La pesca continental es “cualquier actividad realizada para extraer pescado y otros organismos acuáticos de aguas continentales”. La pesca de captura en aguas continentales constituye desde hace mucho tiempo una importante fuente de alimentos para la humanidad. Es una actividad fundamental para un subconjunto de países del mundo, a los que aporta una contribución considerable en materia de nutrición, seguridad alimentaria y micronutrientes. La pesca continental está sometida a una presión y unos peligros crecientes que se derivan de los grandes cambios experimentados por el entorno acuático como consecuencia de la actividad humana, por ejemplo, la construcción de embalses, la navegación, la recuperación de humedales para la agricultura, la urbanización, la extracción y transferencia de agua, y la eliminación de residuos....[más]
This document reviews the status and importance of the freshwater small pelagic fish and fisheries for sustainable and healthy livelihoods in Africa. The lack of recognition of the importance of small pelagic fish for sustenance, livelihoods and public health has prevented the [...]
The FAO Fishery and Aquaculture Circular C942 Revision 3 (C942 Rev. 3) updates and expands the scope of previous revisions of the circular. C942 Rev. 3 is an important baseline document, intended to assist in the global understanding of inland [...]
India has abundant water resources including rivers, canals, ponds, lakes, reservoirs, upland lakes, and floodplain wetlands covering over 5.8 percent of the country. These environments harbour a rich fish fauna of 1 035 species that constitutes the basis for the [...]
Small-scale fisheries in inland waters are particularly important for supporting local communities, providing livelihoods, and ensuring food security, especially in rural areas along or around existing water basins. However, these food systems are vulnerable to stressors such as pollution, habitat [...]
The Russian Federation is the largest country in the world occupying one-third of Eurasia and it has enormous water resources. Fish from inland waters has always been a central part of the Russian diet and a major contributor to national [...]
This course explores how to assist migratory fish populations impacted by irrigation infrastructure. The course details migratory fish ecology and how river development such as dams and weirs impact fish, biodiversity and food security. It also looks at practical solutions [...]
The review presents the strong business case for inland food fisheries in developing countries to be either a co-benefit, or very often the main benefit, of ecosystem restoration. In view of the current state of inland water aquatic habitats the [...]
Poster describing integrated watershed analyses for the upper Kafue River watershed, Zambia. The poster describes results of a household survey of riparian communities, spatial assessment of human population density change, remotely-sensed forest cover analyses, fisheries assessments using existing data, and [...]
