Fisheries Governance and Food Security in the Eastern Caribbean

2019 ◽  
pp. 199-218
Author(s):  
Patrick McConney ◽  
Shelly-Ann Cox ◽  
Kemraj Parsram
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Fisheries Governance ◽  
Eastern Caribbean

Building food security and resilience into fisheries governance in the Eastern Caribbean

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (7) ◽  
pp. 1355-1365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick McConney ◽  
Shelly-Ann Cox ◽  
Kemraj Parsram
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Fisheries Governance ◽  
Eastern Caribbean

scholarly journals Food security and safety in fisheries governance – A case study on Baltic herring

Marine Policy ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 211-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mia Pihlajamäki ◽  
Simo Sarkki ◽  
Päivi Haapasaari
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Fisheries Governance ◽  
Baltic Herring

scholarly journals Reef Conservation off the Hook: Can Market Interventions Make Coral Reef Fisheries More Sustainable?

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie L. Cramer ◽  
John N. Kittinger
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Trade Restrictions ◽  
Coral Reef Fisheries ◽  
Fisheries Governance ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Fisheries Sustainability ◽  
Coral Reef Ecosystems

The overexploitation of coral reef fisheries threatens the persistence of reef ecosystems and the livelihoods and food security of millions of people. Market-based initiatives to increase fisheries sustainability have been widely implemented in industrialized commodity fisheries, but the suitability of these initiatives for coral reef fisheries has not been systematically investigated. Here, we present a typology of market-based interventions and coral reef fisheries sectors and identity promising approaches for each fishery archetype. For high value, export-oriented reef fisheries that are highly unsustainable (live reef food fish and dried sea cucumbers), traditional regulatory efforts including trade restrictions will be most effective. For high-value, export-oriented fisheries for highly fecund invertebrates (lobsters and mollusks), certification and ratings efforts, fishery improvement projects, and sustainable purchasing commitments can improve fishing practices and increase fisher market access and revenue. For lower-value fisheries targeting species for domestic or regional consumption, sustainable purchasing commitments among local buyers, consumer awareness campaigns, and local certification and ratings schemes hold promise for shifting attitudes toward sustainability and increasing food security for local communities. Finally, fisher empowerment efforts including direct access to local markets and market information, training on improved post-harvest methods, and formation of fisher associations hold promise for increasing fisher incomes, reducing wasteful catch, increasing food security, and de-incentivizing unsustainable practices. Despite the potential of market-based interventions, specific approaches must be carefully tailored to the ecological and social reality of these systems, including the inherent unsustainability of commercial coral reef fisheries, the limited capacity for fisheries governance, the limited financial support of market-based initiatives, and the threatened status of coral reef ecosystems globally.

scholarly journals Food security and marine capture fisheries: characteristics, trends, drivers and future perspectives

2010 ◽  
Vol 365 (1554) ◽  
pp. 2869-2880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serge M. Garcia ◽  
Andrew A. Rosenberg
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Organic Pollution ◽  
Ecosystem Functions ◽  
World Population ◽  
Fisheries Governance ◽  
New Science ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Geographical Expansion ◽  
Legal Frameworks

World population is expected to grow from the present 6.8 billion people to about 9 billion by 2050. The growing need for nutritious and healthy food will increase the demand for fisheries products from marine sources, whose productivity is already highly stressed by excessive fishing pressure, growing organic pollution, toxic contamination, coastal degradation and climate change. Looking towards 2050, the question is how fisheries governance, and the national and international policy and legal frameworks within which it is nested, will ensure a sustainable harvest, maintain biodiversity and ecosystem functions, and adapt to climate change. This paper looks at global fisheries production, the state of resources, contribution to food security and governance. It describes the main changes affecting the sector, including geographical expansion, fishing capacity-building, natural variability, environmental degradation and climate change. It identifies drivers and future challenges, while suggesting how new science, policies and interventions could best address those challenges.

scholarly journals Socio-Economic Perspectives of Transition in Inland Fisheries and Fish Farming in a Least Developed Country

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2985
Author(s):  
Vincent-Paul Sanon ◽  
Raymond Ouedraogo ◽  
Patrice Toé ◽  
Hamid El Bilali ◽  
Erwin Lautsch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Fish Farming ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Commercial Fishing ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Fisheries Governance ◽  
Inland Fisheries

Small-scale inland fisheries are essential for livelihoods and food security in developing countries such as Burkina Faso. However, there is a gap in research on the ongoing transformation of the sector toward sustainability. This article analyzes the transition in inland fisheries and aquaculture in Burkina Faso and its implications in terms of natural resources management, food security, and livelihoods. We used the Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) method as a reference transition framework and sampled using a mixed approach including 63 qualitative interviews, with fisheries experts and stakeholders, as well as quantitative data gathered through a representative survey with 204 fishermen’s households. We examined open access, concession, and co-management fisheries systems. Our results show that technical and institutional changes in fisheries over the last decades deeply shaped and transformed fisheries governance. Technological changes improved the sector’s productivity and its contribution to households’ livelihoods. Fishermen’s households consume up to 25% of fishermen’s catches. The share of the catches consumed is typically higher when commercial fishing is “not important”, but it remains typically low when it is “very important”. The income is higher for fishermen who allocate more time to or gain more income from animals breeding. The establishment of state-based management affects the balance between the coexisting traditional and newer “republican” institutions. Concession and co-management niches can contribute to the empowerment of the stakeholders and establishment of more effective management. However, they are still dominated by the traditional and centralized state regimes and governance. The support of the socio-technical landscape is paramount for the scaling-up of the fish farming niche, which has the potential to improve food security and sustain rural livelihoods in the least developed country, Burkina Faso.

Food Security Surveillance in the Palestinian Territories

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (S2) ◽  
pp. S20-S21
Author(s):  
Gregg Greenough ◽  
Ziad Abdeen ◽  
Bdour Dandies ◽  
Radwan Qasrawi
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Palestinian Territories ◽  
Security Surveillance

Averting robo-bees: why free-flying robotic bees are a bad idea

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 723-729
Author(s):  
Roslyn Gleadow ◽  
Jim Hanan ◽  
Alan Dorin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Food Security ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Plant Interactions ◽  
Plant Insect Interactions ◽  
Native Habitat ◽  
Insect Pollinators ◽  
Insect Interactions

Food security and the sustainability of native ecosystems depends on plant-insect interactions in countless ways. Recently reported rapid and immense declines in insect numbers due to climate change, the use of pesticides and herbicides, the introduction of agricultural monocultures, and the destruction of insect native habitat, are all potential contributors to this grave situation. Some researchers are working towards a future where natural insect pollinators might be replaced with free-flying robotic bees, an ecologically problematic proposal. We argue instead that creating environments that are friendly to bees and exploring the use of other species for pollination and bio-control, particularly in non-European countries, are more ecologically sound approaches. The computer simulation of insect-plant interactions is a far more measured application of technology that may assist in managing, or averting, ‘Insect Armageddon' from both practical and ethical viewpoints.

Food security and well-being

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariel-Ann Lyons ◽  
Connie Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Well Being
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