Fisheries Management Science Programme

Lead Institute

Marine Resources Assessment Group
18 Queen St, London W1J 5PN, UK
http://www.fmsp.org.uk

Programme record for the Fisheries Management Science Programme (FMSP)

Objectives

This Programme is targeted at the poorest sectors of society - small scale and subsistence fishing communities which have little or no alternative to fishing as an activity, and which depend on fisheries for their livelihood. Both food security and improved opportunities for income generation from sustainable resource exploitation are important factors in alleviating poverty. In the context of fisheries, better management is the key to achieving this. The FMSP addresses this need with a range of projects within a framework that is defined by two general programme purposes directed at capture and enhancement fisheries. For both capture and enhancement fisheries, the programme targets benefits at the community level and evaluates options for community participation in management and reduction of resource use conflict.

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Research Themes

To address these issues, the Programme has identified and implemented projects which develop management tools and guidelines and, since its inception, the Programme has operated in three interrelated phases:

• Basic ecological research to assess the responses of ecosystems to different management systems
• Development of results into appropriate tools for fisheries management based on well founded scientific research
• Assessment of the socio-economic implications of alternative management strategies that stem from questions of resource ownership and promotion of research outputs
• A progression of project outputs through the phases of the programme has been designed to lead to promotion and adoption of management tools and guidelines.

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Thematic Summaries of Research

• Fisheries and Poverty Reduction (PDF - 209 Kb)



• Fisheries and Economic Growth (PDF - 282 Kb)



• Fisheries and Food Security (PDF - 281 Kb)



• Fisheries, Livelihoods and Vulnerability (PDF - 326 Kb)



• Fisheries Governance (PDF - 208 Kb)

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