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Review of the literature is an essential starting point for any endeavour in GIS, remote sensing, or mapping. Yet, reviews are often incomplete for lack of access to the material, and consequently projects experience durations that are longer and costs that are higher than need be because the accumulated knowledge has not been tapped and taken advantage of. This page sets out to mitigate that problem. It is a gateway to the literature that represents much of the accumulated global experience on using GIS, remote sensing and mapping to solve problems and issues in aquaculture and inland fisheries. Spatial issues addressed most frequently for aquaculture and inland fisheries are listed in two tables in issues section along with the number of literature records currently contained in GISFish databases. Four recent studies available for download in issues section provide background information on GISFish databases.
 
  
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TitleSpatial analysis for poverty targeted aquaculture development: what works and what doesn’t?
AuthorMartin van Brakel and Lindsay G. Ross
Date12 December 2008
Content Language(s)English
Abstract / DescriptionSmall-scale aquaculture holds considerable potential to contribute to poverty alleviation, but the sector is seldom considered as an option in wider poverty reduction strategies. Taking into account the poverty focus, aquaculture development could be integrated effectively into poverty reduction programmes as a means to diversify production systems and reduce food insecurity in areas with generally low welfare levels and high dependence on aquatic resources. This requires proper targeting of aquaculture development where it maximizes its contribution to sustainable livelihoods of poor farming households. We applied GIS based spatial analysis with the IDRISI Andes© software package to target high potential areas for pro-poor aquaculture development in the lower Mekong basin, Southeast Asia. We demonstrate the options and limitations of using disaggregated poverty maps for targeting pro-poor aquaculture development. We argue that generic poverty indicators do not in itself provide sufficient basis for pro-poor aquaculture development planning, but wise use of proxy indicators can at least partially substitute for the lack of existing data. We use a spatial Bayesian probability model in combination with secondary data to simulate market accessibility relative to poverty and use this as a proxy indicator for aquaculture potential in the presence of generic demand and supply indicators. We conclude that geographic targeting of pro-poor aquaculture is a viable option, but depends on access to poverty indicators that are both geographically disaggregated and decomposable in socio-economic terms.

Abstract presented at the Fourth International Symposium on GIS/Spatial Analysis in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 25–29 August 2008.

PublisherFishery-Aquatic GIS Research Group
Publication LocationJapan
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Keywords GIS
Spatial Tool GIS
Country ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
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Species Scientific Name
Organism Division (FAO ISSCAAP) Not specified
Culture System Not specified
Water System Not specified
Main Environment Inland; Brackishwater
Main Issue Addressed Strategic planning for development; Economics
  
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