Learning Curves: ADB's Fisheries Policy
Asian Development Bank | January 2007
Abstract
Worldwide, fish are a critical source of animal protein, healthy lipids, and essential micronutrients. For 2.6 billion people living in developing countries, fish provide more than 20% of animal protein consumed, compared to 8% in industrialized countries. Fisheries also provide an important source of livelihoods, food security, and income for hundreds of millions of people around the world. The majority (87%) of the worldʹs fishers and aquaculture workers, numbering 33 million, live in the Asia and Pacific region. From 1969 to 1979, most ADB‐assisted projects addressed the needs of large‐scale fisheries, although some had components for small‐scale fisheries and aquaculture. From the late 1980s, capture fisheries entered a state of inexorable decline caused by decimation of fish stocks and ecosystem disruption. In the 1990s, ADBʹs approach and development assistance in the fishery sector expanded to encompass a wide range of environmental and social concerns. ADBʹs Policy on Fisheries, approved in 1997, expressed worry about widespread poverty among small‐scale fishers, overexploitation of fisheries resources, and degradation of the natural resource base. The policy was designed to support the promotion of sustainable management of fisheries and aquatic resources.
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Asian Development Bank. 2007. Learning Curves: ADB's Fisheries Policy. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3353. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Environment
Sociocultural Environment
Marine Environment
Environmental Problem
Environmental Law and Legislation
Aquatic Environment
Ecosystems
Environmental Planning
Ecology
Fishery development
Fishery projects
Development policy
Environment impact assessment
Environmental management
Environmental Damage
Environmental Conservation
Marine ecosystems
Environmental impact statements
Ecological risk assessment
Environmental auditing
Ecological monitoring
Environmental impact evaluation
Environmental quality management
Coastal ecology
Social ecology
Fisheries monitoring
Marine habitats
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