TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgement Introduction General ...

Current trends
availability
In northeast
Thailand there
has been a
steady decline in
natural fish catch
over the last six
years in all water
resources.
Availability is
strongly
correlated with
rainfall.
consumption of
fish and
processed fish to
be at least
67 kg/cap/y.
Some rice fields
outside of the
above provinces
provide families
with 62 kg/ha.
Evidence
suggests the
resource in
Cambodia has
been
underestimated.
An issue for the
poor is access,
constrained by
the sale of fishing
lots and in some
cases, the
exclusion of local
fishers and
reduced quantity
and size of fish
migrating.
bodies contribute
66 kg/hh/y to
production in
Savannakhet.
Average
household
catches in parts
of Lao PDR can
range from 40-
108 kg (US$80-
215). The
average value of
a rainfed rice
crop is US$100.
Some Laotian
riverine fisheries,
as reported in
1984, had
declined by 20%,
and a 1994 report
states that
production in
lakes and
reservoirs has
declined by 60%
in the past 15
years.
Technologies and processes that enhance poor peoples’
management of aquatic resources
kg/per/y. In An
Giang Province,
average wet rice
fish catch is 835
kg/hh/y and
consumption is 78
kg/capita/y; 50
kg fresh fish and
28 kg fisheries
products.
There are
indications that
the catches from
the Red River
Delta and the
Mekong River
System have
declined
considerably over
the last 10-15
years.
Uncertainty in relation to the outcomes of technology use by poor aquatic resource
users has been highlighted. Reference is made to the desirability of support systems
that can integrate “local knowledge” and “scientific knowledge”. Participatory
approaches also have an important role to play. Local knowledge commonly
includes:
● time and place knowledge of resource systems;
● people who use them;
● local needs;
● desires; and
● patterns of behavior.