Fishing with beach seines

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 562

Edited by

Uwe Tietze
FAO Consultant
Olympia, Washington, United States of America

Robert Lee
Fishery Industry Officer
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department
Rome, Italy

Thomas Moth-Poulsen
Fishery Officer
FAO Subregional Office for Central and Eastern Europe

and

Hans E. Båge
FAO Consultant
FAO Subregional Office for Eastern Africa

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome 2011

ABSTRACT

Tietze, U.; Lee, R.; Siar, S.; Moth-Poulsen, T.; Båge, H.E., eds.
Fishing with beach seines.
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper. No. 562, Rome. FAO. 2011. 149p.

This document provides a global overview of beach seine fisheries and identifies key issues relevant for the responsible use of beach seines and the sustainable livelihoods of beach seine fishers. It also gives guidelines for fisheries managers and other stakeholders on how best to address the issues of management processes and measures, which have the mutually beneficial goals of restoring and conserving the health of fishery resources and their habitats and safeguarding the livelihoods of fishers and their communities. The document draws on the findings of case studies coordinated and funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Fisheries and Aquaculture Department in the Gambia, India, Kenya, Mozambique, Peru and Sri Lanka, and by the FAO/United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (SFLP) in Benin, Ghana and Togo. In addition to the findings of the case studies, other studies and publications on beach seines were reviewed and used for the preparation of this document.

CONTENTS

Preparation of this document Abstract Acknowledgements Abbreviations, acronyms and conversions
1. Introduction and background
2. Methodology
	Coverage and focus
	Field survey methodologies
		Benin, Ghana and Togo
		The Gambia
		India
		Kenya
		Mozambique
		Peru
3. Comparative analysis of findings
	Overall importance, technological and operational features of beach seine fisheries
	Literature reviews
	Impact of beach seines on aquatic resources and habitats
	Social and demographic characteristics and access to social services and infrastructure
	Financial and economic performance of beach seines
	Regulations, management measures and participatory approaches
4. Recommendations
	Benin
	Ghana
	Togo
	The Gambia
	India
	Kenya
	Mozambique
	Peru
	Sri Lanka
5. Conclusions and guidelines
	Discussion and conclusions
	Guidelines for the responsible management of beach seine fisheries and the conservation of fishery resources and habitats
References
Annex 1 – Summary of findings of country case studies
Annex 2 – Designs of beach seines from the case study countries
Annex 3 – Financial and economic study of beach seining in Sri Lanka

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