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Mario Pereira

Mario Pereira

Mario Pereira Mario Pereira is a Senior Research Analyst at WorldFish working on the Resilient Small-Scale Fisheries program and is based in Dili, Timor-Leste. Mario previously worked with the Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme implemented by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in Timor-Leste.

Against the tide: A FAD fit for Timor-Leste’s artisanal fishers

Mario Pereira - 6 June 2017

Community members in Timor-Leste work together to install a nearshore FAD. 2016.
Nearshore fish aggregating devices are a relatively simple technology. Despite this, finding a FAD design suited to the marine conditions of the half-island nation and accessible to artisanal fishers has taken many years of research by WorldFish and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in Timor-Leste.

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