Migratory patterns of hilsa shad in the Myanmar Ayeyarwady delta Lessons for fisheries management Eugenia Merayo, Kyi Thar Myint, Thida Ei, Myint Khine, Pwint Thu Aye, Thida Lay Thwe, Kimio Leemans, Khin Maung Soe, Michael Akester, Annabelle Bladon and Essam Yassin Mohammed Working Paper Fisheries; Natural resource management Keywords: March 2020 Hilsa, biodiversity and conservation, oceans, economic incentives for marine and coastal conservation, marine conservation About the authors Eugenia Merayo, Researcher, IIED; Kyi Thar Myint, assistant lecturer, Yangon University; Thida Ei, lecturer, Yangon University; Myint Khine, assistant lecturer, Yangon University; Pwint Thu Aye, assistant lecturer, Yangon University; Thida Lay Thwe, professor (head), Yangon University; Kimio Leemans, researcher, WorldFish Myanmar; Khin Maung Soe, national programme advisor, WorldFish Myanmar; Michael Akester, country director, WorldFish Myanmar; Annabelle Bladon, researcher, IIED; Essam Yassin Mohammed, head of Inclusive Blue Economy, IIED. Corresponding author: Eugenia Merayo,
[email protected] Produced by IIED’s Shaping Sustainable Markets Group The Shaping Sustainable Markets group works to make sure that local and global markets are fair and can help poor people and nature to thrive. Our research focuses on the mechanisms, structures and policies that lead to sustainable and inclusive economies. Our strength is in finding locally appropriate solutions to complex global and national problems. Acknowledgments We would like to thank all those who helped with data collection, from the fishers and fish collectors to the staff at the township Department of Fisheries. We are also grateful to the Ayeyarwady Region Department of Fisheries and the Myanmar Fisheries Federation for their support and acknowledge the contributions made by WorldFish and the CGIAR Research Program on Fish.