Fishery livelihoods
Making a difference - stories of change from RFLP
2013
Life can be hard for those living in small-scale fishing communities. For many, existence is truly ‘life on the edge’. Settlements are often remote, with poor access and few services. Over exploitation of marine resources leads to falling catches and declining incomes. As if this wasn’t enough, fishing remains the world’s most dangerous occupation with many thousands of fishers dying every year and their families often cast into poverty. It is within...
Community based data gathering and co-management of marine resources in Timor-Leste.
2013
This document details the process followed by the Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme when supporting the National Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture to establish an online National Fisheries Statistical System (www.peskador.org) and gives key lessons learned and recommendations for its sustainable operation.
A step-by-step guide to building a traditional double-ended timber fishing craft of Khmer (Cambodian) design.
2013
An international boat building consultant who conducted a safety at sea assessment for Cambodia identified that the traditional 12 m wooden vessel typically used in Cambodia for inshore fishing was unstable. RFLP arranged a hands-on training course for boat builders on the construction of an improved and more stable design of wooden inshore fishing boat. This illustrated manual documents the building process used step by step.