Saving Fish and Fisheries : Towards Sustainable and Equitable Governance of the Global Fishing Sector

This Fisheries Sector Approach Paper has been written in recognition of the mounting challenges that the World Bank and the developing world face in meeting the fishery sector-related Millennium Development Goals and the outcomes of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development. It augments the Bank's Rural Strategy, Reaching the Rural Poor, which advocates a holistic approach to rural poverty reduction, and support for equitable growth. The paper also builds on the World Bank's Environmental Strategy, Making Sustainable Commitments, a major pillar of which is the protection of the regional and global commons, in addition to the improvement in the quality of life and the quality of growth of the World Bank's clients. The paper treats the needs of the sector in greater depth, focusing in particular on the improvement of the livelihoods of the millions of poor fishers, and the sustainability of the inland and marine regional and global commons, which define the quality of life of their users. Also, public and international awareness has been raised by an ever increasing stream of evidence that many of the world's fisheries are over-fished, catches are declining, and fishers' livelihoods are degrading along with the natural ecosystems they exploit

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2004-05
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE, ANCHOVIES, ANCHOVY, AQUACULTURE, AQUACULTURE OPERATIONS, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, AQUATIC RESOURCES, BILATERAL DONORS, BIOMASS, BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY, CAPACITY BUILDING, CATCH VALUE, CATFISH, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, COASTAL AREAS, COASTAL FISHERIES, COASTAL MANAGEMENT, COASTAL REGIONS, COASTS, COD, COD FISHERIES, COMMODITIES, CORAL REEFS, CORALS, DECENTRALIZATION, DIET, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC PROCESS, EMPLOYMENT, ENDANGERED SPECIES, EXPLOITATION, EXTENSION, FAO, FAUNA, FISH, FISH FARMING, FISH PRODUCTION, FISH PRODUCTS, FISH STOCKS, FISHERIES, FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT, FISHERIES MANAGEMENT, FISHERIES ORGANIZATIONS, FISHERIES PORTFOLIO, FISHERIES RESOURCES, FISHERIES SECTOR, FISHERS, FISHERY, FISHERY STATISTICS, FISHES, FISHING, FISHING FLEET, FISHING METHODS, FISHING VESSELS, FISHMEAL, FLORA, FOOD CHAIN, FOOD POLICY RESEARCH, FORESTRY, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, GLOBAL WARMING, ICLARM, IFAD, IFPRI, IMMATURE FISH, INCOME, INCOMES, INLAND FISHERIES, INTEGRATION, INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LIVING AQUATIC RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, INVERTEBRATES, IRRIGATION, LAND USE, LEGISLATION, LIVELIHOODS, MACKEREL, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MARINE FISH, MARINE FISHERIES, MARINE MAMMALS, MARINE PROTECTED AREAS, MAXIMUM SUSTAINABLE YIELD, MICROFINANCE, MSY, NATURAL RESOURCES, NGOS, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, OCEAN FLOOR, OCEANS, OIL, OVERFISHING, PACIFIC ISLANDS, PELAGIC FISHERIES, POLLUTION, POPULATION GROWTH, POULTRY, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCERS, PRODUCTIVITY, PROPERTY RIGHTS, QUOTAS, RESOURCE USE, RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, RIVER FISHERIES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL POVERTY, SARDINES, SEA TURTLES, SHARK, SHRIMP, SOUTH ASIAN, SQUID, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES, SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT, TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCH, TOTAL ALLOWABLE COMMERCIAL CATCH, TRAWLERS, TUNA, TURTLES, UNDP, UNEP, UNITED NATIONS, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME, WATER LEVELS, WHALES, R&D,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/05/5724050/saving-fish-fisheries-towards-sustainable-equitable-governance-global-fishing-sector https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14391
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