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Innovations in fisheries co-management, and the challenge of mobility
(2009)Type: Book ChapterCo-management attempts mostly focus on improving fish-stock management, requiring people to reduce fishing activities, without offering any interim benefits. Thus incentives are not taken into account. The SFLP (Sustainable ... -
Out of new stocks in 2020: a comment on "Not all fisheries will be collapsed in 2048"
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleThe authors provide counter arguement to the article "Not all fisheries will be collapsed in 2048". Their analysis confirms the continuous absolute and relative increase in collapsed stocks shown first by Froese and ... -
Typology of shrimp farming in Bac Lieu Province, Mekong Delta, using multivariate statistics
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleThis study aims to update the typology of shrimp farms in a province of the Mekong Delta’s coastal area. We analyzed technical and economic characteristics of 170 farms using factor and cluster analysis on the different ... -
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Posters on Fisheries and AIDS programmes in Africa
(2009)Type: PosterThis poster outlines 3 key programmes undertaken in 8 countries in Africa: 1. Options for reducing vulnerability along the fish marketing chain. 2. Enhancing nutrition benefits from small scale aquaculture and fisheries. ... -
The challenge of HIV/AIDS in the fisheries sector in developing countries
(2009)Type: Book ChapterPeople in the fisheries sector in developing countries are among those at highest risk to HIV and AIDS. Global data suggest that fisherfolk, including fishers, their families, fish processors and traders, are among high ... -
Taxonomy of the heavily exploited Indo-Pacific sandfish complex (Echinodermata: Holothuriidae)
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleTwo commercially valuable holothurians, the sandfish and golden sandfish, vary in colour and have a confused taxonomy, lending uncertainty to species identifications. A recent molecular study showed that the putative variety ... -
An intra-farm study of production factors and productivity for shrimp farms in Bangladesh: an index approach
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleThe production characteristics of shrimp farming in Bangladesh are reported based on a panel of farms for the period 1998 to 2002. The data allow for a profit decomposition based on the Törnqvist index, where differences ... -
Water resources, forests and ecosystem goods and services
(2009)Type: Book ChapterThe chapter begins with an overview of the water system in the Congo Basin, presents a synopsis of select hydrological goods and services, describes the relationship between forests and water resources in large river systems ... -
Vulnerability of female fish traders to HIV/AIDS along the fish market chain of the south-eastern arm of Lake Malawi: Analysis report
(2009)Type: ReportThe objectives of this study were first, to understand the market chain of fish as traded by women in the south-eastern Arm of Lake Malawi, with a specific focus on analyzing how fish is moved from the lake to the wholesale ... -
Impacts of organic fertilization systems on water quality, phytoplankton populations and fish production in earthen ponds
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleThis study carried out to evaluate the influence of two application system of chicken manure fertilizer in earthen ponds on water quality, phytoplankton population and fish production. -
Genetic characterization of the Aphyosemion calliurum species group and description of a new species from this assemblage: A. campomaanense (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheiloidei: Nothobranchiidae) from Southern Cameroon
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleThe Aphyosemion calliurum species group is poorly diagnosed by chromatic and meristic characteristics leading various authors to propose different species as members. We used partial sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome ... -
AsiaFish: the best can become better
(2009)Type: BriefAsiaFish is the most comprehensive analytical model available for Asia’s seafood markets, and additional funding and collaboration can extend it to enable more complex analyses and projections or to serve other regions. -
Field study: assessing migration and mobility patterns, access to health services and vulnerabilities of female fish traders in the Kafue Flats fishery, Zambia: research design report
(2009)Type: ReportThe WorldFish Center in Lusaka is implementing a regional collaborative programme entitled "Fisheries and HIV&AIDS in Africa; investing in sustainable solutions". The programme is funded by the Swedish International ... -
Social and economic impacts of agricultural productivity intensification: the case brush park fisheries in Lake Volta
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleThe intensification of agricultural productivity through technological innovation has often been reported to induce considerable social and economic transformation in the rural communities where those innovations are ... -
Climate change, small-scale fisheries and smallholder aquaculture
(2009)Type: Book ChapterFisheries and aquaculture both contribute to meeting the Millennium Development Goals but vulnerability to climate change threatens the contribution that they make to development. Impacts of climate change on small-scale ... -
Risk assessment of using poultry manure on water quality, fish as well as their human health and biological treatment in aquaculture ponds
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleThe efficiency of Scenedesmus dimorphus as biological treatment to improve water and fish quality in fish farms where poultry manure as fertilizers were studied. -
A new bandfish, Owstonia sarmiento (Pisces: Perciformes: Cepolidae: Owstoniinae), from the Philippines with a key to species of the genus
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleA new bandfish, <i>Owstonia sarmiento</i>, is described from specimens collected off East Luzon, Philippines at about 200-300m depth during the AURORA 2007 Expedition. It differs from other known congeneric species in ... -
Heterosis, direct and maternal genetic effects on body traits in a complete diallel cross involving four strains of red tilapia Oreochromis spp
(2009)Type: Conference PaperHeterosis, direct additive genetic and general reciprocal effects were estimated from a complete diallel cross involving four strains of red tilapia Oreochromis spp from Malaysia, Stirling, Taiwan and Thailand. The mating ... -
Report of the first meeting of the roundtable consultative group on HIV/AIDS in Luapula fisheries, Zambia
(2009)Type: ReportThe WorldFish Center organized a roundtable meeting in Mansa, Zambia to provide to provide an opportunity for a wide range of agencies to exchange their knowledge and experiences of working with fishing communities and ...
