Asia-Pacific Fishery Commission

Fishery livelihoods

This is a curated collection of technical documents that are relevant tolivelihoods in fisheries and aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific region, with particulalr emphaisis on small-scale fisheries.
2011

RFLP Sri Lanka conducted a gender analysis in Negombo, and Puttalam districts of Sri Lanka and used the main findings to provide direction and recommendations for implementing RFLP activities in the field.

2011

  Gillett, R. Bycatch in small-scale tuna fisheries: a global study. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper. No. 560. Rome, FAO. 2011. 116p. The aim of the study was to quantify catches of tuna and bycatch in small-scale pelagic fisheries. Additional goals were to identify on a global scale information gaps, major issues and management concerns associated with these fisheries and their bycatch. The study made estimates of tuna and non-tuna catches in the small-scale fisheries of 181...

2011

This document is an illustrated summary overview of the baseline situation for i) co-management, ii) safety at sea and vulnerability, iii) post-harvesting and marketing of aquatic products, iv) livelihoods and v) access to micro-finance services in 15 selected the inshore coastal fisher communities in Cambodia in early 2011. This document is a readable, easily digestible synthesis of a comprehensive baseline survey report covering several hundred pages. The document is a best practice example of...