Welcome to the May 2006 STREAM E-Bulletin, outlining activities and outputs of the STREAM Initiative (Support  to Regional Aquatic Resources Management), and being distributed to a range of stakeholders concerned with aquatic resources management.

In This Issue

STREAM News Update

• New FMSP guidelines and training materials on floodplain fisheries management now available for free download
  New Policy Brief, "Aquaculture in Watershed Development"
• One-stop Aqua Shop Promotional Campaign, Ranchi, India

• STREAM Journal Volume 5 Number 1
• DFID-NRSP Highlights 2006: Scaling up the Good Bits

Media Monitoring

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STREAM NEWS UPDATE

Overall management guidelines for floodplain river fisheries - including the 1999 FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 384, and a new 6-page Managers Guide providing a concise summary of the management planning process.
Guidelines on the selection and management of harvest reserves (fish sanctuaries), including a presentation designed to accompany a 2-day training workshop for building skills on the selection and management of such reserves.
Guidelines on managing sluice gates in flood control drainage and irrigation (FCDI) schemes - aimed at increasing catches inside such modified floodplains with only minimal impacts on farming  livelihoods.
FMSP approaches to modeling floodplain fisheries - allowing for the multi-species, multi-gear nature of the fisheries, and the hydrological complexities of floodplain resources.

New Policy Brief, "Aquaculture in Watershed Development"

STREAM as part of its on-going work with the Western Orissa Rural Livelihoods Project has produced a new Policy Brief entitled "Aquaculture in Watershed Development." The brief is about the relevance of including aquaculture in watershed development for food security as well as social and economic opportunity, and is recommended for those who want to understand more about the opportunities aquaculture offers to poor people in watersheds development.

To view the brief please visit the Policy Brief page of the STREAM Virtual Library

One-stop Aqua Shop Promotional Campaign, Ranchi, India

STREAM India recently embarked upon a two month experimental promotional campaign for the One-stop Aqua Shop (OAS) based at the Fish Farmers Development Agency (FFDA), Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. The poster-based campaign aimed to generate greater awareness of the services, materials and government schemes made available at the OAS. In total over 500 posters were produced and displayed in villages throughout the OAS’s catchment area. In response the OAS manager has already reported an increase in OAS visitor activity; following this further campaigns are planned featuring posters outlining aquaculture techniques.

To learn more about the OAS service and STREAM’s activities in India please visit the India page of the STREAM Virtual library.

 STREAM Journal Volume 5 Number 1

The STREAM Journal Volume 5 Number 1 has been published and presents a selection of articles outlining the role a regional initiative like STREAM, based as it is in an intergovernmental organization like NACA, can play in fisheries and aquaculture policy development across Asia-Pacific,

DFID-NRSP Highlights 2006: Scaling up the Good Bits

The DFID Natural Resources Systems Program publication "NRSP Highlights" reports on the STREAM managed project R8363 in an article entitled Scaling-up the good bits: Enhancing development impact of process tools piloted in Eastern India.

Media Monitoring

What is Media Monitoring?

Media Monitoring is a STREAM activity which reviews and extends information – such as news items from global media – to stakeholders and others involved in aquaculture, fisheries and aquatic resources management, particularly those working at regional levels.

In the News This Month

Items in April's Media Monitoring Report include:

Aquaculture on the Increase in Ca Mau Province, Vietnam FAO Launches Aquaculture Glossary Australia Continues in Its Battle with Illegal Fishing Vietnam Tackles Chemicals Used in Shrimp Production

For easy searching, news items from the last three months  are also displayed on our website under a range of topics including aquaculture development, research, environment, gender, trade and conferences.

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