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Book (stand-alone)The history of industrial marine fisheries in Southeast Asia 2006
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No results found.This summary of the history of marine fisheries in Southeast Asia traces the development of fisheries in the region from basically subsistence activities in the nineteenth century to large-scale industrial fishing in the latter part of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries and examines the impact that this development has had on fish stocks and fishing communities in the region. In examining the history of fisheries development, the common feature is that of a boom and bust development where, one by one, stocks and habitats were exploited by new or improved fishing techniques to supply a rapidly increasing regional population and expanding export markets. In all areas, this exploitation was done in an often uncontrolled, unregulated manner. When stocks were depleted by new fishing methods, fleets moved on to the next area or stock. This sequential plunder also occurred across fisheres as the declining economic performance of one fishery spurred the transfer of vessels and fish ers to a new, developing fishery (very often with government assistance) which in its turn also declined. However, this process has now run its course because there are virtually no new unexploited fish stocks or areas remaining that fishing fleets can move to. This historic account of the boom and bust activities of industrial fishing highlights the need for a thorough overhaul of existing fisheries policies in the region and a move towards much more sustainable development. -
Book (series)Factors of unsustainability and overexploitation in marine fisheries – Views from the southern Mediterranean, West Africa, Southeast Asia and the Caribbean 2009
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No results found.With financial support from the Government of Japan, an FAO project was initiated in 2001 to address issues related to factors of overexploitation and unsustainability in fisheries, as a way to improve the framework for the implementation of international fisheries instruments. Within the framework of this project, three international workshops were held in order to review the implementation of international fisheries instruments and to attain a worldwide overview of what factors contr ibute to unsustainability and overexploitation in fisheries. Further, in order to attain a regional perspective on such factors, particularly in relation to the specific issues or the constraints and opportunities facing developing countries, three regional workshops were held focusing on the southern Mediterranean, West Africa, Southeast Asia and the Caribbean. This document contains the reports of these regional workshops, including supporting technical documentation. -
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