Small scale fisheries in southeast asia a case study

Small-Scale Fishery in Southeast Asia: A Case Study in Southern Thailand Table of Contents Heiko Seilert and Suchat Sangchan RAP Publication 2001/19 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF

Small-Scale Fishery in Southeast Asia: A Case Study in Southern Thailand

Table of Contents

Heiko Seilert and Suchat Sangchan

RAP Publication 2001/19 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Bangkok, Thailand

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Abstract

1 Introduction

2 Geographic situation of the west coast of Thailand

3 Social and geographic background

4 Fishery characteristics

4.1 Fishery facilities in the bay of Phang-nga

4.2 Catch composition

4.3 Fishing effort and catch per unit effort

4.4 Income per unit effort

4.5 Expenditure and profit of Phang-nga bay fishermen

4.6 Net income per head and per day in a Phang-nga bay

fishing household

4.7 Total profit earned in the Phang-nga bay with three types

of gear

4.8 Total profit earned along the Andaman Sea coast with

three types of gear

4.9 Total profit generated by small-scale fishery along the

Andaman Sea coast

4.10 Total catch for three types of gear in the bay of

Phang-nga

4.11 Total catch for three types of gear along the Andaman

Sea coast

5 Alternative income-generating activities

6 Fishing activities and their social implications

7 Small-scale fishery along the Andaman Sea coast

8 Recommendations for proper small-scale fishery management ensuring sustainable use of marine resources

8.1 Gear

8.2 Cooperatives

8.3 Alternative income-generating activities

8.4 Shift from commercial to small-scale fishery

References

Tables (37-53)