Developing fisheries enhancement in small waterbodies: lessons from Lao PDR and Northeast Thailand

摘要

Culture fisheries enhancements are widely practised in small waterbodies throughout the Mekong region. Although frequently initiated by local communities, enhancements have received considerable financial and logistic support from governments and some NGOs (non-government organisations). Firstly, this paper reviews the characteristics of their performance in terms of productivity, socioeconomic and environmental impacts. Secondly, it assesses the need and potential for improving the performance of enhancements, and explores how governmental organisations and NGOs can aid the sustainable development of enhancements through a process of participatory adaptive learning.