Catch and Culture Vol. 22, No. 2
In this issue, we look at the Irrawaddy dolphin, water quality in the Mekong and possible impacts of climate change. New MRC publications featured are a fish photo book, a monitoring manual and a code for the transboundary movement of live aquatic organisms in the Lower Mekong Basin.
Table of Contents
- Water quality: Mekong water quality still good and even getting better in some places
- Biodiversity and climate change: ASEAN agrees to conserve biodiversity areas and address alien species threat
- Climate change and fisheries (1): Assessing the impact of climate change on Lower Mekong fisheries
- Climate change and fisheries (2): Aquaculture and climate change: from vulnerability to adaptation
- Fishway research: Why the Lao government is interested in fish passage research
- Economics: Does the economic benefit of building a fishway justify the cost?
- Destructive fishing: Dead fish near Lao dam construction site linked to destructive fishing
- Drugs: Global plan aims to confront 'silent crisis' of antimicrobial resistance
- Conservation: Dolphin calf spotted in Mekong
- Cetacean research: A brief history of recorded descriptions of the Irrawaddy dolphin
- Hydropower development: Hydropower developer tests audio system to deter fish from turbines
- Hydro-fisheries modelling: Assessing hydrologic drivers of fisheries and forecasting future catches
- Rural welfare: How fisheries contribute to the welfare of rural Cambodians
- Aquaculture: Aquaculture offsets lower freshwater fisheries production in Cambodia
- New publications (1): MRC publishes fish photo book and monitoring manual for Lower Mekong
- New publications (2): Code for trans-boundary movement of live aquatic organisms
- New publications (3): FAO and Michigan State University promote responsible inland fisheries
- Politics: Dr Nao Thuok assumes vice-ministerial role at Cambodian agriculture ministry
- Mekong River Commission: MRC Secretariat to consolidate into one central office in Vientiane
Contributions
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© Mekong River Commission 2016
Scientific Advisors
- So Nam, Fisheries Team Leader, MRC Operations Division
- Ngor Peng Bun, Capture Fisheries Specialist, MRC Operations Division
Editorial Panel
- Dr Truong Hong Tien, Director of Environment Management Division
- Dr So Nam, Fisheries Team Leader
Editor:
- Peter Starr
Designer:
- Chhut Chheana
Disclaimer
The opinions and interpretation expressed within are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Mekong River Commission