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New book on the role of fisheries for development and poverty reduction |
A new “Blue book” analyses global fisheries and aquaculture from the points of view of sustainability, economy, trade and development. It is scientific in scope but popular in style and free to download from the Internet: 32 chapters and 52 experts dealing with fisheries, sustainability and development from different angles.
 Fisheries provide nutritious food of major importance as well as livelihoods, export incomes and recreation, still it’s remarkably absent in most plans to reduce poverty, concludes the new book. It is the result of a project, chiefly financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and coordinated by the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (KSLA).
The overall objective of the book, as stated by the cover text, is to “take part in an ongoing discussion, sometimes bordering to a public row, with a scientifically based and easily accessible book”. It discusses why donors and developing countries have failed fully to take advantage of the potential of fisheries and sustainable aquaculture.
Controversial issue requires different angles
“This book aims at contributing to the discussion (on fisheries and development), with topical scientific data and an overview of current knowledge. The issue of fisheries is wide, complex and partly controversial. Therefore, a book like this has to present subject matters from different angles," as KSLA put it on their website.
Special attention is paid to fish stock conservation and to fisheries in developing countries and the question how fisheries in developed and developing countries can progress in harmony, and at the same time contribute to sustainable development. Other issues raised include how the unsatisfying status of so many valuable fish stocks all over the world can be improved, and the increasing demand for fish and shellfish met in the long run.
/Fredrik Moberg
Download the book here for free:
http://www.ksla.se/sv/redirect_frameset.asp?p=996&time=105315 |
