (Caesionidae).
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleTen polymorphic microsatellites were isolated from the red-bellied yellow tail fusilier Caesio cuning, a reef-associated fish which occurs widely in the Indo-Pacific region. The species is exploited by both small-scale ... -
Fish migration triggers in the lower Mekong basin and other freshwater tropical systems
(2006)Type: ReportThis report reviews the factors that trigger fish migration in the Mekong River and other tropical freshwater river systems. It aims to provide a basis for understanding the consequences of human intervention to the natural ... -
Fisheries impacts of the CBFM-2 project: final assessment of the impact of the CBFM project on community managed fisheries in Bangladesh
(2006)Type: ReportFollowing the recommendations of earlier investigations reported by Halls and Mustafa (2006), this study reports a final assessment to address the question: “Does CBFM bring sustainable benefits to fisher communities? Or ... -
Enhancing the productivity of small waterbodies
(2006)Type: BookIn this review, the author provides an overview of the small water bodies as an important inland fishery resource and analyses the global trends in their utilization. He also assesses the opportunities for enhancing fish ... -
Proceedings of the international workshop responding to HIV and AIDS in the fishery sector in Africa
(2006)Type: Conference PaperThe purpose of the workshop was to enable professionals and organizations working with fishing communities inresponse to HIV and AIDS in Africa to share experiences, appraise the efficacy of their approaches and identify ... -
Marketing infrastructure, distribution channels and trade pattern of inland fisheries resources in Cambodia: an exploratory study
(2006)Type: ReportCambodia is the single most important supplier of fresh water fish to its neighboring countries in Asia, and to a limited extent in Australia, and USA. Over the past few years, fish exports from the country have been ... -
An Overview of Fisheries Conflicts in South and Southeast Asia: Recommendations, Challenges and Directions
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleFisheries conflicts are among the persistent problems affecting the security of food, livelihoods and fishing environments crucial to poor fishing communities in developing countries in South and Southeast Asia. Most ... -
Livelihood importance and values of Tonle Sap Lake fisheries
(2006)Type: BriefFisheries have long been central to Cambodian lifestyle and more than one million people, particularly those living in and around the Tonle Sap Lake, depend on fisheries and other aquatic resources for food, income and ... -
Infrastructure and tonle sap fisheries : how to balance infrastructure development and fisheries livelihoods? The challenge facing decision-makers in Cambodia
(2006)Type: BriefCambodia's inland fisheries are the most intensive worldwide and the fourth largest overall after China, India, and Bangladesh. This brief helps decision-makers maximize the benefits of infrastructure development, while ... -
Factors that drive Cambodia's inland fish catch: what role can community fisheries play?
(2006)Type: BriefThis policy brief is based on an initiative being made at the IFReDI in Cambodia to model the crucial hydrological, bio-ecological and socioeconomic factors that deserve attention if the fish catch in Cambodia is to be sustained. -
From participation to governance : a critical review of the concepts of governance, co-management and participation, and their implementation in small-scale inland fisheries in developing countries
(2006)Type: Working PaperThis report reviews the role, nature and mechanisms of governance in inland fisheries. We do so by reviewing first the wider issues of governance, participation and co-management in natural resource management, and then ... -
Building capacity for fisheries research and policy: lessons learned from the Asian fisheries social science research network
(2006)Type: OtherThe Asian Fisheries Social Science Research Network (AFSSRN) was a long-term effort to build social science research capacity for fi sheries and marine resources in Southeast Asia. The history of the Network is reviewed. ... -
Fisheries and Coastal Resources Co-management in Asia: Selected Results from a Regional Research Project
(2006)Type: ReportThis report presents the results of a ten-year Fisheries Co-management Research Project in Asia. The project was a collaboration of the WorldFish Center, the Institute for Fisheries Management (Denmark), and national ... -
Managing by-catch and discards : how much progress are we making and how can we do better?
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleThere appears to be considerable potential for further reduction in global by-catch. This reduction is most likely to be achieved by focusing even greater attention on the technical, regulatory and social approaches that ... -
Guide to fisheries policy research in Cambodia : the institutional and legal context
(2006)Type: Working PaperCambodia is in the process of developing skills and competence to prioritize and address research issues for the different levels of fisheries policy and management. This involves the acquisition of knowledge in institutional ... -
Governance and institutional changes in fisheries : issues and priorities for research
(2006)Type: Working PaperThis volume contains the discussion papers presented at a workshop on governance and institutional changes in fisheries and its impact on the poverty reduction and environmental integrity in developing countries held on ... -
Lessons learnt community based fisheries management (CBFM) in Vietnam
(2006)Type: BriefThe integrated local government institutions in Vietnam helps to bring all stakeholders together to establish and strengthen community based institutions and leverage effective management of the fisheries resources.
