WorldFish Repository: Recent submissions
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The contribution of nearshore fish aggregating devices (FADs) to food security and livelihoods in Solomon Islands
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleFish aggregating devices, or FADs, are used widely in developing countries to concentrate pelagic fish, making them easier to catch. Nearshore FADs anchored close to the coast allow access for rural communities, but despite ... -
Community visioning and action plans: Tonle Sap hu
(2015)Type: ReportThe process of rolling out the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) in 12 target villages in the Tonle Sap region in Cambodia throughout 2013 involved several important tasks at different stages. ... -
Understanding leadership in the environmental sciences
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleLeadership is often assumed, intuitively, to be an important driver of sustainable development. To understand how leadership is conceptualized and analyzed in the environmental sciences and to discover what this research ... -
Focal community profiles for Barotse Hub, Zambia.
(2015)Type: ReportThe purpose of the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) focal community profiles is to provide basic descriptions of initial conditions in each community where AAS works in the Barotse Floodplain ... -
Participatory diagnosis of coastal fisheries for North Tarawa and Butaritari island communities in the Republic of Kiribati
(2016)Type: ReportIn support of the Kiribati National Fisheries Policy 2013-2025, the ACIAR project "Improving Community-Based Fisheries Management in Pacific Island Countries" aims to develop and nurture the structures, processes and ... -
Five principles for network success in Solomon Islands
(2017)Type: BriefIn Solomon Islands, networks consisting of multiple partners are gaining momentum because of their potential to improve the capacity of communities, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and government stakeholders to achieve ... -
Trends, opportunities and constraints in the contribution of fish to the welfare of rural communities in Cambodia
(2016)Type: ReportThis report details rural communities' perspectives on the importance of fish, and how it supports the poor. Variability between zones and social groups is detailed, as well as constraints and opportunities in the sector. -
Developing a methodology for standardized fish monitoring in the Mekong Basin
(2016)Type: ReportThis report details the methodology developed and tested with three universities in the region for the standardized monitoring of fish resources basinwide. -
Establishing freshwater protected areas to protect biodiversity and improve food security in the Philippines
(2017)Type: Book ChapterThis paper describes the efforts to establish a network of community-conserved areas in the municipality of San Mariano on Luzon, with the dual aim to protect the Philippine crocodile and to improve inland fisheries. The ... -
Identifying opportunities to improve governance of aquatic agricultural systems through participatory action research
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleChallenges of governance often constitute critical obstacles to efforts to equitably improve livelihoods in social-ecological systems. Yet, just as often, these challenges go unspoken, or are viewed as fixed parts of the ... -
Livelihood diversity and dynamism in Timor-Leste
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleCoastal communities within small island developing states are typically highly dependent on fisheries and other natural resource-based livelihoods. However, specialisation as a 'fisher' is rare compared to diverse livelihoods ... -
Community-based resource management approaches adopted in the three tributaries of River Surma, North-East Bangladesh
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleFreshwater fishery resources are declining in Bangladesh due to over exploitation, anthropogenic causes and inadequate management. To improve sustainability of these resources, a community-based resource management initiative ... -
Policies in harmony? Does the New Song agree with the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines?
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleWith the recent endorsement of two supra-national policies -- the New Song and the Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines -- Pacific Island countries and territories are being called on to lead the process of national implementation ... -
Coping with the Double Crisis: Lake Chilwa Recession and the Great Depression on Chisi Island in Colonial Malawi, 1930-1935
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleDuring the 1930s, people in the Lake Chilwa Basin in Malawi had to cope with both the drying up of Lake Chilwa and the global economic depression. We chose to describe this confluence on Chisi Island as the 'double crisis,' ... -
Empirical yield-effort models for Bangladesh inland fisheries
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper aims to support community-based fisheries management (CBFM) of inland fisheries resources in Bangladesh. An investigation into the impact of the nationwide CBFM Project and four alternative yield-effort models ... -
Status of Fish Aggregating Device fishery in the River Titas of Bangladesh
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper aims to examine the status of Fish Aggregating Device (Katha) fishery in the river Titas in Bangladesh and development of an alternative Katha fishery management strategy. All Fish Aggregating Devices (Kathas) ... -
Critical reflections from fostering adaptive community-based, co-management in Solomon Islands' small-scale fisheries
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleAdaptive co-management approaches have been at the core of attempts to apply resilience principles to small-scale fisheries. Although recommendations of what should be done to promote resilience are commonplace, insights ... -
Exploring 'islandness' and the impacts of nature conservation through the lens of wellbeing
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleMotivated by growing concern as to the many threats that islands face, subsequent calls for more extensive island nature conservation and recent discussion in the conservation literature about the potential for wellbeing ... -
Community-based fisheries management approach adopted in Bangladesh
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThe Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) Project, funded by the Ford Foundation (1994-1999) and the UK Government's Department for International Development (2002- 2006), aimed to promote the sustainable use of, and ... -
Redefining community based on place attachment in a connected world
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThe concept of community is often used in environmental policy to foster environmental stewardship and public participation, crucial prerequisites of effective management. However, prevailing conceptualizations of community ...
