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The importance of eels ( Anguilla spp.) for inland small-scale fisheries in local communities of the uMngeni and uThukela catchments, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Ecology and Society
African freshwater eels ( Anguilla spp.) are an overlooked economic resource currently under threat. In South Africa, these populations have been in steady decline for over 60 years, yet we know remarkably little about their role in supporting local ...
Mxolisi N Nkomo, Matthew M. J. Burnett, Celine C Hanzen, Colleen T Downs   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unfolding women’s role in small-scale fishing community in The Philippines toward formulating a gender-sensitive local government policy

Otoritas: Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan, 2023
Women have a crucial role in the fishery value chains, from pre-fishing to post-fishing activities; however, the lack of sex-disaggregated local level data aggravates the women’s invisibility and marginalization in the informal fishing industry and ...
Joy Tricia Mae Corpuz, Reynald Cacho, Brenda Villamor, Maria Gracia Samson, Ma. Shiela Simat   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is quinoa‐farming sustainable in marginal environments? Social, economical and environmental aspects

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is an Andean grain crop introduced as a novel crop to many parts of the world in recent years. Recognized for nutritious seeds and high abiotic stress tolerance, it has been promoted as an element of climate‐resilient agriculture, particularly in marginal environments.
Anna Tabea Mengen, Damir Esenaliev, Jakhongir Babadjanov, Lukas John, Sandra M. Schmöckel, Botir Khaitov   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community Development Quotas and Support of Small-Scale Fisheries as Two Key Concepts for Blue Growth in Fisheries

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Blue Growth has become one of the key topics of ocean management. It is defined as a holistic framework for an environmentally friendly and socio-economically sustainable development of ocean-related activities with a special emphasis on technological ...
Erik Sulanke, Sandra Rybicki
doaj   +1 more source

From Knowledge to Practice: Information Access, Smallholders' Behavior, and the Adoption of Climate‐Resilient Soil Management Practices in Coastal Cameroon

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers in coastal Cameroon face accelerating soil degradation and climate variability. However, the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) remains uneven. This study examines how information behavior and motivational objectives shape SAP adoption in the Tiko municipality using a cross‐sectional survey of 122 ...
Ayat Ullah, Vladimir Verner, Zdenek Oprsal, Mustapha Yakubu Madaki, William Nkomoki, Miroslava Bavorova   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microplastic ingestion data for 86 fish species across five Vanuatu communities: a reference for Pacific Island pollution monitoring

Discover Oceans
Objectives This microplastic dataset was collected to address critical gaps in understanding microplastic pollution in Vanuatu's coastal food fish.
Joycinette Vosumbe Botleng, Eseta Drova, Krishna Kumar Kotra, Ada Hildegard Madleah Sokach, Hudson Feremaito, Jayven Ham, Robsen Kalmer, Rocky Kaku, June Brian Molitaviti, Rufino Varea, Kelly Thomas Brown, Amanda Kirsty Ford, Jasha Dehm   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Achieving Equity in the Fishing Industry: The Fate of Informal Fishers in the Context of The Policy for the Small-Scale Fisheries Sector In South Africa [PDF]

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2015
The implementation of the Marine Living Resources Act 18 of 1998 which governs fisheries management in South Africa is guided by a series of objectives.
Michaela Young
doaj   +1 more source

Exploitation of Rabbits at the Dawn of the Holocene: Evidence From the Font Voltada Site (Northeastern Iberia) Using Comparative Neotaphonomic Models

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the transition from the Pleistocene to the Holocene, hunter‐gatherer societies in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula increased the number of settlements and broadened their subsistence strategies. This period is marked by the appearance of terrestrial snail accumulations attributable to human harvesting, the expansion of specialized ...
Nadihuska Y. Rosado‐Méndez, Jordi Nadal, Lluís Lloveras   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating Nunatsiavut’s Arctic Charr: A Simultaneous Commercial and Subsistence Fishery with Many Unknowns [PDF]

Marine Resource Economics
We explore optimal harvest conditions for Nunatsiavut's Arctic charr, a data-deficient yet economically and culturally important fishery for Labrador Inuit. In the past, arbitrarily set quotas in the absence of data on science and climate shifts have led to sustainability concerns.
Kourantidou, Melina; id_orcid 0000-0001-9595-3354, Hoagland, Porter, Bailey, Megan   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Diet and Oral Health of Scythian Populations in Ukraine (700–200 bce): Evidence for Grain Consumption and Food Processing

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examined whether Scythian‐era populations living in different ecological zones had distinctive oral health patterns during the Iron Age. Our interdisciplinary approach should clarify whether these populations had different diets or behavioral practices.
Teresa Runge, James A. Johnson, Sergey Makhortykh, Ludmilla Litvinova, Svetlana Andrukh, Gennady Toschev, Alicia R. Ventresca‐Miller   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source