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  • Fisheries Education and Research in Bangladesh

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    Uddin, Mohammed Jamal, Sultana, Tunazzina, and Uddin, S. M. Sohrab
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    With the increase of population and depletion of fisheries resources due to loss of fish growing land to agriculture, siltation, etc it became necessary to develop an institutional set-up for fisheries education and research. A number of educational institutes have been established in Bangladesh and every year a number of...
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    these institutes. In addition, various research and development institutes have also conducted

  • Contributions of Responsible Fisheries to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) For 2015

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    Matsuda, Yoshiaki
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    The UN MDG of 2000 include poverty eradication, protection of our common environment, and human rights, democracy, and good governance. Fisheries have been expected to contribute to meet these goals, especially after the UNCLOS III. As a result, many developing countries have over-invested in fisheries with environmental degradation by industrial...
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    provides principles and standards applicable to conservation, management and development of all fisheries

  • Causes of Fish Lessening - A Cause Breakdown Approach

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    Sultana, Tunazzina, Uddin, Mohammed Jamal, and Bhuiya, Mohammad Monzur Morshed
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    One of the major sectors of Bangladesh agriculture is represented by the fisheries sector. Being a deltaic land with numerous rivers and inland haors and beels (lakes and lowland areas of considerable size), and also ponds that are dug in populated areas for the purpose of bathing, washing and often...
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    development projects and possibly also in rapid horizontal expansion of other land use practices (e.g

  • A Discussion of Sustainable Development of Yemeni Fisheries in the Context of Millennium Development Goals and Stakeholder Aspiration

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    Pollard, Iain C.
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    This paper discusses sustainable development of Yemeni fisheries towards achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and stakeholder aspiration. Yemen is considered a Least Developed Country ranking 148 among 174 countries in terms of the Human Development Index. In terms of food security, Yemen is classified as a Low-Income and Food...
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    MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND STAKEHOLDER ASPIRATION Iain C. Pollard, iain_pollard@hotmail.com

  • Enhancing the Economic Contribution of Fisheries to West and Central African Nations

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    Horemans, Benoit and Kebe, Moustapha
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    The fishery sector plays multiple roles in the national economies of West and Central African countries, including contributions to economic growth, employment, exports and tax revenues. A high proportion of these benefits are generated by the small-scale sector and contribute in various ways to food security and poverty reduction -...
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    contribute in various ways to food security and poverty reduction - essential elements of global development

  • A Study on Commercially Important Marine Fish Marketing Systems in Southern Bangladesh

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    Ahmed, Nesar and Ahammed, Faisal
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    A study was conducted to understand current practices of commercially important marine fish marketing systems in the Patuakhali area of southern Bangladesh. A total of ten commercially important marine fish were identified such as: 1) hilsa, 2) pomfret, 3) marine catfish, 4) tuna, 5) coral fish, 6) marine eel, 7)...
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    Bangladesh has a land area of 144,000 km2 and a population of about 130 million, making it the mostly

  • Fisheries Management Research and the MDGS: Past Experience and Future Vision

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    Mees, Christopher and Arthur, Robert
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    This paper examines the eleven year Department for International Development funded Fisheries Management Science Programme as a model to explore how fisheries management science can contribute to achieving the Millennium Development Goals. It describes how the Programme strategy was able to adapt to a changing policy environment and local needs...
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    and African Development Banks, the Mekong River Commission and other fisheries commissions, for

  • Community Fishing Rights: Some Basic Principles

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    Arnason, Ragnar
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    It is now widely recognized that property rights based fisheries management regimes are well suited for generating efficiency in fisheries. Apart from access licences, which are very low quality property rights, individual quotas (IQs) and individual transferable quotas (ITQs) are the most widely applicable and, indeed, the most commonly applied...
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    community is very conservation minded, ( )x jΠ∑ would be very high, 2 ( )jΠ∑ would be negative and the

  • The Crucial Role of Small-scale Fisheries in Conservation

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    Charles, Anthony
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    Small-scale fisheries are no exceptions to the requirements of staying within the biological bounds of sustainability, by purposively limiting fish harvests, and of maintaining productivity of oceans and freshwater systems, by protecting ecosystem health and habitat quality. However, while these fisheries, like all others, have the potential to pose conservation...
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    aquatic systems, such as land-based pollution, industrial development and the like. This paper examines

  • Development of a Marine Strategy for Qeshm Island

    Creator:
    Shallard, Bruce
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    This paper discusses the development of a Marine Sector Strategy for Qeshm Island for the Qeshm Free Area Authority (QFA). Qeshm Island is an Iranian island, a Free Trade Zone near the entrance of the Persian Gulf in the Straits of Hormuz. The long-term strategy of QFA is to develop...
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    Proceedings 1 DEVELOPMENT OF A MARINE STRATEGY FOR QESHM ISLAND Bruce Shallard, Bruce Shallard and