WorldFish Repository: Recent submissions
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Benefits and challenges of applying outcome mapping in an R4D project
(2010)Type: Working PaperThe Community-based Fish Culture in Seasonal Floodplains and Irrigation Systems (CBFC) project is a five year research project supported by the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF), with the aim of increasing ... -
Cage aquaculture in Malawi
(2010)Type: BriefThis briefing note summarizes the current status of the cage aquaculture industry in Malawi, development opportunities, and economic social and environmental concerns that need to be addressed to ensure sustainability of ... -
Genetics of adaptation in rainbow trout: a multi disciplinary approach
(2010)Type: Conference PaperAbility of fish to adapt to changing environments and stressors is a key trait for breeders, especially when they sell eggs or young fish all over the world. So far, this ability has not been introduced in any breeding ... -
Community based fish culture in seasonal floodplains and irrigation systems
(2010)Type: ReportThe overall objective of the project was to enhance fish production from seasonally flooding areas and irrigation systems using a collective approach to fish culture. The project sought to examine the institutions necessary ... -
Small-scale aquaculture: organization, clusters and business
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleAquaculture now contributes nearly half of the global food fish production and, by the year 2030, estimates are that an additional 27 million tonnes, or over 50 percent from the current production, will be needed to meet ... -
Institutional histories, seasonal floodplains (mares), and livelihood impacts of fish stocking in the Inner Niger River Delta of Mali
(2010)Type: Working PaperThe Community-based Fish Culture in Seasonal Floodplains and Irrigation Systems (CBFC) project is a five year research project supported by the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF), with the aim of increasing ... -
Landscape level characterization of seasonal floodplains under community based aquaculture: illustrating a case of the Ganges and the Mekong Delta
(2010)Type: Working PaperThe project 'Community-based Fish Culture in Seasonal Floodplains' (henceforward the community-based fish culture project), CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food, aims to enhance fish production in seasonal floodplains ... -
Moving beyond the shrimp farm: Spaces of shared environmental risk?
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleKey environmental challenges faced by the aquaculture sector demonstrate that aquaculture production is not isolated from the surrounding environment, and we see a policy shift towards area-based approaches. However, without ... -
Impacts of technological interventions on fish production and biodiversity of seasonal floodplains in Bangladesh
(2010)Type: Working PaperThe Community-based Fish Culture in Seasonal Floodplains and Irrigation Systems (CBFC) project is a five year research project supported by the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF), with the aim of increasing ... -
Most significant change (MSC)
(2010)Type: BrochureMSC was developed by Rick Davies in the early 1990’s, primarily to address the problem of ‘how to summarise & report progress when there is a diversity of activities, not all known in advance, let alone their outcomes and ... -
Blue harvest: inland fisheries as an ecosystem service
(2010)Type: ReportGlobal food production has increased greatly in recent years and rural livelihoods are much improved in many regions. Yet, despite this clear progress rural poverty and food insecurity remain deeply entrenched in many ... -
Community-based adaptive resource management in Solomon Islands: lessons learned
(2010)Type: BriefThis brief presents a review of lessons learned and good practices in developing management plans within the context of community based resource management (CBRM) in Solomon Islands. The lessons are based on work done by ... -
Mekong fisheries and mainstream dams: fisheries sections
(2010)Type: ReportTwelve hydropower schemes have been proposed for the Lao, Lao-Thai and Cambodian reaches of the Mekong mainstream. Implementation of any or all of the proposed mainstream projects in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) could have ... -
Can water productivity metrics guide allocation of freshwater to inland fisheries?
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleWater productivity (WP) metrics have proven useful in comparing production efficiency of various crops. Recently, it has also been proposed to facilitate more equitable allocation of scarce freshwater resources between ... -
The contribution of fish intake, aquaculture, and small-scale fisheries to improving nutrition: A literature review
(2010)Type: Working PaperMuch of fish consumed by the poor are caught by household members and traded in local markets. These fish are rarely or poorly included in national statistics, and it is therefore difficult to estimate precisely the real ... -
Inland capture fisheries
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleThe reported annual yield from inland capture fisheries in 2008 was over 10 million tonnes, although real catches are probably considerably higher than this. Inland fisheries are extremely complex, and in many cases poorly ... -
Technical guidelines for economic valuation of inland small-scale fisheries in developing countries
(2010)Type: ReportThese “Technical Guidelines for Economic Valuation of Inland Small-scale Fisheries in Developing Countries” are one of the outputs of the project on “Food security and poverty alleviation through improved valuation and ... -
Ecosystem-based fisheries management in small-scale tropical marine fisheries: emerging models of governance arrangements in the Philippines
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleThere has been a gradual evolution in fisheries management over the past decades from a focus on sustainability of a single species or stock and resources to a focus on marine ecosystems. Among the issues to be addressed ... -
Implementing resilience management: lessons from fishing communities in the Niger basin
(2010)Type: BriefSmall inland fisheries are important to the livelihoods of the poor in Africa, contributing both food security and income to millions of households living near freshwater lakes, reservoirs, rivers and floodplains. These ... -
Rapid assessment of community needs and fisheries status in tsunami-affected communities in Aceh Province, Indonesia
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper describes the application of the methodology called Rapid Appraisal of Fisheries Management System (RAFMS) to assess quickly the situation in tsunami-affected coastal fisheries in Aceh Province, Indonesia. As a ...
