Fisheries in irrigation systems of arid Asia

2003

This Fisheries Technical Paper is a companion to the Report of the FAO Expert Consultation on the Use of Irrigation Systems for Sustainable Fish Production in Arid Countries of Asia (FAO Fisheries Report No. 679). The consultation was held at Almaty, Kazakhstan, from 25 to 29 September 2001. This document brings together twelve papers that review the present use of irrigation systems for fisheries in the countries of the arid belt of Asia, from Turkey to China. The individual papers...

Inland capture fishery statistics of Southeast Asia: Current status and information needs

2002

 Coates, D. 2002. Inland capture fishery statistics of Southeast Asia: Current status and information needs. Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission, Bangkok, Thailand. RAP Publication No. 2002/11, 114 p. Inland capture fisheries in Southeast Asia are characterised by great diversity in the range of gears used, types of environments in which they are used and the socially and culturally complex societies within which they operate. This presents unique problems for the collection of inland fisheries statistics. This report...

Tonle Sap fisheries: a case study on floodplain gillnet fisheries in Siem Reap, Cambodia

2001

Lamberts, D. 2001. Tonle Sap fisheries: a case study on floodplain gillnet fisheries in Siem Reap, Cambodia. FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand. RAP Publication 2001/11, 133 p. Gillnet fishing makes up a substantial part of the inland fisheries in Cambodia, which are important to food security and to the national economy. The Tonle Sap ecosystem is one of the most productive in the world. Although little studied, its productivity is...

Report of the National Workshop on Fisheries Resources Development and Management in Bangladesh

1995

This document records the proceedings of the National Workshop on Fisheries Resources Development and Management, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 29 October to 1 November, 1995.  This report the Workshop which  covered  stocking,  enhancements, impacts of irrgition and other developments on inland fisheires and the linkages to aquaculture and lists its recommendations.

An analysis of historical national reports of inland capture fisheries statistics in the Asia-Pacific region (1950-2007)

1950

The purpose of this paper is to analyse whether the apparent trend in inland capture fishery production in the Asia-Pacific region since 1950 according to FAO statistics is reflective of the growth in inland fisheries or whether it is influenced by changes in statistical reporting practices. The objective of this analysis was to identify large changes (between years) that are significant for a reporting country and to investigate whether these changes also affect the regional...