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A search for new methods for fish stock assessment and management: the FSA-CRSP overview and Philippine activities
(1990)Type: Journal ArticleA brief account of the USAID funded fish stock assessment collaborative Research Support Program is given, with emphasis on its Philippine module, devoted to empirical analyses, modelling and field studies aimed at improved ... -
A selected bibliography on tilapia (Pisces: Cichlidae): a list of documents available in the WorldFish Center Library
(2003)Type: BookResearch by the WorldFish Center and its partners on tilapia began in the late 1970s and focused on key issues that affect their production and conservation. WorldFish Center library as part of its effort to serve the ... -
A selection of simple methods for the assessment of tropical fish stocks
(1980)Type: ReportThis selection of methods is based on lecture notes used at a FAO/DANIDA training course held in Mombasa, Kenya, in May-June 1980. The methods presented are: regression and correlation, estimation of growth parameters from ... -
A simple and inexpensive fish tagging method
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleIn many developing countries, availability of suitable tags for use in genetics and aquaculture research has been a problem as they are often expensive and have to be imported from other countries. A simple and inexpensive ... -
A simple and objective bioeconomic index for choosing species for culture
(1992)Type: Journal ArticleDetails are given of the development of a bioeconomic culture index that may be used to assist in choosing fish for culture. This index takes into account growth performance indexes and mean annual prices of the fish. ... -
A simple index of metabolic level in fishes
(1989)Type: Journal ArticleDetails are given of the use of an aspect ratio of the caudal fin of fish as an index of metabolic level. Studies have shown that this ratio, besides correlating with food consumption, also has close relationships with ... -
A simple method for estimating the food consumption of fish populations from growth data and food conversion experiments
(1986)Type: Journal ArticleA multiple-regression extension of the basic model is presented which accounts for the impact of factors other than body weight on values of K1 and p. This method is illustrated with an analysis of data on dab (Limanda limianda). -
A simple spreadsheet model to incorporate seasonal growth into length-based stock assessment methods
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleThe paper describes a method by which seasonal growth can be incorporated into length-converted catch curves and cohort analyses using a spreadsheet. The method is based on calculating the length of fish using seasonal ... -
A simulation model of the dynamics of Peruvian anchoveta (Engraulis ringens)
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe article describes the key elements of a model simulating the dynamics of the anchoveta (Engraulis ringens) in the Peruvian upwelling system (4 degrees to 14 degrees South). This model, based on coupled differential ... -
A small-scale hatchery for common carp
(1989)Type: BriefGives comprehensive and well-illustrated techniques in comics format for establishing and maintaining an inexpensive hatchery for common carp, based on the techniques adopted in the common carp culture in Indonesia. -
A social and gender analysis of Northern Province, Zambia: Qualitative evidence that supports the use of a gender transformative approach
(2016)Type: ReportA qualitative social and gender analysis was carried out in June 2015 in Luwingu and Mbala Districts in Northern Province, Zambia. The research explored the norms and power relations at various institutional levels that ... -
A socioeconomic and bioeconomic analysis of coastal fisheries of Bangladesh
(2003)Type: Book ChapterBangladesh has an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of 164 000 km2 and a continental shelf area of 66 440 km2. Artisanal (small scale) fisheries extend from the coast to 40 m while industrial (commercial scale) fisheries operate ... -
A standard format for design and evaluation of pond experiments
(1992)Type: Journal ArticleDetails are given of a standard format used by the Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program of the US Agency for International Development for the communication of experimental ideas. An example is ... -
A summary of "An overview on reservoir fisheries in tropical Asia" by S.-Y. Yap and J.I. Furtado
(1984)Type: Journal ArticleThis overview on tropical Asian reservoir fisheries was prompted by issues raised in "Tropical reservoir fisheries: a preliminary analysis." Considerably different but building upon the above preliminary study, the present ... -
A summary of the catch, fishing effort data and species composition collected by the DA/BFAR-ICLARM Small Pelagic Management Project
(1988)Type: ReportCatch, fishing effort, catch composition and species composition of small pelagic landings were monitored at six sites in the Philippines between 1987 to 1988. This data volume presents total monthly catch and fishing ... -
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 synthesis of convergent reflections, tensions and silences in linking gender and global environmental change research
(2016)Type: Journal ArticleThis synthesis article joins the authors of the special issue "Gender perspectives in resilience, vulnerability and adaptation to global environmental change" in a common reflective dialogue about the main contributions ... -
A systematic quantitative literature review of aquaculture genetic resource access and benefit sharing
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleThe Convention on Biological Diversity provides a framework for countries to implement laws regulating the access, use and exchange of genetic resources, including how users and providers share the benefits from their use. ... -
A taste for live fish: Hong Kong's live reef fish market
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper provides an overview of the live reef fish market in Hong Kong, which accounted for about 15,000 t/yr (US$345 million) of live fish imports in the mid-1990s. The live fish trade has spawned a number of management ... -
A theory of fishing for a two-dimensional world
(1989)Type: Journal ArticleThe concept of a disc-shaped two dimensional imaginary planet called Arde is conceived in which there is up and down, forward and backward but no left and right; and the first elements of a theory of fishing in a two ...
