Type: Publications

Year: 2005

Dryland areas cover more than half of sub-Saharan Africa and are home to nearly 50 percent of its populations, who depend on agriculture (including livestock, crops and fisheries) as their main livelihood strategy. Sporadic and irregular rainfall patterns are the [...]

Type: Publications

Global

Year: 2005

The ornamental fish sector is a small but vital part of international fish trade. It contributes positively to rural development in many developing producing countries, and in the major markets for ornamental fish, the retail value is many times that [...]

Type: Publications

Year: 2005

The use of alien species is a proven means to increase production and value from aquatic ecosystems. In the Mekong/Lanchang Basin, alien species such as tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) play an important role in providing cheap and readily available protein to [...]

Type: Publications

Global

Year: 2005

The degradation of inland aquatic habitats through decades of human activities has lead to massive efforts to rehabilitate freshwater habitats for fisheries and aquatic resources in watersheds throughout the world. Many texts have been written on techniques for rehabilitation though [...]

Type: Publications

Year: 2005

The Symposium on Cold Water Fishes of the Trans-Himalayan Region was held on the 10-13 July 2001 in Kathmandu, Nepal. It was jointly organized by the Directorate of Fisheries Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, His Majesty's Government of Nepal, [...]

Type: Publications

Global

Year: 2005

The four papers presented in this publication address major fishery issues in relation to dams as identified by the World Commission on Dams (WCD) and FAO for the purpose of WCD's global review on "Dams and Development". Characteristics of river [...]

Type: Publications

Africa

Year: 2004

This document is the final report of the Technical Consultation between Malawi. Mozambique and Tanzania on the Development and Management of the Fisheries of Lake Malawi/Niassa/Nyasa. The major topics discussed were:current status of the fisheries in the Lake Malawi/Niassa/Nyasa national sectors; [...]

Type: Publications

Africa

Year: 2004

The FAO Workshop on Fish Technology, Utilization and Quality Assurance was held by the Fish Utilization and Marketing Service of FAO's Fish Product and Industry Division in collaboration with the FAO Regional Office for Africa. The Workshop was held to [...]

Type: Publications

Global

Year: 2004

The aim of this paper is to conduct a critical review of international experiences in inland fisheries co-management. The paper first reviews the origins of the current move towards co-management systems for fisheries, then presents frameworks for classifying and evaluating such [...]

Type: Publications

South, southeast and east Asia, Pacific and Australasia

Year: 2004

Tilapias are not native to Asia but have been a significant component of inland fisheries and aquaculture in the region for over half a century. They have been introduced into over 90 countries worldwide, with a global distribution second only [...]