Fishery policy

2020 Cowie, Winston | Al Dhaheri, Shaikha | Al Hashmi, Ahmed | Solis-Rivera, Vivienne | Baigún, Claudio | Chang, Kevin | Cooney, Rosie | Kamaka‘ala, Shaelene | Lindeman, Ken | Louwa, Christiana | Roe, Dilys | Walker-Painemilla, Kristen | Al Baharna, Reem | Al Ameri, Mohsin | Al Hameli, Shamsa | Al Jaberi, Kholood | Alzahlawi, Nessrine | Binkulaib, Rajeyah | Al Kharusi, Yassir |

Small-scale fisheries provide food security, livelihoods and income to millions of people but their management still presents a challenge to managers and other stakeholders due to problems in gathering suitable information and its incorporation in fisheries policy. Fishers are a key source of knowledge for assessment of both extractive capacity and value in small-scale fisheries, in addition to providing a broad array of cultural knowledge.

2005

2012

The EAF Toolbox is aimed at national and local fisheries management authorities, including fishery managers, scientists and stakeholders looking for practical solutions they can apply given their circumstances and resources. This document represents a subset of the web-based version. Special attention is also placed on governance as key to realize human and environmental sustainability goals.

2010

An abridged version of FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper no. 520, this document provides a "road map" for developing and implementing better management of sea cucumber fisheries. Also summarized here are the merits and limitations of potential management regulations and actions by the resource manager, and steps required for their implementation.

2009 Anderson, Lee G. |

These Guidelines have been developed in response to requests for further information on the practical adoption and application of the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF), with a special focus on its human dimensions.

2004

2004

1992 González Laxe, Fernando |

2003 Viswanathan, K. Kuperan | Nielsen, Jesper Raakjaer | Degnbol, Poul | Ahmed, Mahfuzuddin | Hara, Mafaniso | Mustapha Raja Abdullah, Nik |