FAO Fisheries Circular No. 933 FIRI/C933
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT OF SMALL WATER BODIES IN SEVEN COUNTRIES IN AFRICA, ASIA AND
LATIN AMERICA
by
Dr. V.V. Sugunan
Central Inland Capture Fisheries Research Institute
Barrackpore, West Bengal, India
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, November 1997
PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT
This is the technical report prepared by FAO Andre’ Mayer Research
Fellow, Dr.V.V.Sugunan. The Andre’ Mayer Fellowship was instituted in 1956 as an
advanced programme for the promotion of research of interest to the member countries.
The potential of fisheries in small water bodies is often poorly realized and sometimes
it is unrealized. Therefore, this fellowship was one of the vehicles used by the FAO
Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service to make available comparable information on
the management of fisheries in small water bodies as a means to more fully realize the
fishery benefits available to many small communities world wide.
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Zimbabwe
2.1 The country
2.2 Fishery resources
2.3 Small water bodies
2.4 Fish faunistic resources
2.5 Fisheries of small water bodies
2.6 Fisheries management of small reservoirs
2.7 Management
3. India
3.1 The country
3.2 Fishery resources
3.3 Inland fisheries resources
3.4 Reservoir fisheries
3.5 Fish species resources
3.6 Freshwater aquaculture
3.7 Brackishwater aquaculture
4. Thailand
4.1 The country
4.2 Fishery resources
4.3 Reservoirs
4.4 Small water bodies
4.5 Present fishery management practices
4.6 General review of management practices
5. Sri Lanka
5.1 The country
5.2 Fishery resources
5.3 Reservoir fisheries
5.4 Reservoir fishery management
5.5 Highlights of the new strategy
6. Brazil
6.1 The country
6.2 Inland fisheries resources
6.3 Reservoir fisheries resources
6.4 Organizational setup in reservoir fisheries management
6.5 Reservoir fisheries of northeastern Brazil
6.6 Organizations managing reservoir fisheries
6.7 Freshwater aquaculture
6.8 Conservation of fish
7. Cuba
7.1 The country
7.2 Fishery resources
7.3 Culture-based fisheries of small water bodies
7.4 Organization of fisheries in small water bodies
7.5 Fish species
7.6 Gear
7.7 Salient features of the state-controlled management of
reservoirs
8. Mexico
8.1 The country
8.2 Fishery resources
8.3 Geographical regions
8.4 Inland fisheries resources
8.5 Organization of inland fisheries activities
8.6 Fish production trends
8.7 Legal framework for inland fisheries
8.8 Fish species
9. Review of fisheries management of small water bodies in
Africa, Asia and Latin America
9.1 Small water bodies
9.2 Factors determining fisheries development of small water
bodies
9.3 Comparison of management practices
10. Summary and conclusions
10.1 The resource and its distribution
10.2 Norms of exploitation
10.3 Enhancement
10.4 National priorities and intrasector and intersector
conflicts
11. Recommendations
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