Enhancing Governance in Fishery Management
Share
Abstract
Fisheries is an important sector that provides substantial contribution to people’s food security and well-being, poverty alleviation, and economic development.
Concurrent with the increasing competitiveness and conflicts in the use of land and water resources, the growing demand for quality and safety of fish and fisheries products, and the impacts of fisheries on the environment and vice versa, are momentous challenges that have emerged at the global level such as the adoption of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries ad well as other relevant international instruments that advocate the need for better management and utilization of aquatic resources.
Subject
Collections
- Technical Posters [94]
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
The Status of Fisheries in the Republic of Maldives
Faiz, Mohamed (Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1997)The paper discusses the tuna fisheries in Maldives which dominates its fishing industry. Apart from a very strong domestic market, tuna is also the main export commodity of the country. Moreover, reef fisheries such as, ... -
Major fisheries in Thailand and some technical recommendations for their improvement
Nishioka, Yasumasa; Yamazaki, Tomeyoshi (Japan International Cooperation Agency, 1977)Presented in this paper is the development of fisheries industry in Thailand. The data on the production of the principal fisheries species and major fishing methods are also presented. Also included are the recommendations ... -
Status of Fishing Conditions in Cambodia
Sour, Kim; Vuthy, Ros (Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1997)Fisheries in plays a very important role in Cambodia’s national economic development. Total fish catch production in 1996 was 104 310 tones, about which 60% was contributed by inland capture fisheries, 30% by marine capture ...