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  Special evaluation study on the fisheries policy of the Asian Development Bank

  Operations Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank, 2006

  This report assesses the extent to which the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) fisheries policy guides the design and implementation of ADB-assisted projects and technical assistance grants.
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  HIV/AIDS in the Fisheries Sector in Africa

  The WorldFish Center, 2005

  This policy brief provides information on the scale of HIV and AIDS in the fisheries sector in Africa including the reasons why prevalence rates are so high and how this affects fishing communities. Access to health services and antiretroviral therapy is then briefly reviewed, as are some of the limited experiences directly targeting HIV/AIDS programmes to fishing communities.
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  Space use patterns and movements of juvenile dusky kob Argyrosomus japonicusin the Great Fish Estuary (South Africa): implications for management

  Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, 2006

  Estuarine fish play a major role in the local economy and food security in many parts of South Africa. This paper describes a project within the joint South African/Norwegian Great Fish Estuary Programme, which aims to investigate the movement behaviour, migration and habitat use of important estuarine fish species.
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  Special evaluation study on small-scale freshwater rural aquaculture development for poverty reduction

  Operations Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank, 2004

  Linking aquaculture development approaches to viable livelihood opportunities for the rural poor remains a challenge. The poor face many constraints to participation in aquaculture, primarily due to a lack of access to capital and resources, vulnerability, and aversion to risks.
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  What's the catch: reducing bycatch in EU distant water fisheries

  Environmental Justice Foundation, 2005

  This report considers the ecological, economic and livelihoods impact of the large quantities of non target fish (bycatch) caught and discarded by EU fishing fleets operating in developing countries fisheries. The EU currently has 17 agreements with developing countries allowing EU fishing vessels access to their waters.
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  Party to the plunder: illegal fishing in Guinea and its links to the EU

  Environmental Justice Foundation, 2005

  Illegal fishing by foreign trawlers in Guinea’s coastal zone is widespread and increasing, despite the attention that has been focussed on illegal fishing by the international community in recent years.
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  Pirates and profiteers: how pirate fishing fleets are robbing people and oceans

  Environmental Justice Foundation, 2005

  This report explores the global nature of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and identifies possible solutions and action that can be taken by governments and the international community to tackle this problem.The report makes the following points:currently seventy-five percent of the world’s fish stocks are fully exploited, over-exploited or depleted according to the FAO
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  Effects of climate change on the sustainability of capture and enhancement fisheries important to the poor: analysis of the vulnerability and adaptability of fisherfolk living in poverty

  Fisheries Management Science Programme, UK, 2004

  Although the majority of the world’s fisherfolk live in areas susceptible to the impacts of climate change, relationships between the physical impacts of climate change and the livelihood vulnerability of poor fishing communities have seldom been investigated.
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  Application and promotion of FMSP Participatory Fisheries Stock Assessment (ParFish)

  Fisheries Management Science Programme, UK, 2004

  This paper provides Participatory Fisheries Stock Assessment (ParFish) guidelines on an approach to fisheries stock assessment that is particularly suitable for small-scale fisheries and co-managed fisheries, as it:does not require data recorded over long time seriesencourages the participation of fishersallows a rapid assessmentThe methodology combines a number of differen
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  Small-scale fisheries in Yemen: social assessment and development prospects

  World Bank, 2004

  The objective of this social assessment is to understand the livelihood strategies, economic conditions and fishing practices of artisanal fishermen in Yemen. By placing small-scale fisheries within the larger institutional and socioeconomic context, the report identifies external as well as internal constraints and potential.

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