Some Considerations for the Management of Coastal Lagoon and Estuarine Fisheries

Some Considerations for the Management of Coastal Lagoon and Estuarine Fisheries

Author: James M. Kapetsky

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9789251011362

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Management of artisanal fisheries in coastal lagoons and estuaries is treated in three broad categories -- regulatory management, non-regulatory management, and interactions between fisheries or fishery interests. Regulation of artisanal fisheries in coastal lagoons and estuaries by government authority is hampered for several reasons. Technical and financial constraints on government severely limit enforcement capabilities. Socio-economic considerations, chiefly the lack of alternative employment opportunities for fishermen, preclude the adoption of many of the classical regulatory management techniques. As a means to complement or supplement management by central government authority, revitalization of local traditional authority is advocated. Non-regulatory management, the application of methods which increase capture and culture fishery potential through manipulation of the environment, is illustrated by various kinds of hydraulic engineering, predator control, stocking, artificial nursery areas, and brush-park fisheries. Interactions between fisheries or fishery interests is treated at several levels. Considered are competition between groups of fishermen of different ethnic and economic backgrounds, interactions between artisanal capture fisheries and aquaculture, and competition between artisanal fisheries of coastal lagoons and estuaries and off-shore shore industrial fisheries which fish the same stocks.


The Management of Coastal Lagoons and Enclosed Bays

The Management of Coastal Lagoons and Enclosed Bays

Author: Jens C. Sorensen

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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Proceedings of Management of Coastal Lagoons and Enclosed Bays, part of Coastal Zone '93, the Eighth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management held in New Orleans, Louisiana, July 19-23, 1993. Part of the Coastlines of the World series. This collection contains 18 papers reviewing the multidisciplinary aspects of coastal management of lagoons and enclosed bays. Some of the topics include environmental considerations, engineering and science; data gathering and monitoring; legal, regulatory, and political aspects of coastal management; planning, conservation, and development; and public information and citizen participation.


Coastal Lagoon Processes

Coastal Lagoon Processes

Author: B. Kjerfve

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 1994-05-20

Total Pages: 599

ISBN-13: 0080870988

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This is a broad-based review of the environmental, oceanographic, engineering, and management aspects of coastal lagoons summarized in a convenient single volume. A comprehensive literature review, as well as references add to the utility of this volume, creating an invaluable resource for academics, scientists, and laymen.


Fisheries Management of Mexican and Central American Estuaries

Fisheries Management of Mexican and Central American Estuaries

Author: Felipe Amezcua

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-08-13

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9401789177

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The tropical estuarine systems of Mexico and Central America are an important part of the region ́s coastlines; for example Mexico alone possesses more than 770 thousand hectares of mangroves, as well as the largest estuarine mangrove complex on the American Pacific (Marismas Nacionales), yet is one of the poorest studied areas in the world. This is the first book that deals extensively with fisheries management issues in this region from physical-chemistry, ecological and socioeconomic views, providing an understanding on the function and the effects of human activities on these areas, with works undertaken by local scientist.


Lagoons and estuaries

Lagoons and estuaries

Author: Sriyanie Miththapala

Publisher: IUCN

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9550205215

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Coastal lagoons and estuaries, lying at the boundary between ocean and land, house a unique mosaic of habitats, giving rise to high species diversity and the creation of ecotones. They are also ecologically and economically important ecosystems that provide many ecosystem services. Yet, these coastal ecosystems are facing a gamut of human-induced threats. This booklet is the fourth in the Coastal Ecosystems Series, published in an attempt to address the lack of information available to the general public regarding the threats to coastal ecosystems.


Coastal Lagoons

Coastal Lagoons

Author: Michael J. Kennish

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2010-06-15

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 1420088319

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Written by an outstanding group of contributors, this book examines the function and structure of coastal lagoonal ecosystems and the natural and anthropogenic drivers of change that affect them, most notably nutrient over-enrichment from coastal watersheds and airsheds. The contributors target the susceptibility of coastal lagoons to eutrophication, the indicators of eutrophic conditions, the influences of natural factors such as major storms and other climate effects, and the resulting biotic and ecosystem impairments that have developed. The book compares biogeochemical and ecological response to nutrient enrichment and other pollutants in lagoonal estuaries to those in other estuarine types.


Fishery Co-Management

Fishery Co-Management

Author: Robert S. Pomeroy

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 0851990908

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During the last decade, there has been a shift in the governance and management of fisheries to a broaderapproach that recognizes the participation of fishers, local stewardship, and shared decision-making.Through this process, fishers are empowered to become active members of the management team,balancing rights and responsibilities, and working in partnership with government. This approach iscalled co-management.This handbook describes the process of community-based co-management from its beginning, throughimplementation, to turnover to the community. It provides ideas, methods, techniques, activities, checklists,examples, questions and indicators for the planning and implementing of a process of community-basedco-management. It focuses on small-scale fisheries (freshwater, floodplain, estuarine, or marine) indeveloping countries, but is also relevant to small-scale fisheries in developed countries and to themanagement of other coastal resources (such as coral reefs, mangroves, sea grass, and wetlands). Thishandbook will be of significant interest to resource managers, practitioners, academics and students ofsmall-scale fisheries.