Case studies on southern African sardine and anchovy, Cape hake and West Coast rock lobster off southern Africa are described and compared with North Sea herring and cod, and Nephrops in European waters. The comparison shows that, in Europe, despite comprehensive institutional arrangements for fisheries management based on a long history of fisheries research, management of stocks has not been particularly successful, and this contrasts with the rather more successful regime in southern Africa. The failure in Europe reflects the difficulty of curtailing international fisheries that have expanded and developed over many years on a complex of shared stocks and mixed fisheries, despite major advances in scientific methodology and strong scientific advice. The European examples also show how scientific uncertainties, and deficiencies in compliance with the Total Allowable Catch system, have contributed to management failure.Afr. J. mar. Sci. 25: 1–23

Negative impacts of marine capture fishery on the fishery resources, its stakeholders, and the countrys economy attributable to the traditional open-access management regime have tempted many agencies to introduce an alternative concept that is more capable of restoring the marine fishery resources, and reducing resource-users conflicts. Attempts have been made during the past several years to introduce a new marine fishery management regime that features right-based and community-based attributes. Given the political system in Thailand, one of the tenacious hurdles is the acceptance of the major stakeholder-fishermen. This study seeks to understand the way of life and attitude toward the new marine fishery management concept of fishermen in the Inner Gulf of Thailand that spans outside the coasts of seven populous provinces. In structured interview, the respondents are found during a period of one year during their fishing in a 25-sq.mi. grid in the inner Gulf. To each question, the respondents were asked whether they favor the option proposed by the new marine fishery management concept. The results from this study that involve 188 respondents are not at all surprising. As much as 90 percent of these active fishermen was able-bodied male (only 4 percent was older that 60), 91 percent with primary education (which is compulsory), 88 percent local residents, 79 percent as a common man (without any recognized social position). There are many types of coastal fishing gear used for fishing in this area, 85 percent with sole occupation in fishing. Fishing labors came from their family of from Thais and aliens. It is interesting to find that the high preponderance (98 percent) of both small-scale and commercial fishermen acquired their fishing skills from their predecessors or their own trial-and-error, or both. Hypothesis testing are mostly rejected excepts for sample with different knowledge, understanding and anticipation on new concepts of Thai marine capture fishery management who had significantly different to ward on new concepts of Thai marine capture fishery management of fishermen in the Inner Gulf of Thailand. It is suggested that before the implementation of the new concepts of Thai marine capture fishery management, the people involved should have knowledge and understand about principle and formation of the new concepts very well and much be allowed to participate in the decision-making concerning their well-being or direct impact that might take place to ensure their absolute sustainable fisheries in the future.

For nearly 30 years, WorldFish Center scientists have been working in Bangladesh developing innovative ways for its poorest people to improve their livelihoods through sustainable, equitable and participatory fisheries management practices. Scientists have been suggesting ways to the villagers to grow fish in local ditches and backyard ponds as well as encouraging communities towards sustainable management of fish and aquatic resources in open waterbodies, beefs, boars, rivers and floodplains. These innovative approaches have shown tremendous potential for reducing poverty and hunger in Bangladesh. The country, with a population of 140 million, is crisscrossed with hundreds of rivers and their tributaries. Fish and fisheries play an important role in the nutrition, employment and economy of the country. The sector contributes about 5 per cent of GDP and 6 per cent of export earnings. It is estimated that at least 1.3 million people are directly employed in the fisheries sector while another 12 million earn their livelihoods from fisheries related activities.

WorldFish established an African aquaculture project office at the National Aquaculture Center in Domasi, Malawi, in 1987 with funding from Deutsche Gesellschaft fiir Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ). The office now services the full Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). The Center is creating new partnerships across civil society, engaging with governments through the Departments of Fisheries in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, with the academic community through the University of Malawi and the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, and with numerous non governmental organizations. The research and development agenda has focused on: 1)development and transfer of integrated aquaculture-agriculture (IAA) technologies 2)research on extension methods (farmer-scientist research partnership approach) 3)fisheries and watersheds studies 4) enhancement of farmed tilapia by selective breeding 5)

The CBFM Output to Purpose Review 2 (OPR2) Report identified a need to further examine the impact of the CBFM activities on fisheries management performance at the local level in preparation for the final phase of the Project. This study was therefore commissioned in May 2005 specifically to determine the impact of the CBFM activities on fish production, resource sustainability and fisher well-being, whilst taking account of inter and intra-annual variation in important environmental variables such as hydrology.

Since 1991, DFID has commissioned over 50 research projects on marine and inland fisheries management through the FMSP. This report reviews the impact of this research in supporting fisheries managers and policy makers in the sustainable management and development of fisheries in developing countries, and its contribution to achieving the Millenium Development Goals. DFID research has been structured around five main themes: research to inform managment and influence policy; promotion of the participation of poor fishers in the assessment and management of their fisheries; development of fisheries assessment methods to inform management; development of pro-poor capture fisheries strategies and development of pro-poor enhancement fisheries strategies. Examples of outputs and available research products are given in the report, as are key lessons learned.

The purpose of these Key Sheets (Nos 1-4) is to ensure the effective dissemination of the findings of a research project funded under the DFID Fisheries Management Science Programme (FMSP) entitled 'Incorporating Common Pool Resource (CPR) Issues into Fisheries Management in Developing Countries: Key Lessons and Best Practice' (No. R8467). The main target audience are policy-makers and their advisers throughout the world with a responsibility for CPR management, especially fisheries.<br/> In this second Key Sheet, the factors which affect CPR (fisheries) management performance will be considered, based on the findings of the FMSP. The focus is on fisheries in developing countries.

Recreational fisheries constitute the dominant fisheries activity in freshwater ecosystems of most countries of the temperate regions. Yet, research on recreational fisheries appears parochial, with a strong national orientation and few theoretical frameworks guiding empirical research. Furthermore, the holistic study of the human dimensions of recreational fisheries has received limited attention, particularly in Europe. This does not correspond with the fact that recreational fisheries management is today as much about people as fish stock management. One of the most pressing needs in recreational fisheries governance is to identify, understand and manage 'people conflicts' because such conflicts can hamper any progress towards sustainability. Therefore, in this paper the literature on intrasectoral and intersectoral user and management conflicts is reviewed. The insights gained are summarized in a qualitative conflict model that centres on core variables fostering conflicts in recreational fisheries. These variables include social (cultural, institutional, emotional, communicative and group-related) as well as individual (activity style, resource specificity, mode of experience and lifestyle tolerance) factors that influence and reinforce each other. Ultimately, conflict has to be addressed by appropriate management actions. Thus, the present article ends with implications that might aid in solving conflicts in recreational fisheries management and conservation.

This document is the final report of the second Technical Consultation on the Development and Management of the Fisheries of Lake Kariba. The major topics discussed were an overview on the importance of co-management as a tool for sustainable fisheries management and development in Zambia and Zimbabwe; fishers' views on the importance of the kapenta fishery and the artisanal fishery; status of fisheries on the Zambia and Zimbabwe side of Lake Kariba; and an overview on the management and development of the fisheries of Lake Kariba. The summary of the main recommendations and decisions is shown in Appendix D.--Publisher's description.