Fisheries

Traditionally people have relied on naturally occurring fish in the wild and is still the world's only major food source harvested from the wild. This approach is dependent on the naturally renewable aquatic biodiversity in the oceans and inland waters. More recently, fish farming has become more prevalent. This section looks at both capture fisheries and nurture fisheries and how resources can be managed on a sustainable basis. 

 

Topics

Farming Fish and Aquaculture

Farming fish and aquaculture is undertaken on a small scale in many parts of the world. Approaches will vary in...

General Resources

Artificial Reefs

  • Technical Brief
  • English

People are destroying coral reefs at an unprecedented rate. One part of a solution could be for the community to...

Paul Calvert, Published by Appropriate Technology Journal on 09/01/95

Fishing out the Gene Pool

  • Technical Brief
  • English

The brief explains how the world's fish stocks are in danger from modern fishing methods.

Brian O'Riordan, Published by Appropriate Technology Journal on 03/01/92

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