PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT -- ABSTRACT -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS -- EXCHANGE RATE -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- 2.1 Fisheries and aquaculture before independence (1991) -- 2.2. Water resources -- 2.3. Fisheries and aquaculture -- 2.4. Management structure and development activities -- 3. THE CURRENT STATUS OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE NATURAL RESOURCES AND POTENTIAL OF THE FISHERIES SECTOR -- 3.1 Geography and climate -- 3.2 Water resources -- 3.3. Fishery development prospects of the waterbodies -- 3.4. Fish fauna, native and introduced -- 3.5. Capture fisheries -- 3.6. Recreational fisheries -- 3.7. Aquaculture -- 3.8. Support industries -- 4. PROCESSING, MARKETING AND TRADE OF FISH AND FISHERY PRODUCTS -- 4.1. Processing, storage and quality certification -- 4.2. Distribution and marketing -- 4.3. Fish trade -- 4.4. Supply, demand, consumption and consumption patterns -- 5. GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS -- 5.1 Fisheries administration -- 5.2. Research, training and extension -- 5.3. Fisheries statistics -- 5.4. Fisheries related organizations (unions, cooperative societies, associations and other establishments of fishery and aquaculture) -- 5.5. International cooperation in fishery sector development and management -- 6. POLICY, REGULATORY AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS -- 6.1. Policy, programme, and strategic planning in fishery and aquaculture -- 6.2. International protocols and agreements related to fisheries governance -- 6.3. Legal and regulatory structure of fisheries -- 6.4. Fisheries management -- 7. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE -- 7.1. Employment in fishery and aquaculture -- 7.2. Social security of fishermen, aquaculturists and other workers -- 7.3. Economics of capture fisheries and aquaculture.

7.4. Credit and investment in fisheries and aquaculture -- 7.5. Fishery and aquaculture in food security and alleviation of poverty -- 8. SECTORAL DIAGNOSIS: ANALYSIS OF THE STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES AND THREATS (SWOT) TO FISHERIES IN TAJIKISTAN -- 8.1. Strengths -- 8.2. Weaknesses -- 8.3. Opportunities -- 8.4. Threats -- REFERENCES -- ANNEX 1 The Fishery Law of the Republic of Tajikistan -- ANNEX 2 General Fishery Provisions -- ANNEX 3 Technical specifications of live and fresh fish -- ANNEX 4 Plans under the Fishery Sector Development Programme in the Republic of Tajikistan, 2009-2015 -- ANNEX 5 Policy and Strategy for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development for Poverty Alleviation In Tajikistan (2010-2025) -- ANNEX 6 List of fish species found in waterbodies of Tajikistan by environment.