01157nam a2200205Ia 4500 CTU_40329 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 639 F533/N403 U Tietze FAO fisheries technical paper; N403 Demographic change in coastal fishing communities and its implications for the coastal environment U Tietze, A Marcoux, FAO, G Groeneworld Rome FAO 2000 Contrary to the assumed golbal, the number of coastal fishers has started to decline or stagnate in four of the countries studied, while it is still increasing, although more slowly, in the other two. Also contrary to other reports, levels of fertility and infant mortality in fishing communities were found not to be much higher than those in farming communities. However, adul mortality data seem to indicating that living and health conditions in fishing communities could be worse than average, in particular for women. fisheries Nguyễn Quang Điền, 010228 Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ