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The Social-ecological systems framework: Potential for analysing gender and social change
(2014)Type: BriefThis brief focuses on the potential for the social-ecological systems (SES) framework to engage with concerns about gender and social change. It specifically considers how far feminist political ecology (FPE) can address ... -
The socio-economic context for improving food security through land based aquaculture in Solomon Islands: A peri-urban case study
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleFuture fish demand-supply scenarios project that investment in aquaculture will be needed to ensure fish for food security in Solomon Islands. In 2010 a study of two peri-urban areas of Solomon Islands analysed the demand ... -
The socioeconomics of fish consumption and child health in Bangladesh
(2017)Type: Working PaperChild malnutrition in Bangladesh exceeds WHOs threshold for public health emergencies. Using more than 36,000 records from several waves of the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, the research focuses on the socioeconomic ... -
The South China Sea: analyzing fisheries catch data in an ecosystem context
(1991)Type: Journal ArticleThe South China Sea is an important fishing area with an annual harvest of some 5 million tonnes, or 10% of the catches jointly taken by the developing nations of the world. Details are given of a model of the area describing ... -
The Southern Ocean Salmon Project: phases I II
(1976)Type: ReportThe summary of specific recommendations for the development of Phase III of the Southern Ocean Salmon Project, following discussions of Phase I and Phase II activities were described. -
The Spratly Islands: a marine park alternative
(1992)Type: Journal ArticleMost of the concern over the Spratlys islands has centered on potential resources to be gained by extraction from the area. In reality, the most important long-term resources to be had from the Spratlys may be those which ... -
The status of introduced carp species in Asia
(2005)Type: Book ChapterThe Asian countries, in particular Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, have vast carp genetic resources that are an important element of their aquaculture production systems. Hence, in recent years, ... -
The status of routine fishery data collection in Southeast Asia, central America, the South Pacific, and West Africa, with special reference to small-scale fisheries
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleThe Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) strategy for improving information on the status and trends of capture fisheries (FAO Strategy STF) was endorsed by Member States and the UN General Assembly in 2003. Its overall ... -
The Status of silverlip pearl oyster Pinctada maxima (Jameson) (Mollusca, Pteridae) in the Solomon Islands after a 15-year export ban
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleIn the Solomon Islands, there have been three periods of commercial exploitation of the silver (gold)-lip pearl oyster Pinctada maxima. The most recent ended in 1993, when export of all species of pearl oysters was banned ... -
The status of stocks of groupers and hinds in the Northeaster Caribbean
(2005)Type: Book ChapterA survey was made of the status of stocks of groupers and hinds (Family Serranidae) in the northeastern Caribbean, principally in January and February 2003, coinciding with the principal spawning season of most species. ... -
The Structure and margins of the Lake Chilwa fisheries in Malawi: a value chain analysis
(2012)Type: ReportSmall freshwater pelagic fisheries in closed lakes are very important to millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa providing livelihoods and nutritional security. However, returns from these fisheries have been shown to ... -
The sustainable livelihoods approach to the development of freshwater prawn marketing systems in Southwest Bangladesh
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleA conceptual framework, drawn from an approach to poverty reduction known as the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA), is applied to understanding the role of freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) marketing systems ... -
The tabao of Atulayan: communal use of private property in the Philippines
(1997)Type: Book ChapterThe purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to describe a low cost, effective fish aggregating device (FAD) technology; second, to examine the factors sustaining the use of this technology without the extensive outside ... -
The Third International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture
(1996)Type: Conference ProceedingsTilapias, because of the low cost and relative ease of their production, are a potential food fish staple for many people in tropical countries and a globally traded commodity. This volume of symposium proceedings shows a ... -
The threat to fisheries and aquaculture from climate change
(2007)Type: BriefFish provide essential nutrition and income to an ever-growing number of people around the world, especially where other food and employment resources are limited. Many fishers and aquaculturists are poor and ill-prepared ... -
The trochus resource in New Caledonia
(1987)Type: Journal ArticleNew Caledonia, which is surrounded by one of the largest lagoons in the world, is a good reservoir of the Pacific species of trochus (Trochus niloticus). The shell of this large marine gastropod yields one of the thickest, ... -
The use of antibiotics in aquaculture: health and environmental issues, control and mitigation measures
(2002)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper attempts to review the use of antibiotics in aquaculture in Malaysia because of the heightened concerns over its use and abuse and its impact on human health and the environment. Health and environmental issues ... -
The use of napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) and maize (Zea mays) bran as low-cost tilapia aquaculture inputs
(1996)Type: Journal ArticleThe objective of this study was to determine the effect of napier grass presented in various forms either alone or combined with maize bran and/or lime on the growth of T. rendalli, 0. shirunus and 0. kurongue. -
The use of surplus-yield models in the economic analysis of a fishery
(1990)Type: Journal ArticleDiscounted cash flow techniques, as typically employed in the evaluation of fishery projects, employ constant cost and revenue streams over the duration of the project. The implicit assumption is that additional effort in ... -
The use of wild-caught juveniles in coastal aquaculture and its application to coral reef fishes
(2002)Type: Book ChapterWorldwide, there are many substantial coastal aquaculture and stock enhancement operations based on collection of wild juveniles. These include: growout of shrimp (Penaeidae), milkfish (Chanos chanos), eels (Anguilla spp.), ...
