{"product_id":"9789251058503","title":"Culture-Based Fisheries in Bangladesh: A Socio-Economic Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003eFisheries policy in Bangladesh is still trying to get to grips with the major dilemmas of maximizing benefits from natural resources. During the 20th century Bangladesh adopted one-sided production-oriented policies in the agricultural sector to feed its rapidly growing population. This strategy included increasing fish production, then in decline mainly as a result of environmental degradation brought about by the expansion of agriculture. The solution was to develop aquaculture and later to promote culture-based fisheries and large-scale stocking in the floodplains and beels (lakes) that previously sustained capture fisheries. Although fish production per se in many cases may have increased as a result of this type of intervention, benefits have not been socially and environmentally sustainable. This document reviews and discusses the development of culture-based fisheries and community-based fisheries management in Bangladesh with regard to socio-economic impacts as well as environmental effects and biodiversity loss.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Food \u0026 Agriculture Organization of the United Nations","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49788868100336,"sku":"9789251058503","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789251058503","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}