Integrated Management to Enhance Fishery Resources in the Mekong River

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Published: Apr 16, 2014
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Fishery resource management The Mekong River Community-based Management Co-management

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Patranit Srijuntrapun
School of Liberal Arts, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiangrai, Thailand

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Fishing resources of the Mekong River are crucial to the existence and livelihood of local communities and families. Heavy reliance is placed on fishing as a primary source of household food and income. Large-scale, development projects such as the construction of electricity producing dams aimed solely at regional economic growth have resulted in far-reaching ecological changes throughout the Mekong Region. These changes have had a profound impact at the local level. A combination of community based management and co-manage ment by local agencies has proven to be ineffective in doing so. A more encompassing, collaborative effort involving international, national, provincial, and community sectors is required. Only through vertical and horizontal cooperation by countries along the Mekong in the joint pursuit of sustainable fishery resource management can a balance between large-scale economic growth and local resource preservation be achieved.       

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