Fish aggregating devices (FADs) are widely used in artisanal fisheries the Mediterranean Sea and tropical tuna fisheries. Thousands of FADs lost or abandoned each year, with many causing environmental damage. This article examines whether such loss abandonment contravenes international marine pollution law. It finds that probably constitutes “dumping” within meaning dumping regime thus, dependi...

Artisanal fisheries are a key source of food and income for millions of people, but if poorly managed, fishing can have declining returns as well as impacts on biodiversity. Management interventions such as spatial and temporal closures can improve fishery sustainability and reduce environmental degradation, but may carry substantial short-term costs for fishers. The Lake Alaotra wetland in Mad...

Resumo Este artigo analisa aspectos do processo de modernização da pesca no Brasil e sua relação com a segregação atividade artesanal, durante gestão extinta Superintendência Desenvolvimento Pesca – SUDEPE, na década 1970. Neste período, os ideais nacional-desenvolvimentistas alcançaram economia nacional, política pesqueira fortaleceram-se através estratégias fomento às indústrias pesca. Analis...

The coastal ecosystems in Southeast Asia are under increased pressure from local and global change. This paper examines human migration and the use of marine resources in coastal villages in the Minahasa district of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Primary data were collected through interviews with village leaders, focus groups, and a sample survey of 600 fishing households. Migration is responsible...

The Bizerte lagoon is characterized by its biological diversity and wealth of species with high commercial values such as cuttlefish, seabass, seabream, mussels, prawn, sole, fisheries provide employment for fishermen in the area. Indeed, artisanal fishing has been practiced decades using traps, nets, mobile gears straight nets lines. present paper focuses on diagnosis fisheries’ status this Th...

Fisheries in Guinea Bissau contribute greatly to the economy and food security of its people. Yet, as the ability of the country to monitor its fisheries is at most weak, and confronted with a heavy foreign fleet presence, the impact of industrial foreign fleets on fisheries catches is unaccounted for in the region. However, their footprint in terms of catch and value on the small-scale sector ...