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.
2009

This step-by-step manual contains information on the construction of small multi-purpose boats typical of those found in the Ayeyarwaddy Delta in Myanmar. Its purpose is to give organizations access to detailed information on boatbuilding, which will allow the production of small boats appropriate to the Delta. The manual is also intended to assist organizations in their understanding of the boatbuilding process and to provide guidelines on good practice. It should assist in the review...

2009

  APFIC (2009). APFIC/FAO Regional consultative workshop Best practices to support and improve the livelihoods of small-scale fisheries and aquaculture households, 13–15 October 2009, Manila, Philippines. FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand. RAP Publication 2009/01, 50 pp.   Ensuring that fisheries and aquaculture are undertaken sustainably and equitably lies at the heart of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF). Although the CCRF offers some suggestions as to the...

2009

RFLP funded a desk study review of micro-finance services available to coastal small-scale fisher communities and aquaculture in South Asia with special attention to women. The findings and recommendations to stimulate livelihoods diversification were presented at the APFIC/FAO Regional consultative workshop on Best practices to support and improve the livelihoods of small-scale fisheries and aquaculture households, 13–15 October 2009, Manila, Philippines.