Comment/Editorial: Turn the tide: Subsistence fisheries are an important source of nutrition, culture and welfare for communities in the Western and Central Pacific region, and ought to be protected

ICSF, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (2019) Comment/Editorial: Turn the tide: Subsistence fisheries are an important source of nutrition, culture and welfare for communities in the Western and Central Pacific region, and ought to be protected. Samudra Report (81). p. 3. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

No other part of the world has a small population dispersed over such a vast ocean area. In the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, 11 million people live in 14 independent countries and eight territories, spread over 28 million sq km of ocean space. Their total land area is less than 2 per cent of the combined ocean area. Subsistence, coastal, artisanal, semi-industrial and industrial fisheries coexist in the region, harvesting species ranging from sedentary molluscs to shared, highly migratory tuna stocks. The fishing areas range from lagoons, reefs, shoals, archipelagic, internal and territorial waters, to the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and the high seas.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM1114
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Subsistence Fisheries, Pacific Islands, Sustainable Fisheries, SSF Guidelines, Fishing Rights, Livelihoods, Fishing Communities, Comment/Editorial
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Varsha V icsf
Date Deposited:	22 Sep 2021 15:32
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2022 04:22
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1717

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