The 4th Axis of the European Fisheries Funds presents a new approach in
the way the European Union supports its fisheries sector. This Axis is
devoted to the sustainable development of fisheries areas through a
territorial approach. It dwells very much on the experience of the LEADER
initiative which has...
It cannot be said that aquaculture has ignored sustainable development (SD), judging by the number of standards, guides and indicators devoted to it, produced mainly under the aegis of international organizations such as FAO, The European Union and some NGOs. However, these continue to be perceived in large measure as...
In response to climate change and limited resources this paper reviews cohousing as a possible option for sustainable development. Sustainable design practices that incorporate economic, environmental and social issues need to be present in our neighborhoods. Other development methods incorporate one, but not all three, of the triple bottom line...
The article provides policy guiding recommendations for enhancing the sustainable development of Senegal’s marine fishery system. A new sustainable development assessment method is proposed and is applied to Senegal’s marine fishery in order to provide these recommendations.
A discussion of the conditions for sustainable development suggest that the sustainable development...
Small-scale fisheries play an important role in generating employment, income and livelihood to the
fisherfolk. It constitutes 81 per cent of the total fisheries sector in India. But, this sector remains neglected
and the fisherfolk are socially and economically backward. Even after six decades of planned
development nearly 62 per...
Aquaculture is one of the most dynamic food-producing subsectors
worldwide. In the Philippines, shrimp monoculture started in the 1980s,
only to collapse less than a decade later due to disease. More recently,
extensive polyculture of fish, shrimp and mud crabs has developed. The
objective of this paper is to analyze...
The result of investigation about impact of aquaculture to water environment quality on Nha Phu lagoon (Khanh Hoa province) acknowledged: water environment quality was serious decline because of chemicals no using true, organic waste from shrimp pond, waste water, mud from shrimp pond and agriculture actions, accumulation sediment from mytilus...
The result of investigation about aquatic exploitation actions on Nha Phu lagoon (Khanh Hoa province) acknowledged: Exploitation of fisherman was individual (100%) and professional skill was very low. Professional exploitations were major drag net (36.92%), drift net (20 %), tunny net (16.92%). They exploited in Nha Phu lagoon and exploitation...
Thousands of small man-made water reservoirs (water bodies with water surface
from five to some hundreds ha) have been developed in mountainous regions for water
supplying or hydroelectricity purpose, these areas are usually residence of poor,
backward minority groups which often lacks of food supplying resources. Development of
fisheries (both...
The developmental milestones of Sustainability are consistent with the post-normal versus traditional science, where transdisciplinary and policy/action research are among the important approaches to be added to traditional analysis. This shift requires a new perspective to look at the problem at hand: we are no longer considering a group of...
The ECOST project aims to develop a new approach for the evaluation of fishing activities and policies in
order to contribute to a better management of aquatic resources which affect sustainable development in
coastal zones around the world. It has to be seen from the wider perspective of equipping public...
Following a ban to export seafood products to EU in 2004, the Philippines
started a very active process of compliancy with European Food Law,
which achievement was successful since the country has been found to be
capable of ensuring the required level of food safety in 2006, after an
inspection...
Management of fisheries and aquaculture is an issue that has received widespread attention in
the literature. The particular concern is the relationship among fishermen, fish farmers,
management institution and fish resources. This relationship is very important for sustainable
development of sea resources in Iran. Overfishing, uncertainty in fish availability and...
An international symposium devoted to Research and small-scale fisheries (Durand, Lemoalle, Weber,
1991) in Montpellier (France) in 1989 came from increasing evidence that “the complexity of small scale
fisheries calls for applying knowledge from many fields in combined studies that can take advantage of a
whole range of information”. Has...
The impact of technological adoption on economic growth is a critical issue for economic policy in the developing world. The issue is further compounded for industries exploiting renewable common resources with ill-structured property rights, because greater efficiency increases pressure on the resource stock. The paper analyzes the effect of adoption...
The economy of Bangladesh has benefited enormously from the rapid
development of the aquaculture production, in particular from shrimp
cultivation. In 2007-08 Bangladesh earned US$ 445.41 million from
shrimp export, which is about 4.25% of the value of total national export.
There are over 600,000 people employed directly in shrimp...
The Mexican Oyster fishery in the Gulf of Mexico annually produces only
50,000 MT, 95% of Mexico oyster production. Oyster production has
fallen drastically in most coastal lagoons, this decline has been attributed to
factors as overfishing, mismanagement of natural oyster beds,
environmental degradation and lagoons pollution. This work proposes...
The role of aquaculture industry is becoming more prominent in order to supplement marine capture in meeting the food need of the growing population. In an attempt to minimize depletion of marine fisheries only traditional vessels are allowed to fish along the coastal area while bigger vessels are regulated to...
In developed – and some less-developed – societies, managing an “open access,” renewable
natural resource sector generally involves taxes, quotas, or other government or community
restrictions. But some cultures, especially in their early years, have taken a different approach,
one that involves transfer of part of the output of the...
Since the seventies, the Malagasy fishery sector management has been
oriented by three paradigms: development, rationalization (looking for
economic efficiency) and attempts of sustainable development (to reconcile
economic, social and conservation goals). The institutional and legal frame
of the marine sector has been characterized by many transformations linked
to the...
A fundamental problem that emerges during the planning of a city or neighborhood is how to prioritize sustainable development criteria and where to focus efforts. Solving this problem is a complex task requiring an integrated approach, which considers environmental, economic, and social criteria, as well as stakeholder preferences. Given the...