A discussion is presented on the topic of publishing fishery information, indicating the various problems which existin current publishing systems worldwide.

The past decade has seen a resurgence of interest in the role of mechanization in agricultural development. This literature has given rise to debates over the design of institutions and policies to facilitate accelerated ...

Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh (ECOFISH-Bangladesh) is a five-year initiative funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented jointly by WorldFish and the Department of ...

Study was conducted to evaluate the efficiency of the garlic in improving the immune response, survival, growth and disease resistance in Nile tilapia <i>(O. niloticus)</i>. The effects on quality and shelf life of fish ...

The parameters of the length-weight relationship of the form W = aLb are presented for 51 species of commercially important marine fishes and shellfishes caught along the southern coast of Karnataka, India. Samples from ...

Diverse aquatic foods – including animals, plants and microorganisms farmed in and harvested from water, as well as cell and plant-based foods emerging from new food technologies – have an essential role in ensuring food ...

Worldwide, 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.), ...

A brief description of fisheries development in Djibouti is given, with emphasis on the major constraints that have to date limited the increase of fishing effort. Estimates of L sub( infinity ) obtained through Wetherall ...

This brief article presents new empirical models for prediction of natural mortality (M) from growth parameters (L and K, W and K) in Mediterranean teleosts, based on 56 data sets presented in an earlier paper in the January ...

Representatives of the SADC member states, SADC secretariat, NEPAD, WorldFish Center and FAO met on 16-17 November, 2004 in Mangochi, Malawi to review the current status of fish supply and demand in the SADC countries and ...