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Fisheries management draws on fisheries science in order to find
ways to protect fishery resources so sustainable exploitation is
possible. This book presents topical research in the study of
fishery management including coral reef fisheries under threat from
overfishing; implementing population viability analysis into
fisheries management; machine learning analysis for fisheries
research; the marine fisheries policy in Nigeria and evaluating the
recovery plan for European hake fishery.
'The Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries
Reform' shows the difference between the potential and actual net
economic benefits from marine fisheries is about $50 billion per
year, or some $2 trillion over the last three decades. If fish
stocks were rebuilt, the current marine catch could be achieved
with approximately half the current global fishing effort. This
illustrates the massive overcapacity of the global fleet. The
excess competition for the limited fish resources results in
declining productivity, economic inefficiency, and depressed fisher
incomes. The focus on the deteriorating biological health of world
fisheries has tended to obscure their equally critical economic
health. Achieving sustainable fisheries presents challenges not
only of biology and ecology, but also of managing political and
economic processes and replacing pernicious incentives with those
that foster improved governance and responsible stewardship.
Improved governance of marine fisheries could regain a substantial
part of this annual economic loss and contribute to economic
growth. Fisheries governance reform is a long-term process
requiring political will and consensus vision, built through broad
stakeholder dialogue. Reforms will require investment in good
governance, including strengthening marine tenure systems and
reducing illegal fishing and harmful subsidies. Realizing the
potential economic benefits of fisheries means reducing fishing
effort and capacity. To offset the associated social adjustment
costs, successful reforms should provide for social safety nets and
alternative economic opportunities for affected communities.
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Aquaculture
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Keshav Kumar Jha
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Comparative Evaluations of Innovative Fisheries Management
begins with a look at four places outside the European Union known
for innovative management: New Zealand, Nova Scotia, Alaska and
Iceland. Then the focus shifts to the success criteria related to
specific disciplines including biological and social robustness,
economic efficiency and impacts on management costs. Hypotheses are
tested using data capable of generating useful results. The main
conclusions include a retrospective of how key concepts defined and
represented the various perspectives, skills and backgrounds that
made up the multidisciplinary CEVIS project.
This book documents the current state of research by Chinese
scientists on fish biology and fisheries and brings together
manuscripts by authors from research institutions, universities and
government agencies. There are papers on aquaculture, life history,
genetics, marine and freshwater biology, conservation, physiology,
new species descriptions, and truly amazing hypogean fishes. The
information on these remarkable cave species shows how
much we have yet to learn from that incredible
fauna. There are papers dealing with some of the largest fishes and
some of the smallest cave species. There are papers dealing with
some of the most traditional forms of aquaculture and others with
the most modern molecular techniques. The volume includes papers
on critically threatened native fishes as well as the most
common food species, such as grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella).
The information on rare and threatened species shows how China is
dealing with their endangered fishes. The information on their carp
species will be invaluable to those in other countries who will
either take advantage of the productive carp species in aquaculture
or try to manage them as invasive species outside China. For the
first time we bring together a complete overview of the state of
fisheries research in China.
"Beyond previous more simplistic approaches, this book takes a
giant step towards understanding and translating into
people-centered policies the actual position and complexity of fish
production in Southeast Asian economies. Tackling how fi sheries
and aquaculture are embedded in local and household economies and
linked through dynamic supply chains to more distant, even global
markets, the book makes essential policy and analytical
recommendations. SEARCA and ISEAS have made a major contribution to
the intellectual debate and action agenda for Southeast Asian
fisheries." Dr Meryl Williams, Chair of the Commission of the
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
Fisheries science in North America is changing in response to a
changing climate, new technologies, an ecosystem approach to
management and new thinking about the processes affecting stock and
recruitment.
Authors of the 34 chapters review the science in their
particular fields and use their experience to develop informed
opinions about the future. Everyone associated with fish, fisheries
and fisheries management will find material that will stimulate
their thinking about the future. Readers will be impressed with the
potential for new discoveries, but disturbed by how much needs to
be done in fisheries science if we are to sustain North American
fisheries in our changing climate. Officials that manage or fund
fisheries science will appreciate the urgency for the new
information needed for the stewardship of fish populations and
their ecosystems. Research organizations may want to keep some
extra copies for a future look back into the thoughts of a wide
range of fisheries professionals. Fisheries science has been full
of surprises with some of the surprises having major economic
impacts. It is important to minimize these impacts as the demand
for seafood increases and the complexities of fisheries management
increase.
During the first half of the 1990s, in response to the increasing
concern about many of the world's fisheries, a number of
international fisheries instruments provided an impetus for
countries to strengthen their fisheries management. A key step in
supporting such efforts is the development of more detailed,
systematic and comparable information on fisheries environments and
management trends. The State of World Marine Capture Fisheries
Management Questionnaire was developed by FAO in 2004 to help meet
this need. The results have been grouped by region and are reported
in this publication. More than a decade later, we are able to look
back to see how countries responded, to examine whether more
fisheries are managed and to determine whether the management tools
and strategies employed have improved the overall situation in
marine capture fisheries. Trends in legal and administrative
frameworks, management regimes and status of marine capture
fisheries are analysed for 29 countries in the Pacific Ocean and
presented in this report and on the accompanying CD-ROM as an
easy-to-read and informative reference for policy decision-makers,
fishery managers and stakeholders.
This publication provides orientation, basic considerations and
general principles for those institutions and organizations that
provide credit and microfinance services to the fisheries sector,
particularly the small-scale fisheries sector, and for those who
want to include inland fishers and inland capture fisheries as part
of their client base and lending operations. The document has three
parts. Part 1 contains guidelines for meeting the credit and
microfinance needs in inland capture fisheries development and
conservation in Asia. Part 2 contains reports of the proceedings
and recommendations of two regional workshops held in 2004 and
2006, from which the guidelines evolved. Part 3 of the document
consists of case studies and success stories on: the rehabilitation
of inland fisheries and on the access to and utilization of credit
and microfinance services with reference to the rehabilitation and
development of inland fisheries at Lake Taihu and Lake Luoma in
China; management challenges in riverine fisheries along River
Ganga and prospects of inland fisheries development in West Bengal
and Assam in India; livelihoods at Lake Inlay in Southern Shan
State in Myanmar; fishery policy reform and aquaculture development
in Cambodia; and community-based rehabilitation and management of
fishery resources at river Kinabatangan in Sabah, Malaysia.
Off the Pacific coast of South America, nutrients mingle with cool
waters rising from the ocean’s depths, creating one of the
world’s most productive marine ecosystems: the Humboldt Current.
When the region’s teeming populations of fish were converted into
a key ingredient in animal feed—fishmeal—it fueled the
revolution in chicken, hog, and fish farming that swept the United
States and northern Europe after World War II. The Fishmeal
Revolution explores industrialization along the Peru-Chile coast as
fishmeal producers pulverized and exported unprecedented volumes of
marine proteins to satisfy the growing taste for meat among
affluent consumers in the Global North. A relentless drive to
maximize profits from the sea occurred at the same time that Peru
and Chile grappled with the challenge of environmental uncertainty
and its potentially devastating impact. In this exciting new book,
Kristin A. Wintersteen offers an important history and critique of
the science and policy that shaped the global food industry.
Fisheries are in a state of crisis throughout the world. While
there has been some success, truly effective fisheries management
seems beyond our grasp. The knowledge needed for proper management
contains a broad array of facts and connections from statistical
stock assessments, to the information that allows government
agencies to track compliance with rules and beyond.
This book describes the state-of-the-art knowledge about fishery
systems. Seldom seen in a scientific publication regarding
fisheries science, this book presents a multidisciplinary
perspective of fisheries management. Leading fisheries scholars
with backgrounds in biology, ecology, economics and sociology ask
how management institutions can learn and put their lessons to use.
The Knowledge Base for Fisheries Management offers a unique
overview of the world of fisheries management and provides the
background to draw conclusions of what is needed to improve
management.
Covering a wide range of regimes, case studies and professional
perspectives, this publication will be an obliged reference to
anyone involved on fisheries management, assessment, policy making
or fisheries development all over the world.
* The only book on the market that analyzes fisheries in a
biological, sociological and economic way
* Fills a gap, focusing not only on the production of knowledge for
fisheries management but also on how it is used in all steps of the
management system and the decision making processes
* Focuses on the hot topic: scientific knowledge and
society-science based policies
* Documents disseminated research from many different management
systems, both European and world wide
This book is one of the first attempts to examine the issue of
poverty in small-scale fisheries from a multi-disciplinary
perspective. It represents a state-of-the-art collation and
synthesis of the experience of nineteen international experts in
fisheries management, planning, economics and other social
sciences, including several senior officers form the Department of
Fisheries of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
(UN-FAO). The authors have benefited from the experiences and
comments of colleagues from twenty-five African countries
participating in the First International Workshop on "Small-scale
fisheries, poverty and the Code of Conduct for Responsible
Fisheries" organized by FAO and the United Kingdom Department for
International Development (DFID). The book offers a new perspective
on the problem of poverty in small-scale fisheries, introducing
innovative concepts and ideas and drawing upon recent knowledge
generated by in-depth empirical case studies and makes explicit
connections with the Sustainable Livelihood Approach and the Code
of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries - two prominent frameworks
which are recognized, applied and promoted internationally by
scholars, practitioners and donor agencies in their work on
fisheries development. As well as offering important insights into
the problem of poverty in small-scale fisheries and representing a
contribution to the work of the Sustainable Fisheries Livelihood
Programme (SFLP)' in West Africa the book also represents a key
source of up-to-date information and reference material for anybody
interested or working in the fields of poverty and fisheries
management in Developing Countries.
This is a book about fishermen's reasons for obeying fisheries law.
The fish harvesting industry has become subject to state
interference to an increasing extent over the past twenty years. As
natural resources become scarce and subsequent fisheries
regulations abound, the question of law-abidingness is brought to
the public agenda. However, there is still little empirical data as
regards the dynamics of compliance in this field, and this book
aims to meet a demand for in-depth knowledge. The cases studied can
be regarded as instances of economies dependent on the harvesting
of natural resources for both household and the market, and the
study aims to contribute to the building of more adequate theory on
the dynamics of compliance in such economies. However, focusing on
a specific type of setting seldom constitutes a safe escape route
for getting away from more pervasive sociological questions, and it
certainly does not in this case. As any attempt to explain social
phenomena, this study is faced with the fundamental sociological
question of how the acts of individuals can best be understood. The
question concerns the interface between the individual and the
collectivity - between collective morality and self-interest. It
thus deals with classical sociological issues such as the nature
and regulatory capacity of group norms and sanctions, and the forms
and roles of rationality and strategic action.
For two decades the idea of governments and fishers working
together to manage fisheries has been advocated, questioned,
disparaged and, most importantly, attempted in fisheries from North
and South America through Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania. This
book is the first time these experiences have been pulled together
in a single volume, summarized and explained. The Fisheries
Co-management Experience begins with a review of the intellectual
foundations of the co-management idea from several professional
perspectives. Next, fisheries researchers from six global regions
describe what has been happening on the ground in their area.
Finally, the volume offers a set of reflections by some of the best
authors in the field. The end result describes both the
state-of-the-art and emerging issues for one of the most important
trends in natural resources management.
This up-to-date survey covers selected but vital aspects of fish processing with emphasis on quality, technology and nutraceutical applications. The aspects of seafood quality addressed range from the impact of slaughter procedures, through protein functionality, texture, flavor, histamine toxicity to the key aspects of practical evaluation of quality and measurement of fish content. Technological aspects concentrate on automation in fish processing, waste water treatment and possible uses for value added products from fish waste. With respect to novel applications of the marine resource, the important areas of marine nutraceuticals / functional foods are discussed in detail. This book is highly recommended for scientists and technologists in the seafood industries. It is also of proven value to fish processing professionals, quality managers, processors, nutritional and sensory scientists.
Reviews: Methods and Technology in Fish Biology and Fisheries
published by Kluwer Academic Publishers is a book series dedicated
to the publication of information on advanced, forward-looking
methodologies, technologies, or perspectives in fish and is
especially dedicated to relevant topics addressing global,
fisheries. This series international concern in fish and fisheries.
Humans continue to challenge our environments with new technologies
and technological applications. The dynamic creativity of our own
species often tends to place the greatest burden on our supporting
ecosystems. This is especially true for aquatic networks of creeks,
lakes, rivers and ocean environments. We also frequently use our
conceptual powers to balance conflicting requirements and demands
on nature and continue to develop new approaches and tools to
provide sustainable resources as well as conserve what we hold most
dear on local and global scales. This book series will provide a
window into the developing dynamic among humans, aquatic ecosystems
(both freshwater and marine), and the organisms that inhabit
aquatic environments. There are many reasons to doubt the
increasing social and economic value technology has gained over the
last two centuries. Science and technology represent stages in
human development. I agree with Ernst Mayer when he said in Toward
a New Philosophy of Biology (1988) that "endeavors to solve all
scientific problems by pure logic and refined measurements are
unproductive, if not totally irrelevant.
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