Developing and piloting inclusive nutrition-sensitive fisheries management systems that are adaptable for diverse inshore tropical fisheries.

This project aimed to quantify the multiple values of fish resources, interpret findings, analyse implications, and convey high level results and implications to national decision-makers, development agencies and local actors, for sustainable and improved rural livelihoods. Freshwater capture fisheries in the Lower Mekong Basin provide 47 to 80% of the animal protein consumed, as well as livelihood opportunities.

Fish is by far the most important and fastest growing animal-source food, and is a critical contributor to food and nutrition security. Yet, this critical role of fish is poorly represented in global debates about food security and development. There is a limited understanding, particularly amongst those outside of the sector, of the long term contribution the fisheries sector can make to the challenges of malnutrition, poverty alleviation and improved well- being.

This project aims to improve productivity and profitability of rice-fish systems in Myanmar.

Fisheries are vital to Myanmar's economy and livelihoods, but fishery management is poor. This project tested different fishery management options in rivers, rice paddies, reservoirs, irrigation canals, wetlands and inland coastal areas, looking to increase production and improve benefit-sharing among fish-dependent communities in Myanmar.

This project aimed to improve the understanding and use of fish in national and regional food systems, and of fisheries and mariculture as a source of food, income and livelihoods for coastal communities. Fish are crucial for the economic development and food security of coastal people and fishing communities, who are often among the poorest and most vulnerable in their countries and regions. While fisheries governance has attracted much attention, climate change, rising populations and fishing pressure will increasingly affect fisheries.

This project aimed to develop and nurture the structures, processes and capacity necessary to manage community-based fisheries in Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Inshore fisheries and marine resources supply daily protein and are one of the few sources of cash for villagers and coastal people in Pacific Island Countries. These fisheries and resources face threats such as climate change, and their continued degradation will have severe consequences for food security and social stability.

The project (MYFish) aimed to strengthen research and development capacity in Myanmar’s capture and culture fisheries to facilitate co-management and to develop small-scale aquaculture (SSA) in the Ayeyarwady Delta (AD) and Central Dry Zone (CDZ). MYFish has been a timely project for the Department of Fisheries (DoF) coinciding with the political and rural reforms of the rural sector initiated in 2011 by the new civilian government.

This project aimed to improve food and nutrition security, productivity and resilience of fisheries systems and community livelihoods in coastal Timor-Leste. Fisheries and aquaculture in Timor-Leste fall well short of their potential to improve livelihoods and food security.  Timor-Leste makes limited use of its living marine resources, in stark contrast to neighbouring nations and small island states globally.  Promotion of sustainable marine resource use could significantly improve food security.