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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 ... -
Aquaculture research and development in rural Africa: summary report
(1991)Type: Conference ProceedingsA summary report on the ICLARM-GTZ/Malawi Fisheries Department/University of Malawi International Conference in Zomba, Malawi, on 2-6 April 1990. Contains abstracts of the papers, which attempt to identify the reasons why ... -
Constraints to aquaculture extension in rural Africa
(1991)Type: Journal ArticleAn examination is made of problems involved in the extension of aquaculture in traditional villages in Malawi.Aquaculture is relatively new in the country and requires technical support from very competent personnel who ... -
On ECOPATH, Fishbyte and fisheries management
(1991)Type: Journal ArticleA brief account of the origin and basic assumptions of the ECOPATH software and approach is given, with emphasison their documentation in Fishbyte, and to the transition to its successor, the ECOPATH II program. Some ... -
Charts for the rapid estimation of percentages of plants and/or animals in samples
(1991)Type: Journal ArticleThe need to estimate percentages and/or numbers occurs frequently during practical research work; accurate but rapid estimates can be useful when planning research programmes. Charts are provided that may be used as a ... -
On improving the resolution of the recruitment patterns of fishes
(1991)Type: Journal ArticleIt is proposed that the "recruitment pattern" routine of the ELEFAN II program can be modified to allow, in addition to length-frequency data, the use of "restructured" data files. An example, based on Oreochromis niloticus ... -
Preliminary estimates of growth parameters for three commercial bivalve species of Peru (Gari solida, Anlacomya ater and Semele solida)
(1991)Type: Journal ArticleThe parameters of the von Bertalanffy growth equation were estimated, mainly from size-frequency data, for three commercially exploited Peruvian bivalves, Gari solida, Aulacomya ater and Semele solida, collected by divers ... -
Simple broodstock management to control indirect selection and inbreeding: Indian carp example
(1991)Type: Journal ArticleFollowing a survey of the important traits of Indian carp broodstock at some southern Indian hatcheries, it was found that the broodstock selection was size selective, exerting strong, negative selection of prematuration ... -
Large fish seed for small-scale aquaculture
(1991)Type: Journal ArticleDetails are given of trials conducted in Thailand using the "hapa" system for nursing fish fry to fingerlings of the desired size for use in small scale aquaculture operations. -
Growth of the checkered puffer Sphoeroides testudineus: postscript to papers by Target and Pauly Ingles
(1991)Type: Journal ArticleJ. Ingles and D. Pauly presented at the Fourth International Coral Reef Symposium a seasonally oscillating growth curve for the puffer Sphoeroides testudineus (Tetraodontidae), based on length-frequency data collected in ... -
Spawning stock biomass-per-recruit analysis: a timely substitute for stock recruitment analysis
(1991)Type: Journal ArticleRelative biomass per recruit of adult (i.e. sexually mature) fin to shellfish is shown to help in identifying levels of fishing mortality likely to lead to recruitment overfishing. This is illustrated with data from a ... -
Who's working on fishing gear design and construction for small-scale fisheries?
(1991)Type: Journal ArticleThe findings are presented of a search conducted on traditional fishing gear design and construction using the ASFA database (1971-90) and the ICLARM Library and professional staff collections. -
Exploitation of the dolphin-fish Coryphaena hippurus L. off Ecuador: analysis by length-based virtual population analysis
(1991)Type: Journal ArticleDolphin-fish Coryphaena hippurus in the east Central Pacific are principally exploited by Ecuador. A length-based virtual population analysis of this fishery was sensitive to assumed values of growth parameters in ... -
Analysis of research for the development of tilapia farming: an interdisciplinary approach is lacking
(1992)Type: Journal ArticleTilapias, particularly Oreochromis spp., are farmed throughout the tropics and subtropics but most of the production comes from a few Asian countries. Global production increased by about 13%/yr from 1985 to 1989. A global ... -
The remarkable giant loach of Taiwan
(1992)Type: Journal ArticleThe maximum body length of the native Loach in Taiwan is about 15 cm. The body size of the male is smaller and more slender than the female. The dream to improve those limitations in loach culture was achieved by Mr. ... -
Resource ecology of the Bolinao coral reef system
(1992)Type: Working PaperThe book describes an intensive four-year program of monitoring the community ecology and harvest patterns of a large fringing coral reef system in northeastern Philippines. Reef harvest methods included principally ... -
The Spratly Islands: a marine park alternative
(1992)Type: Journal ArticleMost of the concern over the Spratlys islands has centered on potential resources to be gained by extraction from the area. In reality, the most important long-term resources to be had from the Spratlys may be those which ... -
The Peruvian anchoveta, Charles Darwin and us
(1992)Type: Journal ArticleThe last decade has seen and rightly so a boom of Darwiniana, culminating in 1991, in a fascinating new biography by A. Desmond and J. Moore.' Indeed, "spicing up" one's writing with references to Charles Darwin seems one ... -
Selection properties of the baited hooks used in the Cuban longline fishery of Campeche Bank, Gulf of Mexico
(1992)Type: Journal ArticleA description of the Cuban set longline fishery on Campeche Bank, Gulf of Mexico is given, with emphasis on the effects of different species of pelagic fishes used as bait. The target species is the red grouper Epinephelus ... -
The coastal resources management plan for South Johore, Malaysia
(1992)Type: ReportAn executive summary of the basic issues and problems in coastal resources management (CRM), and of thegeneral recommendations for the improvement of overall planning and management for South Johore, Malaysia, is included ...
