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Culture of prawn in rotation with shrimp
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleA progressive farmer in Tamil Nadu state, India experimented with crop rotation and successfully cultured Penaeus monodon during the dry season and Macrobrachium rosenbergii during the wet season. The details of M. rosenbergii ... -
Rice-fish farming systems research in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: identification of constraints
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleThe need for an increased fish production from rice fields prompted the Can Tho University (Vietnam) and the University of Leuven (Belgium) to initiate a collaborative research project named "Impact Analysis and Improvement ... -
A quantitative approach for assessing the productive performance and ecological contributions of smallholder farms
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleA pragmatic framework for monitoring, modelling, analysing, and comparing the state and performance of integrated agroecosystems is proposed. Four smallholder rice farms (1.36€“2.76 hectares) €” including monoculture rice ... -
Fishermen's knowledge as background information in tropical fish ecology: a quantitative comparison with fish sampling results
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleAn investigation of fishermen€™s knowledge of fish occurrence patterns on various spatio-temporal scales has been realized in the Fatala Estuary (Guinea, West Africa), accompanied by a one-year survey with standardized ... -
Farming fish to save water
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleAuthor's comment on the farming of fish as a efficient means in terms of water use. -
Length-weight relationship of fishes caught in the Itaipu Reservoir, Parana, Brazil
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleParameters and related statistics of the length-weight relationship of the form W=aL super(b) are presented for 72 species of fish caught in the area of the Itaipu Reservoir in Parana, Brazil. The b values varied between ... -
Testing the use of a marine protected area to restore and manage invertebrate fisheries at the Arnavon Islands, Solomon Islands: choice of methods and preliminary results
(1997)Type: Conference ProceedingsThis project aims to determine if the number and size of commercially important invertebrates (e.g. trochus, sea cucumbers and giant clams) increases as the result of the declaration of the Arnavon Islands Marine Conservation ... -
Structuring dynamic models of exploited ecosystems from trophic mass-balance assessment
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleThe linear equations that describe trophic fluxes in mass-balance, equilibrium assessments of ecosystems (such as in the ECOPATH approach) can be re-expressed as differential equations defining trophic interactions as ... -
Length-girth relationships of Barbodes gonionotus and Hampala macrolepidota in the Jatiluhur reservoir, Indonesia
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleThe length-girth relationships of Javanese carp (Barbodes gonionotus) and hampal carp (Hampala macrolepidota) in the Jatilujur Reservoir, Indonesia were examined. The equations derived from estimating the maximum girth of ... -
An overview of the Philippine marine aquarium fish industry
(1997)Type: Conference ProceedingsThe Philippine marine aquarium fish industry utilizes 386 species of coral reef fishes belonging to 79 families. Information on the number coral reef fish species utilized, was gathered from export lists and from surveys ... -
Fish demand and supply projections
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleIt has been predicted that the global demand for fish for human consumption will increase by more than 50% over the next 15 years. The FAO has projected that the increase in supply will originate primarily from marine ... -
Diet composition and daily ration estimates of selected trawl-caught fishes in San Miguel Bay, Philippines
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleThe diet composition of fish caught in San Miguel Bay, Philippines, in April and May 1993 was studied. The diets of tiger-tooth croaker (Otolithes ruber), commerson's anchovy (Stolephorus commersonii); and the Indian anchovy ... -
Village-based farming of the giant clam, Tridacna gigas (L.), for the aquarium market: initial trials in Solomon Islands
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleBetween 1989 and 1992, small-scale grow-out trials of cultured Tridacna gigas (L.) were established at 40 coastal villages in Solomon Islands. The juvenile giant clams were delivered to village participants at a mean size ... -
Competition between fisheries and marine mammals for prey and primary production in the Pacific Ocean
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleThe degree of competition between fisheries and marine mammals in the Pacific Ocean was estimated for 7 statistical areas defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Catch statistics ... -
Trends in the farming of the snakeskin gourami (Trichogaster pectoralis) in Thailand
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleThe production of snakeskin gourami (Trichogaster pectoralis) from wild stocks and traditional culture systems has been declining in central Thailand, although they are on the increase in modern culture practices adopted ... -
The world's coral reefs: hope for the future
(1997)Type: BrochureThis photo essay was produced from pictures in ReefBase: a Global Database on Coral Reefs and their Resources. -
Fry production of Shire River tilapia Oreochromis shiranus at two broodstock sex ratios
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleOptimal sex ratio in tilapia breeding ponds depends upon stocking density. However, under certain circumstances, altering the male: female sex ratio from a more or less natural 1:1 to 1:2 or even higher has been shown to ... -
Evaluating mortality using length-frequency data when growth parameters are poorly known
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleA method is presented through which the total mortality undergone by several fish stocks of the same species can be compared when growth parameters are poorly known or unknown. Whereas the estimate of Z obtained via the ... -
A brief for fisheries policy research in developing countries
(1997)Type: BriefThis brief is an outcome of an international consultation on the subject, jointly organized by ICLARM, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Institute for Fishery Management and Coastal Community Development ... -
Length-weight relationship of fishes from coral reefs and lagoons of New Caledonia: an update
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleLength-weight relationships of 316 reef and lagoon fish from New Caledonia (SW Pacific Ocean) belonging to 68 families are computed. A total of 43,750 individuals was used for this purpose. Fish were sampled by different ...
