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Manual for scientific catch assessment of inland fisheries in Cambodia
Cambodia's inland fisheries are an important source for food and income and have long played a key role in Cambodian life and culture.
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Manual for fish catch monitoring assessment for marine fisheries in Cambodia
This manual was developed based on discussion between MaFReDI and FAO CAPFISH-Capture, following the preparation of the Cambodia Marine Fisheries Catch Assessment Guidelines. I...
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Guidebook for evaluating fisheries co-management effectiveness
This guidebook offers a process and method to evaluate the performance of a fisheries co-management system and its plan in order to enhance its effectiveness in delivering benef...
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Roadmap for Better Coordination in Cambodian Fisheries Research
This document identify options for increased fisheries research coordination at FiA and enhanced visibility of IFReDI and MaFReDI (and, more generally, FiA) will define the next...
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The Impacts of Hydropower Dams in the Mekong River Basin: A Review
This paper explores the social and environmental impacts of several Mekong basin hydropower dams and groupings of dams and the geographies of their impacts; the examination of t...
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Thailand’s Seafood Slaves: Human Trafficking, Slavery and Murder in Kantang’s Fishing Industry
This report builds on over three years of in-depth research and field investigations to first expose abuse and then critically assess claims that slavery and 'pirate' fishing in...
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Thailand receives ranking upgrade for combating IUU fishing
News article summarizing that The European Commission has formally upgraded Thailand’s fisheries ranking, citing the Kingdom’s efforts to tackle illegal, unregulated and unrepor...
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Trends of development of Myanmar fisheries, with references to Japanese experiences
The report is about the trends of development of Myanmar fisheries with references to Japanese experiences. The report highlights the status of fisheries in Myanmar and Japan by...
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FAO fishery country profile: the Union of Myanmar
This 2006 profile details Myanmar's fishery sector, aquaculture subsector, and fisheries management. The profile includes general economic data, fisheries data and information o...
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Drafting a New Myanmar Marine Fishery Law
Community and government co-management of fishery resources will be included in the draft of the new Myanmar Marine Law, which will be presented to Parliament, said the leader o...
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Lao Version of FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT)
FAO published its Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security in 2012. The purpos...
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Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing
llegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing remains one of the greatest threats to marine ecosystems due to its potent ability to undermine national and regional efforts t...
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Community Management of Mekong River Resources in Laos
Local fishers living in Khong district, Champasak province, where over 100 villages on the islands in the Mekong or are situated on the banks of the river, have reported severe ...
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Current Fisheries and Aquaculture Policies Relevant to RFLP in Viet Nam
The Fisheries sector is a significant contribution to the economy of Vietnam, the export value in 2008 was US$ 4.509 billion. The natural resources, particularly inshore fisheri...
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Transboundary fisheries management issues in the Mekong and Sekong Rivers
This publication was jointly produced by the National Mekong Committees of Cambodia and Lao PDR, with technical support from the MRC Secretariat. It is an output of the Mekong a...
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Exploitation of Cambodian men at sea: Facts about the trafficking of Cambodian men onto Thai fishing boats
A fact sheet on the recruitment, trafficking, and exploitation of Cambodian men onto Thai fishing boats, based on 49 cases of victims who escaped in Thailand or Malaysia and wer...
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Pirates and slaves: How overfishing in Thailand fuels human trafficking and the plundering of our oceans
A report examining the relationship between overfishing, Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, and labour exploitation in Thailand’s fishing industry. The authors a...
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Slavery at sea, the continued plight of trafficked migrants in Thailand’s fishing industry
A report documenting human trafficking and the use of violence in the Thai seafood industry, and inaction from the Thai government to prosecute perpetrators or to enforce measur...
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Review of agricultural policy and policy research: a policy discussion paper
Prepared for the Cambodia food security and agricultural policy stocktaking roundtable held in November 2011, the report focuses primarily on irrigation, agricultural crops, f...
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Universal Periodic Review, Cambodia, joint submission on human trafficking for labor exploitation
A joint submission on the situation of human trafficking for labour exploitation in Cambodia, prepared for the 2013 Universal Periodic Review on human rights. The submitters hi...