The need to apply an ecosystem approach to fisheries management is now globally accepted. It represents a move away from fisheries management systems that focus only on the sustainable harvest of target species and towards systems and decision-making processes…
The importance of living aquatic resources to the people of Lao PDR is increasingly well understood. This review by Philippe Cacaud and Phouvieng Latdavong of the FAO is a background document to a legal review process for fisheries and aquaculture, the need fo…
