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Equitable digital tools can boost small-scale fisher livelihoods
(2021)Type: BlogIn low- and middle-income countries, ICTs can be used to assist small-scale fishers and fish workers, but illiteracy and unreliable internet connectivity need to be addressed to ensure marginalised fishers are not left behind. -
Equitable mariculture: A diagnostic framework for equitable mariculture development in the Western Indian Ocean
(2018)Type: ReportGuiding the sustainable development of sectors within the blue economy is critical not only to the global goal of thriving life under water (SDG 14), but also across many other goals related to resources, poverty, health, ... -
An equity lens on behavioral science for conservation
(2022)Type: Journal ArticleIn recent decades, interest in and application of behavioral insights to conservation theory and practice have expanded significantly. Yet the growth of integrated strategies to adapt and guide human behavior in service ... -
Equity, efficiency and identity: grounding the debate over population and sustainability
(2004)Type: Journal ArticleIf social scientists are to provide a more useful contribution to international debates over population and environment, we must find ways to combine the insights of our competing theoretical traditions. Political economy, ... -
Escalation in shrimp production in the Sierra Leone industrial fishery
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleApplying Turkey's jackknife method on MSY estimates from the surplus production models of Schaefer and Fox showed that the optimum yield for shrimps in industrial fishery in Sierra Leone is estimated at 2,686.8 t with ... -
Escaping the perfect storm of simultaneous climate change impacts on agriculture and marine fisheries
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleClimate change can alter conditions that sustain food production and availability, with cascading consequences for food security and global economies. Here, we evaluate the vulnerability of societies to the simultaneous ... -
The Essential Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) training report
(2019)Type: ReportThe training course on EAFM is a 5-day training program that aims to provide basic knowledge on ecosystem approach to fisheries management and how this can assist in the decision making for responsible and sustainable ... -
“Essential non-essentials”: COVID-19 policy missteps in Nigeria rooted in persistent myths about African food supply chains
(2020)Type: Journal ArticleFood supply chains are extremely important for food access and livelihoods across Africa, but their role is often overlooked and underappreciated. Under normal conditions, the gap between myth and reality can result in the ... -
Establishing freshwater protected areas to protect biodiversity and improve food security in the Philippines
(2017)Type: Book ChapterThis paper describes the efforts to establish a network of community-conserved areas in the municipality of San Mariano on Luzon, with the dual aim to protect the Philippine crocodile and to improve inland fisheries. The ... -
Establishment of a satellite nucleus of the GIFT strain at Rajiv Gandhi Center for Aquaculture (RGCA) to support tilapia production in India
(2011)Type: Conference PaperRajiv Gandhi Center for Aquaculture (RGCA), India was interested in obtaining the Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia (GIFT strain) for aquaculture in the country. Discussions were made and joint proposal was developed ... -
Establishment of a Satellite Nucleus of the GIFT Strain at Rajiv Gandhi Center for Aquaculture (RGCA), India: Phase II. Project Brief April 2019 - March 2020
(2020)Type: BriefThis brief highlights the major project achievements in line with the FISH Research Program strategic goals and indicators. The brief was produced taking as reference the technical report of the project submitted to the ... -
Estimated costs and returns for commercial cage production of fingerlings and table-size mullet (Mugil cephalus) in Dakhlia Governorate, Egypt
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleLarge scale cage culture of mullet is new practice in Egypt and have not economically evaluated. The aims of this study are: to assess the economic potential of the actual practices of private mullet cage operations in ... -
Estimates of average energy requirements in Bangladesh: Adult Male Equivalent values for use in analyzing household consumption and expenditure surveys
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThis dataset contains Adult Male Equivalent (AME) values for use in Bangladesh. These were constructed using prescriptive nutritional constructs adapted to the actual growth and weight pattern seen in Bangladesh. This ... -
Estimates of phenotypic and genetic parameters for carcass traits in Nile Tilapia selected for fast growth in low-input conditions
(2005)Type: OtherNile tilapia is sold as either un-gutted or gutted whole carcasses, or as depending on geographical location. In whichever state the is sold, meat yield is an important consideration. Although carcass traits are of economic ... -
Estimates of strain additive and non-additive genetic effects for growth traits in a diallel cross of three strains of giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) in Vietnam
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleAdditive genetic, heterotic and strain reciprocal effects were estimated using a diallel cross of two local wild strains of the giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) in Vietnam (Dong Nai and Mekong) and a third ... -
Estimating input demand and output supply elasticities in gillnet and seine fishing in Guimaras Strait and adjacent waters
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThis contribution is a summary of the results of the study conducted by the University of the Philippines in the Visayas team from November 1990 to June 1991. The purpose of this research is to estimate demand and output ... -
Estimating natural mortality of Kuwait's Penaeus semisulcatus using a new tag-recapture data analysis method
(1990)Type: Journal ArticleA novel method was used to estimate natural mortality (M) of Kuwaiti Penaeus semisulcatus using tagging data. The new M estimator is based on two tagging experiments with similar products of initial survival after tagging ... -
Estimating the food consumption of fishes: one step in linking a species with its ecosystem
(1990)Type: Journal ArticleDetails are given of a new software package MAXIMS which may be used to estimate the daily food consumption of fish. The software estimates the feeding times, the rates of ingestion and evacuation and related parameters. ... -
Estimating the girth of fish by applying an elliptic model
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleA new method for estimating the maximum girth of roundfish is proposed as illustrated; this is based on an elliptic approximation of the cross sections of the fish body. Results derived from a small sample horse mackerel, ... -
Estimating the maximum sustainable yield of bonito (Sarda chiliensis, Scombridae) of northern Chile from monthly catch data
(1992)Type: Journal ArticleMonthly catch data of bonito Sarda chiliensis from northern Chile, from 1976 to 1989, were used to obtain a series of estimates of the "Z-G" parameter (i.e., total mortality minus the growth coefficient in weight). This ...
