To fish or not to fish? Resource degradation and income diversification in Benin

Correction: To Fish or Not to Fish: Factors at Multiple Scales Affecting Artisanal Fishers' Readiness to Exit a Declining Fishery

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031460.].

To Fish or Not to Fish: Factors at Multiple Scales Affecting Artisanal Fishers' Readiness to Exit a Declining Fishery

Globally, fisheries are challenged by the combined impacts of overfishing, degradation of ecosystems and impacts of climate change, while fisheries livelihoods are further pressured by conservation policy imperatives. Fishers' adaptive responses to these pressures, such as exiting from a fishery to pursue alternative livelihoods, determine their own vulnerability, as well as the potential for r...

Traditional jute (Corchorus spp.) retting process: A significant threat to fish health and fish biodiversity in Chandpur District, Bangladesh

The study was conducted to assess the impact of traditional jute retting process on the fish health and fish biodiversity in the six upazilas of Chandpur district, Bangladesh. Data were collected from respondents through face to face interviews and focus group discussions. All of the jute farmers in the study area used traditional water retting methods to extract fibres and these methods were e...

Case-Cohort Conundrum: Fish or No Fish?

Author's disclosures of potential conflicts of interest are found at the end of this article. O ncology advanced practitioners (APs) are advocates for and witnesses to the increasing interest in self-regulation of health care by patients. Data from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey (a cross-sectional household interview) suggest that one way in which patients with cancer attempt to mana...

Folic Acid Supplementation: to Advise or not to Advise?