South and South-East Asian coastal fisheries: their status and directions for improved management: conference synopsis and recommendations
As a step to address the problems of coastal fisheries in Asia, the WorldFish Center joined forces with fisheries agencies from eight developing Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam) and the Asian Development Bank, to implement a project entitled “Sustainable Management of Coastal Fish Stocks in Asia” (also known as the “TrawlBase” project). The project was implemented between 1998 and 2001. The main achievements of this partnership were: (a) Development of a database called “Fisheries Resource Information System and Tools” (FiRST), which contains trawl research survey data and socioeconomic information for selected fisheries, and facilitates its analysis; (b) Evaluation of the extent of resource decline and over-fishing, both biological and economic, in the region; (c) Identification of the measures needed to manage coastal fisheries in the participating countries, resulting in draft strategies and action plans; and (d) Strengthening of national capacity in coastal fisheries assessment, planning and management.
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| Format: | book_section biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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WorldFish Center
2003
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| Subjects: | Fisheries, Fishery management, Coastal fisheries, Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/19139 |
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