Indonesia as an archipelagic country with 81,000 Km coastline has the best, wide coastal and marine area in the world. The abundance of resources in coastal and marine area should be a potential capital for the community to improve their livelihood. However, the development activity in the coastal area so...
Half of Bangladesh (50% of land surface) is wetland and wetland supplies most of the freshwater fisheries in Bangladesh. Tanguar Haor (haor means wetland with vast waterbodies) is a declared Ramsar site which posses one of the largest fishery stock in the country. However, there is no clear-cut guidance in...
Approximately 90 per cent of total catches in northern Sulawesi are pelagic fishes. About two-third of them are large pelagic fish, such as tunas (Katsuwonus, Thunnus, Euthynnus). However the National Assessment Stock Commission reported that availability of the large pelagic fishes in Sulawesi and Maluku Sea is just about one-third...
This paper explains and analyzes the forces that sustain and inhibit a community-based coastal resource management (CBCRM) system in Nasidman Island, Iloilo Province, Philippines. Field work for this study was conducted periodically from 2000 to 2002 using qualitative research techniques. The paper reveals that wider international and national socio-political, economic...
The Fishermen Guilds in Spain (Cofradias) have around one thousand year tradition. They play a central role in the control of the fishing rights in special in the context of coastal fisheries. The paper examines the mechanisms to establish property rights, the quality of these rights and the cost and...
An integrated coastal management plan has become an increasingly important tool to accommodate coastal resource utilization that is multisectoral in nature. The idea of adopting this strategy comes from the fact that coastal resources consist of various valuable assets that should be utilized in a sustainable fashion. This paper emphasizes...
In the last three decades coastal fishery has created employment, provided a supply of good quality animal protein for Thai people. The fishery resources of Thailand are treated as common property, anyone can take benefit from these resources. They are, therefore, heavily exploited by fishers who employ various types of...
This paper focuses on a coastal fishery in Biscay Bay where a variety of fishing vessels operate. To prevent overfishing in this very coastal and very sensitive area, a lot of regulations apply, linked to a licensing system implemented since the begininning of the 80s by fishermen's representatives. A survey...
The Japanese system of local management has been heralded as a successful system for managing coastal resources. Despite such general success, however, fishing cooperatives and their respective members currently face internal and external pressures from over-fishing, pollution, and life in an industrialized society. Further, the Japanese government has pushed for...
Fisheries profiles (Marine capture fishery profiles) are considered one of basis for undertaking adaptive fisheries management in Vietnam. The use of fishery profiles is also seen as a way to ensure a multidisciplinary approach to fisheries management research activities. Fishery profiles are a compilation of information on the fishing and...