Fish for the People: Recent submissions
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Fisheries statistics: A necessary tool for sustainable fisheries?
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2003)This article is broadly based on the Guidelines for the Collection of Inland and Coastal Fishery Statistics, and focuses mainly on inland and coastal fisheries. Issues and uses of fishery statistics, fisheries statistics ... -
Managing sea turtles in Southeast Asia: Hatcheries and tagging activities
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2003)This article aims to highlight the status of sea turtles hatcheries and tagging activities in eight ASEAN-SEAFDEC member countries, namely Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand ... -
Reconciling fishing and environmental protection: Resources enhancement strategies for the conservation and management of fisheries
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2003)The article is a reflection of the discussion and the results of a regional workshop conducted by the SEAFDEC (Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center) Training Department in which the methodologies and techniques for ... -
Fishing reform and community fisheries: Fisheries resource management trials in Cambodia
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2003)The initiative of Cambodia to promote community fisheries in order to improve the resource management is presented. This initiative is part of a decentralization policy that aims to encourage the appropriate transfer of ... -
ASEAN and fishery subsidies: Outlining a regional vision
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2003)This paper summarizes the outputs of the Regional Consultation on Fisheries Subsidies organized by ASEAN-SEAFDEC in Bangkok, Thailand 9-10 October 2003. In preparation for the meeting all ASEAN member countries were requested ... -
To whom the fish belongs: A review of rights-based fisheries and decentralization
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2003)This article presents a brief overview of the current status of decentralization and rights-based fisheries management in ASEAN-SEAFDEC (Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center) Member Countries and is based on a paper ... -
"Where there are sharks, can there be fishers?" On the importance of shark fisheries management in Southeast Asia
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2003)An overview on the importance of shark fisheries management in Southeast Asia is given. In particular recent progress in the region, status and trends of shark fisheries, utilization and trade of shark are given. -
Collection of fisheries data and information: The need for comprehensive national systems
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Discards and by-catch in fisheries: What are the problems in the Southeast Asian region?
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2003)This paper summarizes the decisions and the outputs of the International Workshop on the Estimation of Discards and Measures to Reduce By-Catch in the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific held in May 2003 focusing in particular ... -
Supporting ASEAN good aquaculture practices: Utilization of alternative protein sources for aquafeed to minimize pressure on fishery resources
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)Aquaculture industry of Southeast Asia has been expanding steadily as a result of an increasing demand of food fish in the region as well as in the global scale. Aside from its contribution to the world's fisheries, the ... -
Enabling the freshwater fish culture champions of Cambodia to pull through difficult times
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)The freshwater aquaculture sub-sector has been playing a crucial role in the economic development of Cambodia as well as in enhancing the livelihoods of the country’s rural people. Thus, the country has been exerting efforts ... -
Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) in Southeast Asia: Review of the establishment of Regional MCS Network
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2012)The advent of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing has been widely recognized as deterrent to the sustainable development and utilization of the fisheries resources in the region. The Resolution on Sustainable ... -
Alternative livelihoods for small coastal fishers: To reduce near-shore fishing pressure in Nha Trang Bay, Viet Nam
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2012)Monitoring near-shore fishing activities in Viet Nam and enforcing the corresponding fishery regulations had been among the most alarming concerns in the country’s fisheries, considering that uncontrolled near-shore fishing ... -
Devil ray resources in Bohol Sea, Philippines
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2012)A rapid resource assessment (RRA) of manta rays also known as devil rays or Mobulas, was conducted in Bohol Sea, Philippines from March to May 2010. Comparing with the catch data in a 2002-2003, results of the RRA showed ... -
Port State measures and port monitoring in Southeast Asia
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2012)The demand for fish and fishery commodities around the world has been increasing. In order to meet such demand, active fishing vessels have been growing in terms of number and efficiency, resulting in overcapacity in most ...
