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A traditional floodplain fishery of the lower Amazon River, Brasil
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper describes fishing activities of households in four communities located in a floodplain lake system of the lower Amazon river. An average of 42 households were interviewed about their fishing activity on a monthly ... -
Vital statistics of marine fishes of Vanuatu
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleVital statistics are presented for 38 marine species of Vanuatu based on previous studies conducted in the area, with parameters describing growth (6 species, 13 sets of parameters), mortality (estimates of M for 6 species), ... -
Transgene expressions in seabass (Lates calcarifer) following muscular injection of plasmid DNA: a strategy for vaccine development?
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleMuscular injection has become one of the direct methods for transferring foreign DNA into organisms. The technique has been recently introduced in the development of vaccines and gene therapy. Vaccine development, in ... -
Molecular probes and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) -based kits for diagnosis of shrimp diseases
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleTechnology for effective and fast diagnosis of animal diseases is essential for developing aquaculture management strategies. This paper reviews the conventional techniques for shrimp disease diagnosis and discusses the ... -
Length-weight relationship of some marine fish species in Reunion Island, Indian Ocean
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThe length-weight relationship of 29 marine fish species form Reunion Island (SW Indian Ocean) belonging to 14 families were computed. Data from 5,340 individuals were used for this purpose. Fish were sampled using different ... -
Observations on gillnet catches of Kariba tilapia, Oreochromis mortimeri from Bumi Basin of Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleGillnet catches of Oreochromis mortimeri (Trewavas) were studied in the Bumi Basin of Lake Kariba in 1988 and 1989. Total length (TL) was positively correlated with standard length (SL). The linear relationship between TL ... -
Modeling and analyzing the agroecological performance of farms with ECOPATH
(1998)Type: ReportIntensive and integrated resource management, where field crops, vegetables, trees, livestock and fish production are combined through efficient reuse of wastes, residues, by-products and external inputs, offers a potential ... -
Aquaculture: the last frontier for sustainable food security?
(1998)Type: Conference PaperFish has become a political commodity, thanks to its increasing scarcity and its high value. Aquaculture offers opportunities as the last frontier for sustaining the contribution of fish to food security. Asia is at the ... -
Effect of fishpond input on pond mud nutrient levels in integrated crop-fish culture resource recycling
(1998)Type: ReportThe success of aquaculture among small holder farmers in Malawi, depends on the use of the available on-farm resources. Commercial fish feeds are currently not available. Fish ponds open possibility for recycling of waste ... -
Integrated poultry-fish farming: a way to increase productivity benefits
(1998)Type: Book ChapterThe integration of aquaculture with poultry results in a more efficient use of resources than is possible with aquacul-ture farming alone. Other benefits of diversification include a reduction in the risk of total crop ... -
A framework for future training in marine and coastal protected area management
(1998)Type: Conference ProceedingsProceedings of the Workshop on a Framework for Future Training in Marine and Coastal Protected Area Management held in Manila, Philippines, from 3 to 7 November 1997. With funding from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign ... -
Weight-fecundity relationships of Nigerian fish populations
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleParameters a and b of the power body weight (W) - fecundity (F=a W super(b)) are presented for 25 populations comprising 15 species of Nigerian fishes. Estimates of b varied between 0.511 (Parauchenoglanis akin) and 1.654 ... -
A process for community-based fisheries co-management
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThere are many similarities, and some differences, between community-based coastal resource management (CBCRM) and co-management. When CBCRM is considered an integral part of co-management, there is a new category of ... -
Sustainability indicators from farm to watershed: a synthesis of issues
(1998)Type: Book ChapterConcept of sustainability in relation to agricultural systems is discussed. -
Efforts to save the marine environment in Tanzania
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThe Tanzanian marine environment has been under threat for quite a long time now due to human activities. With the establishment of the Marine Parks and Reserve Act in 1994, several areas have been earmarked as marine ... -
Promotion of substrate based microbial biofilm in ponds: a low cost technology to boost fish production
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleMicrobial biofilms have been found to increase fish production in ponds by increasing heterotrophic production through periphyton proliferation on available substrates. In this paper, the role of substrate based microbial ... -
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 ... -
Population parameters of 'corvina' (Plagioscion squamosissimus) in the Barra Bonita Reservoir, Brazil
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleEstimates for the growth parameters (L sub( infinity ) and K) mortality coefficients (Z,M and F) and exploitation rate (E) for the sciaenid Plagioscion squamosissimus are presented. The following results were obtained: 1) ... -
Growth and survival of the giant clams, Tridacna derasa, T. maxima and T. crocea, at village farms in the Solomon Islands
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleIn this study, the authors report the results of large-scale grow-out trials for T. crocea, T. maxima and T. derasa at 11 sites in the Solomon Islands over 2 years. During these experiments, we evaluated the influence of ... -
Farming experiments and transfer of technology of bivalve culture along the southwest coast of India
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThe Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) in India developed bivalve farming technologies in the 1970s, but these were not widely adopted at the time. In 1993, CMFRI undertook an action research program to ...
