Vietnam’s policy is to shift the fishing pressure from onshore to offshore water since the coastal resource has been overexploited, and a programme for investing in offshore vessels has thus been implemented since 1997. The question raised is whether the offshore fishing fleet is profitable and efficient or not? This...
Coral reef ecosystems provide many important services to society. Their importance is not only proved by their beauty but also because they provide food and livelihood for millions of people in communities around the world, especially in developing countries. This paper estimates the economic value of coral ecosystems and potential...
The production and distribution of fish products in Vietnam have been faced with strict consumer requirements such as seafood quality, hygiene, safety standards, traceability, environmentally friendly manufacturing and fisheries resource conservation. These are compulsory requirements for sustainable business development in international markets. The research applies the Structure Conduct Performance (SCP)...
Recently the ecosystem based management have been dealt with in management as a useful approach for fisheries. The goal of ecosystem-based management are sustainable management of fisheries and other marine resource through establishment of well-managed network of marine protected areas. Despite a number of benefits from marine reserve such as...
Hot-melt pan-coating, which is a novel coating method and takes 2-3 hours for 300 mg coating weight gain per capsule and tamper-resistant coating, which takes 30 minutes, is much faster than tedious sugar coating and allows greater coating weight gains in shorter times than spray-melt coating. Although hot-melt pan coating...
The production and distribution of fish products in Vietnam have been faced with strict consumer requirements such as seafood quality, hygiene, safety standards, traceability, environmentally friendly manufacturing and fisheries resource conservation. These are compulsory requirements for sustainable business development in international markets. The research applies the Structure – Conduct –...
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Nguyen Ngoc Duy
UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway; Nha Trang University, Vietnam
Are Marine Protected Areas positive for adjacent fisheries? This is a study of the technical efficiency of small-scale trawlers in Nha Trang, Vietnam following establishment of Nha Trang Bay Marine Protected Area (NTB-MPA) that imposed a trawl ban to protect marine biodiversity and regenerate fish stocks. Data were collected through...
Protected areas (PAs) are important for biodiversity conservation and can provide the benefits for current and future generations. Management effectiveness is a key factor to achieve outcomes of PAs. However, success is related to the enforcement implemented. Corruption is one of the main issues impacting and weakening enforcement. This article...
IIFET 2008 Vietnam keynote presentation. Power Point presentation by Professor Ola Flaaten from The Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromso.