Type: Publications

Africa, Global

Year: 1996

This document was intended for aquaculture development specialists, aquaculture project managers, and officials and specialists involved in the planning and management of aquaculture activities in small water bodies in Africa.  It is intended to provide an introduction to Rapid Rural [...]

Type: Publications

Year: 1996

This technical paper provides guidelines for an integrated management strategy for floodplain river fisheries. The paper is written in two separate volumes. Part 1 presents the guidelines in a ‘user-friendly’ format, to promote their uptake by fishery managers, policy makers and [...]

Type: Publications

Africa

Year: 1996

This document complies and consolidates existing information on diseases and infections occurring in African fish. Data have been organised into a convenient format along with an update of available general information on fish diseases and their aetiological agents. Incorporated into [...]

Type: Publications

Year: 1996

This technical paper provides guidelines for an integrated management strategy for floodplain river fisheries. The paper is written in two separate volumes. Part 1 presents the guidelines in a ‘user-friendly’ format, to promote their uptake by fishery managers, policy makers and [...]

Type: Publications

Year: 1996

These guidelines were elaborated by the Technical Consultation on the Precautionary Approach to Capture Fisheries (Including Species Introductions). Starting from Principle 15 of the Rio Declaration (UNCED, 1992), the document proposes a definition of the precautionary approach to fisheries as well [...]

Type: Publications

South and central America

Year: 1995

Este documento presenta el informe final de la séptima reunión de la Comisión de Pesca Continental para América Latina (COPESCAL), celebrada en Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, del 16 al 20 de enero de 1995. Los temas principales tratados [...]

Type: Publications

South and central America

Year: 1995

Fisheries development has not been homogeneous in Latin America and the Caribbean. Besides historical, economic, social and political aspects, development has been conditioned by the nature of aquatic resources, providing common patterns as well as significant differences among fisheries sector [...]

Type: Publications

South and central America

Year: 1995

La Consulta Técnica se articuló en cuatro sesiones técnicas que trataron los siguientes temas relacionados con el manejo de la pesca en embalses en América Latina aspectos biológico pesqueros; aspectos del manejo pesquero: grandes embalses  embalses con sistema de manejo intensivo; aspectos económicos y sociales;  aspectos [...]

Type: Publications

Africa

Year: 1995

Koko fishing community is one of the major fishing communities in Nigeria. Activities within this sector are mainly controlled and affected by women. Because of the prevailing economic situation in Nigeria, many of these fishing communities face numerous problems, such [...]

Type: Publications

South and central America

Year: 1995

This document presents the final report of the Seventh Session of the Commission for Inland Fisheries of Latin America (COPESCAL), held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, from 16 to 20 January 1995. The main subjects discussed by the [...]