What is it about?
Recreational fishing is a multi billion $ enterprise worldwide. The value chain analysis of recreational fishing might be useful to provide job opportunities to local native fishers communities as well as might help in conservation of native fish stock to some extent. The paper describes how such objectives of livelihood enhancement of poor fishers and conservation of native fishes could be possible using the value chain approaches.
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Why is it important?
For sustainable resource use the value chain approach could be important.
Perspectives
The present paper is based on experiences gained by the first author working together with fishers communities and natural resources conservation. The present paper has the perspective to be a tool to conserve aquatic resources and promote livelihood approaches of fishers communities mostly living in vicinity of rivers and lakes resources depending on fishing since time immortal.
Dr. Tek T Gurung
Nepal Agricultural Research Council
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This page is a summary of: Fishing Tourism can Support Fisher’s Livelihood and Fish Conservation in Nepal: A Value Chain Analysis, Hydro Nepal Journal of Water Energy and Environment, March 2016, Nepal Journals Online (NepJOL),
DOI: 10.3126/hn.v18i0.14647.
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