Monitoring of tropical freshwater fish resources for sustainable use

Tropical freshwater ecosystems are some of the world's most biodiverse and productive systems where determining what sustainable exploitation of inland fisheries looks like is particularly challenging. One of the greatest obstacles to sustainable management is collecting and using quality data...

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Published in:Journal of fish biology 2019-06, Vol.94 (6), p.1019-1025
Main Authors: Elliott, Vittoria L., Chheng, Phen, Uy, Sophorn, Holtgrieve, Gordon W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biodiversity
citizen‐science
Conservation of Natural Resources
DNA
Earth
earth observation
Ecological monitoring
Ecosystems
eDNA
Environmental DNA
Exploitation
Fish
Fisheries
Fisheries - organization & administration
Fishery data
Fishery resources
Fishes - physiology
Fresh Water
Freshwater
Freshwater ecosystems
Freshwater fish
Governance
Inland fisheries
Inland water environment
Mekong
monitoring
Surveying
Sustainability
Sustainability management
Sustainable use
Tropical Climate
Tropical fish
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Summary:Tropical freshwater ecosystems are some of the world's most biodiverse and productive systems where determining what sustainable exploitation of inland fisheries looks like is particularly challenging. One of the greatest obstacles to sustainable management is collecting and using quality data on fish production and yield. The biodiversity and hydro‐ecology of these systems often under open‐access governance, add to the complexity of managing them. This paper describes an integrated citizen‐science, earth observation, environmental DNA and independent survey approach to collecting fish and fisheries data, using the Cambodian Mekong as a case study.
ISSN:0022-1112
1095-8649
DOI:10.1111/jfb.13974