WorldFish Repository: Recent submissions
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Decentralized provision of primary healthcare in rural Bangladesh : a study of government facilities
(2007)Type: Working PaperBangladesh has made significant progress in health indicators in recent years in spite of her low level of income. This is mainly due to the commitment of the state supported by donors in providing preventive care with ... -
Siem Reap meet: the responsibility of stewardship
(2007)Type: ReportThis synthesis outline the outcomes of the Siem Reap workshop and sympoisum in the context of coastal and wetland management.The workshop focused on understanding how different fishworker organisations and community ... -
China and the Worldfish Center pooling resources
(2007)Type: BrochureWorldFish has renewed its partnership specifically to make aquaculture more productive, profitable and environmentally sustainable in China, tropical Asia and Africa. This brochure documents our previous work in China and ... -
The wetlands alliance: building local capacity for sustainable, poverty-focused wetlands management
(2007)Type: BriefThe Wetlands Alliance brings together the strengths and expertise of these institutions known for their work in conservation, development, education, training and research. 1) The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) ; 2) -
Mediating effects of sea urchins on interactions among coral, algae and herbivorous fish in the lagoon at Moorea, French Polynesia.
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleThe relative importance of grazing by sea urchins in influencing the composition and structure of coral reef habitats has only occasionally been explored experimentally, and never on the coral reefs of Oceania, where both ... -
Identification of nursery habitats for commercially valuable humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) and large groupers (Pisces: Serranidae) in Palau.
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleScientist traced the variation in preferred habitat through the lifestages of 3 important reef fishes and advised that conservation of reef fish habitat should be prioritized according to their value as essential ... -
Food and nutritional security in Bangladesh: going beyond carbohydrate counts
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleThe progress towards achieving household nutritional food-security in Bangladesh has remained slow. So far the food security is cereal-based (mainly rice) and food basket has not yet diversified towards high nutritive/ ... -
Population dynamics of Lysmata Ensirostris in the Kutubdia channel of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleFiSAT (FAO ICLARM Stock Assessment Tools) programme was used to estimate population parameters of Lysmata ensirostris from length frequency data. The La (asymptotic length) and K (growth coefficient) were found to be 7.3 ... -
Fishing for a future : women in community based fisheries management
(2007)Type: BrochureThis is the story of women in the Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) project in Bangladesh. It is the story of many women, who through CBFM, have improved and will continue to improve the livelihood of their family. ... -
Feckless and reckless or forbearing and resourceful? Looking behind the stereotypes of HIV and AIDS in "fishing communities"
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleOver the last decade evidence has emerged suggesting that in many countries fisherfolk, as an occupational group, are at greater risk to HIV and AIDS than the general adult population. This high vulnerability has been ... -
Empowerment of women through fisheries and aquaculture
(2007)Type: Conference PaperBanchte Shekha is an NGO based in Jessore, south-west Bangladesh that has supported the development and empowerment of poor people, particularly women. In the CBFM-2 project they found it was possible to involve women in ... -
Annual report 2006
(2007)Type: ReportThis brouchure captures the essence of the work and projects with key partners by WorldFish in 2006. A balance sheet is also provided for reference. -
Medium term plan 2008-2010
(2007)Type: ReportThis also represents a significant departure from the past in that it presents our science program from the point of view of two specific areas of work: expanding sustainable aquaculture and enhancing productive and resilient ... -
WorldFish Center strategy update 2005-2008
(2007)Type: ReportThe past 18 months have been a dynamic period at the WorldFish Center as we implement a broad program of changes as part of an organizational transformation. In this comprehensive process of review and revision, we have ... -
Medium-term plan 2007 - 2009
(2007)Type: ReportThis Medium Term Plan (MTP) sets out the plans for the WorldFish Center to pursue its mission within the context of current global events, and in response to feedback from partners and other external sources. The Plan ... -
Medium term plan 2008-2010 (Summary Edition)
(2007)Type: ReportThe Medium-Term Plan for 2008-2010 describes the WorldFish Center’s research plans for the next three years. It builds on organizational changes and programmatic directions that have been underway since a comprehensive ... -
Climate change and adaptation in fisheries and aquaculture
(2007)Type: Working PaperThis document is a draft paper to be used for discussion purposes only. -
Enhancing the resilience of inland fisheries and aquaculture systems to climate change
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleSome of the most important inland fisheries in the World are found in semi-arid regions. Production systems and livelihoods in arid and semi-arid areas are at risk from future climate variability and change; their fisheries ... -
The threat to fisheries and aquaculture from climate change
(2007)Type: BriefFish provide essential nutrition and income to an ever-growing number of people around the world, especially where other food and employment resources are limited. Many fishers and aquaculturists are poor and ill-prepared ... -
Genetic quality of cultured tilapia stocks in Africa
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleAfrican aquaculture is poised for rapid expansion. However, one of the key constraints holding back growth of the sector is the poor quality of the fish stocks available for culture. The problems of declines in growth ...
