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| Title: | Status of the Living Marine Resources in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and Their Management |
| ASFA Terms: | Marine resources |
| Issue Date: | 2002 |
| Publisher: | The World Bank, Washington |
| Citation: | Strategic Action Programme for the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden |
| Abstract: | The Red Sea has a number of unique marine
habitats, including seagrass beds, saltpans, mangroves,
coral reefs and saltmarshes. The Gulf of
Aden is a region of oceanic upwelling, resulting
in high productivity of fish resources, particularly
in the eastern part of the Gulf of Aden. The
Socotra Archipelago constitutes a separate ecosystem;
the importance of its unique environment
and endemic biodiversity is on a par with
the Galapagos Islands.
The fisheries of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
are of considerable socio-economic importance
to the member states of the Regional Organization
for the Conservation of the Environment of
the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA), in
terms of national food security and income generation
for rural communities. Fisheries
resources are exploited by artisanal subsistence
fishermen, local commercial fisheries and foreign
industrial fisheries targeting invertebrates,
demersal finfish and pelagic finfish. Many species
cross national boundaries and are essentially
shared stocks. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/313 |
| Appears in Collections: | Miscellaneous
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