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Manual on genetic improvement of farmed tilapia (GIFT) research methodologies
(1998)Type: ManualGathering and recording of biological data vital to experiments in a genetic improvement program should be carried out with efficiency, precision and accuracy. This is important in order to avoid marking erroneous conclusion ... -
Fisheries co-management and transaction costs
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleFisheries co-management is increasingly seen as a solution to the problems of resource use conflicts and overexploitation. The importance of transactions costs may not have been given adequate attention. The transaction ... -
Mangrove rehabilitation and coastal resource management: a case study of Cogtong Bay, Philippines
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThe Cogtong Bay experience represents a bold attempt to pursue a shared responsibility between the government and local residents for rehabilitating coastal resources. Some of the factors that provided the impetus to ... -
Can nitrogen pollution from aquaculture be reduced?
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleNitrogen is essential for the normal growth of fish. It is an important ingredient in fish feed but is very expensive. There is evidence that nitrogen loading from feeding and metabolic activities of fish can cause pollution ... -
Coral reefs: challenges and opportunities for sustainable management
(1998)Type: Conference PaperThe principal objective of this conference was to mobilize action in support of coral reef conservation and management. The best available information on the status of coral reefs worldwide tells us that reefs are in decline ... -
Blast fishing in southwest Sulawesi, Indonesia
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleBlast fishing has been a widespread and accepted fishing technique in Indonesia for over 50 years. The largest coral reef fishery in Indonesia is around the Spermonde archipelago in southwest Sulawesi. With the expanding ... -
Genetic improvement of carp species in Asia: project progress report (November 1997 to June 1998)
(1998)Type: ReportThe Project consists of two phases, Phase I focusing on determining research priorities leading to the development of high yielding breeds and strains; documentation of carp genetic resources, documentation of carp genetic ... -
Effect of transportation stress on hepatic glycogen of Oreochromis niloticus (L.)
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleOreochromis niloticus was subjected to transportation stress to investigate hepatic glycogen levels and mortality as indices of stress. Mortalities lasted up to three days after transportation, except in highly aerated ... -
Policy research in fisheries: the Hirtshals consultation
(1998)Type: Conference ProceedingsThe principal theme of this Consultation was: what can fisheries policy research do to: (I) improve sector growth; (2) alleviate poverty; (3) improve food security; and (4) protect the environment in developing countries. -
Updating names, distribution and ecology of riverine fish of Kenya in the Athi-Galana-Sabaki river drainage system
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleFew studies of the riverine fish of the Athi-Galana-Sabaki river drainage area in Kenya have been carried out since the last comprehensive surveys of the 1950s and early 1960s. This paper presents updated information on ... -
Integrating aquaculture with rice farming in Bangladesh: feasibility and economic viability, its adoption and impact
(1998)Type: ReportStudies were undertaken on 256 farms in Bangladesh from 1992-1994 to assess the feasibility and economic viability of integrating fish culture with rice farming during aman (wet) and boro (dry) seasons in medium highlands. ... -
A survey of ichthyofauna of Lake Kanyaboli and other small waterbodies in Kenya: alternative refugia for endangered fish species
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleIn 1988, the World Conservation Union (WCU) Red Book of Endangered Species listed hundreds of endemic fishes of Lake Victoria under a single heading - "ENDANGERED". Most of the endemic native food fishes are either endangered ... -
A roadmap for the future for fisheries and conservation
(1998)Type: Conference ProceedingsAs a part of 1996 World Conservation Congress (WCC), the IUCN - The World Conservation Union convened a Marine and Coastal Workshop on 17-18 October 1996 in Montreal Canada. This conference proceedings entitled "A roadmap ... -
The marine fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThe marine fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago are mainly artisanal and involve about 8,000 fishers. The main fishing gear used are the gillnets, the troll, the shrimp trawl, the fishpot and the industrial longline. Landings ... -
Growth, mortality and yield-per-recruit of the poor cod, Trisopterus minutus capelanus, from the Strait of Sicily
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleLength-based methods (LBMs) were used to study the growth of Trisopterus minutus capelanus in the Strait of Sicily (Messina Strait). A total of 16,304 'merluzzetto' or poor cod collected by experimental trawling off the ... -
Availability of wild spat of the blacklip pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera, from 'open' reef systems in Solomon Islands
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleIn this paper, we report results from a 2-year sampling program to assess spatial and temporal variation in abundances of spat in Solomon Islands. In particular, we focus on the apparent characteristics of good sites for ... -
Low cost breeding and hatching techniques for the catfish (Heteropneustes fossilis) for small-scale farmers
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThe high demand for the stinging catfish (Heteropneustes fossilis) and declining wild stocks led the Centre for Aquaculture Research and Extension of India to look for methods for the culture of the species. This paper ... -
Genetic Improvement of Farmed Tilapias (GIFT) Project: final report, March 1988 to December 1997
(1998)Type: ReportThe GIFT Project is one of the longest multidisciplinary research and development program implemented by ICLARM and its partners. It began in March 1, 1988 and was successfully concluded in December 31, 1997. The ... -
Village fisheries management and community-owned marine protected areas in Samoa
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleAs in many tropical countries, subsistence fishers in Samoa live in discrete communities which have a high level of marine knowledge and some degree of control of adjacent waters. These factors provide an ideal basis for ... -
Predicting food consumption of fish populations as functions of mortality, food type, morphometrics, temperature and salinity
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleA large data set of relative food-consumption estimates (Q/B) of marine and freshwater fish populations (n = 108 populations, 38 species) is documented and used to derive a predictive model for Q/B, using asymptotic weight, ...
