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Socioeconomics and small-scale fisheries
(1982)Type: Journal ArticleSocioeconomic aspects of small-scale fisheries in southeast Asia are considered. Income levels in fisheries were generally found to be lower than comparable groups within the same community. Country differences occurred ... -
Experimental integrated farming systems in Mexico
(1982)Type: Journal ArticleMexico, like many other Latin Amer-ican countries, is beginning to recognize the potential of integrated agriculture aquaculture systems in food production. However, Latin American experience in fish husbandry is limited ... -
Ocean sciences in relation to living resources
(1982)Type: Journal ArticleA major new international research program of importance to fisheries is likely to be adopted later this year. Ocean Sciences in Relation to Living Resources, sponsored by FAO and IOC, a proposal concerning the relationship ... -
Input-output relationships of Philippine milkfish aquaculture
(1982)Type: Book ChapterThe existing gap between experimental yield and potential yield under field conditions and actual yield is highlighted. The determinants of actual yield are investigated by estimating a Cobb-Douglas production function ... -
Fisheries and aquacultural economics study programs at the Universiti Petanian Malaysia
(1982)Type: Journal ArticleIn 1971, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (UPM) was established to provide training in agricultural and related sciences. It was the result of a merger between the College of Agriculture, Malaya (which offered diploma courses ... -
Integrated fish farming in China
(1982)Type: Journal ArticleThe article is based on a FAO/UNDP consultancy on integrated fish farming in China, October-November 1981. -
Outstanding yields and profits from livestock-tilapia integrated farming
(1982)Type: Journal ArticleDespite setbacks that included typhoons and floods, and experimental animals that once ate precious data sheets, the most intensive research on integrated farming in Southeast Asia was successfully concluded at the end of ... -
Small-scale fisheries of San Miguel Bay, Philippines: social aspects of production and marketing
(1982)Type: ReportTo examine the possibility of incorporating fishing communities into the Bicol River Basin Development Program, five studies were conducted in the San Miguel Bay area. Data were gathered from interviews with 641 fishing ... -
The physical environment
(1982)Type: Book ChapterA brief review is given of those physical features of San Miguel Bay, Philippines, which have an impact on the Bay's fisheries. These features are: the climate conditions, notably the strong winds during the northeast ... -
Enzyme electrophoresis in Tilapia zillii: a pattern for determining biochemical genetic markers for use in tilapia stock identification
(1982)Type: Journal ArticleA variety of tissues from T. zillii was examined by horizontal starch gel electrophoresis to identify isozymes of potential use as genetic markers for stock identification. Techniques were assessed for 30 enzymes coded for ... -
Integrated fish farming in West Java: social and economic considerations
(1982)Type: Journal ArticleFish farming has traditionally been combined with other agricultural production in West Java. Activities associated with fish culture include raising ducks, chickens, horses, water buffaloes, rice, aquatic plants, and even ... -
Economic aspects of processing and marketing
(1982)Type: Book ChapterThis paper examines the pricing efficiency and related economic aspects of fish processing and marketing in two communities of San Miguel Bay, Philippines. Salting, dried fish processing and marketing and fresh fish marketing ... -
Costs and returns of stationary gears
(1982)Type: Book ChapterCosts and returns of three major stationary gears of Cabusao, San Miguel Bay, Philippines, are analysed. The gears discussed include fish corrals, liftnets and filter nets. Systems for allocation of fishing rights are ... -
South Pacific tuna and billfish program
(1982)Type: Journal ArticleThe Tuna and Billfish Assessment Programme is a 3-year programme designed to provide a better understanding of the stocks of tuna and billfish throughout the central and western Pacific and also to determine the status of ... -
Oyster depuration: one answer to polluted estuaries
(1982)Type: Journal ArticleMost of the oysters commercially produced in the Philippines come from the largest island, Luzon, raised near Cavite in Manila Bay or Dagupan City in Pangasinan. In both sites, the oysters are grown estuaries in close ... -
Fecundity, egg weight and oocyte development in tilapias (Cichlidae, Teleostei)
(1983)Type: ReportA detailed study on the fecundity and related aspects of the biology of tilapiine fish by Prof. H.M. Peters of the University of Tnbingen based on data from seven species of substrate-spawning and mouthbrood-ing tilapias. -
Aquatic weeds: both harmful and beneficial
(1983)Type: Journal ArticleThis article takes a brief look at both the harmful and beneficial effects of aquatic weeds. -
Length-converted catch curves: a powerful tool for fisheries research in the Tropics (part 2)
(1983)Type: Journal ArticleA method is described for the determination of the selection curve of fishing gear from the shape of the ascending arm of a length-converted catch curve and growth parameters. -
An Asian Fisheries Forum
(1983)Type: Journal ArticlePlanning is underway for regular con-ferences of Asian fisheries scientists. Given the present level of interest, an Asian Fisheries Society may be formed in the near future. Within Southeast Asia, there has often been ... -
Extension services support to small-scale fisheries, Indonesia
(1983)Type: Journal ArticleIn the mid-1970s the Indonesian government realized a need for furthering effective in-service training of government fishery development field staff. An improved system of extension service was agreed upon and technical ...
