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A guide to the ECOPATH II software system (version 2.1)
(1992)Type: ManualThe software described in the present guide is designed to help user construct a simple model of an aquatic ecosystem. -
A handbook for rapid appraisal of fisheries management systems: (version 1)
(1996)Type: BookThe Rapid Appraisal of Fisheries Management Systems (RAFMS) is a semistructured research tool designed to quickly document and evaluate the existing local-level fisheries management systems in a given fishing community. ... -
A hatchery manual for the common, Chinese and Indian major carps
(1985)Type: Working PaperThe manual aims to provide a practical guidance to carp hatchery workers and background information on carp biology and culture. Conditions and techniques relative to the Asian Development Bank member countries are emphasized. -
A hatchery manual for the common, Chinese and Indian major carps (2nd rev ed.)
(1985)Type: Working PaperThis major work on carp hatchery and nursery methods was part of an Asian Development Bank (ADB) project to improve carp seed production technology in ADB-member countries notably Bangladesh, Burma, Indonesia, Nepal, ... -
A higher level classification of all living organisms
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleThe authors present a consensus classification of life to embrace the more than 1.6 million species already provided by more than 3,000 taxonomists' expert opinions in a unified and coherent, hierarchically ranked system ... -
A history of fishing with explosives and poisons in Hong Kong waters
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleFishing with explosives is still being practiced aroung Hong Kong. The first legislation against blast fishing was passed in Hong Kong in 1903. Since then, successive legislation has increased the penalties and fines on ... -
A holistic, ecosystem approach to investigating tropical multispecies reservoir fisheries
(1983)Type: Journal ArticleAn account is given of the methodology and findings of a holistic, ecosystemic investigation of the multispecies fisheries of Bukit Merah Reservoir in Malaysia in 1978-80. The need for sound biological and ecological ... -
A Japanese fishing joint venture: worker experience and national development in the Solomon Islands
(1983)Type: ReportDevelopment of marine resources, especially tuna, is the key to national development for many newly-independent states of the South Pacific. They have industrialized fishing through joint ventures-collaborations between ... -
A length-based multi-species model for evaluating community responses to fishing
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleQuantitative ecosystem indicators are needed to fulfill the mandate for ecosystem-based fisheries management. A variety of community metrics could potentially be used, but before reference levels for such indices can be ... -
A longitudinal evaluation of the Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) campaign for the Philippine crocodile Crocodylus mindorensis in northern Luzon, Philippines
(2016)Type: Book ChapterThe Philippine crocodile Crocodylus mindorensis is Critically Endangered and its range is restricted to a few localities in human-dominated landscapes. Therefore, the survival of this species in the wild depends strongly ... -
A low-level geographic information system for coastal zone management with applications to Brunei Darussalam: Part III:: simulation and tracking oil spills
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleB:RUN is a low-level GIS software designed to help formulate options for the management of the coastal zone of Brunei Darussalam. This contribution presents the oil spill simulation module of B:RUN. This simple module, ... -
A Low-level Geographic Information System for coastal zone management, with application to Brunei Darussalam. Part II:: Economic analysis of trawling in Brunei Darussalam
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleEconomic analysis of the trawl fishery of Brunei Darussalam was conducted using cost and returns analysis and based on an economic survey of trawlers and B:RUN, a low-level geographic information system. Profitability ... -
A Low-level Geographic Information System for coastal zone management, with applications to Brunei Darussalam: Part I: The concept and its design elements
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleThis contribution is the first part of a four-part series documenting the development of B:RUN, a software program which reads data for common spreadsheets and presents them as low-resolution maps of slates and processes. ... -
A manual for community fish refuge-rice field fisheries system management in Cambodia
(2019)Type: ManualThis manual is based on findings from the implementation of the USAID-funded Rice Field Fisheries Enhancement Project (RFFEP) in four provinces of Cambodia (Kampong Thom, Siem Reap, Pursat and Battambang) between 2012 and ... -
A Manual for improving fish production in Northern Zambia through integrated farming systems
(2016)Type: ManualThis manual was written as part of the Integrated Research in Development for Improved Livelihoods Programme in Northern Province, Zambia (IRDLP) and is primarily intended for extension agents to use with smallholder farmers ... -
A mechanism for the juvenile-to-adult transition in fishes
(1984)Type: Journal ArticleThe mechanisms used by physiologists and fishery biologists to explain why fish become mature are shown to be wanting. The hypothesis is presented that diminishing oxygen supply per unit weight serves in growing fish as ... -
A method for estimating the parameters of a seasonally oscillating growth curve from growth increment data
(1989)Type: Journal ArticleA linearized version of the Appeldoorn model of the von Bertalanffy growth function is presented for the estimationof parameters of seasonal growth oscillation. -
A method for the analysis of pond growth experiments
(1983)Type: Journal ArticlePond growth experiments play an essential role in aquaculature research in assessing the growth potential of thevarious species and strains. A method is proposed for the analysis of pond growth experiments which should ... -
A method to estimate the stock recruitment relationship of shrimps
(1982)Type: Journal ArticleA procedure is proposed by which recruit numbers and parental biomass of shrimps stocks can be derived, given a series of catch per effort data and estimates of a few ancillary variables. In the Gulf of Thailand, shrimp ... -
A model to determine benefits obtainable from the management of riverine fisheries of Bangladesh
(1991)Type: ReportAn operational model was derived which can be used to analyze the performance of Bangladesh riverine fisheriesunder different simulated alternatives of technical, economic and biological conditions. Functions and parameters of ...
