Features
Global fisheries collapse to hit Africa first: African waters among most likely to experience collapsing fisheries due to overfishing and poor management. read...
CBCRM RC and NFR statement on the oil spill: The Petron/Solar 1 oil spill shows the failure of corporations to concretize their social responsibility and of government to perform its regulatory functions. read...
E-group discussion on learning communities plus summary: Blog records the postings of RC fellows and participants from the IASCP conference in Oaxaca, Mexico. read...
W-T-O spells emptier oceans: Resource Center's statement on the WTO HK Ministerial Meeting. read...
Post-tsunami regional consultation: Report on the Colombo post-tsunami regional consultation, 15-17 June 2005. read...
OD Research Report: Survey of frameworks and experiences of OD work in the Philippines. read...
Welcome to the CBNRM LC Resource Guide on Fisheries Management (FM)
Featured resource
Fishery Co-Management: A Practical Handbook
by R.S. Pomeroy and R. Rivera-Guieb, CABI/IDRC 2005, 288 pp.
During the last decade, there has been a shift in the governance and management of fisheries to a broader approach that recognizes fishers' participation, local stewardship, and shared decision-making. Through this process, fishers are empowered to become active members of the resource management team. This handbook describes community-based co-management from its beginning, through implementation, to its eventual turnover to the community. It provides ideas, methods, techniques, activities, checklists, examples, questions and indicators for the planning and implementation of community-based co-management. It focuses on small-scale fisheries (freshwater, floodplain, estuarine, or marine) in developing countries. A free on-line copy is available for downloading (HTML format) on the IDRC website (www.idrc.ca). read full text...
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Managing Small-scale Fisheries, Alternative Directions and Methods
by Fikret Berkes, Robin Mahon, Patrick McConney, Richard Pollnack, and Robert Pomeroy, IDRC 2001, 320 pp.
The book looks beyond the scope of conventional fishery management to alternative concepts, tools, methods, and conservation strategies. It places a broader emphasis, for example, on ecosystem management and participatory decision-making. A free on-line copy of Managing Small-scale Fisheries (HTML format) is available for downloading on the IDRC website (www.idrc.ca). read full text...
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Ecolabelling and Fisheries Management
by P.R. Gardiner and K. Kuperan Viswanathan, WorldFish Center 2004, 44 pp.
New approaches to improving environmental sustainability of fisheries have included certification of fisheries harvested by sustainable means, and ecolabelling of fish and seafood products from certified sources. The paper reviews developing countries' concerns with ecolabelling based on actual experiences in such areas as forestry, aquaculture and the aquarium industry. An on-line version of the paper is available for downloading (PDF format) on the WorldFish Center website (www.worldfishcenter.org). read full text ...
