Browsing WorldFish Community by Author "Welcomme, R.L."

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    • Acadjas: the brush park fisheries of Benin, West Africa 

      Welcomme, R.L.; Kapetsky, J.K. (1981)
      Type: Journal Article
      Fishing installations consisting of branches of trees, bushes or other soft vegetation stuck into the muddy bottoms of lagoons, lakes or rivers, are common throughout the world. Collectively, these may be termed "brush ...

    • Fish migration, dams, and loss of ecosystem services in the Mekong Basin 

      Dugan, P.J.; Barlow, C.; Agostinho, A.A.; Baran, E.; Cada, G.F.; Chen, D.Q.; Cowx, I.G.; Ferguson, J.W.; Jutagate, T.; Mallen-Cooper, M.; Marmulla, G.; Nestler, J.; Petrere, M.; Welcomme, R.L.; Winemiller, K.O. (2010)
      Type: Journal Article
      The past decade has seen increased international recognition of the importance of the services provided by natural ecosystems. It is unclear however whether such international awareness will lead to improved environmental ...

    • Fisheries of the rivers of Southeast Asia 

      Welcomme, R.L.; Baird, I.G.; Dudgeon, D.; Halls, A.; Lamberts, D.; Mustafa, M.G. (2015)
      Type: Book Chapter
      Southeast Asian lowland rivers are among the longest and most productive rivers for wild-capture inland fisheries in the world. They have many elements in common: they mostly arise on the Tibetan Plateau and have steep and ...

    • Inland capture fisheries 

      Welcomme, R.L.; Cowx, I.G.; Coates, D.; Béné, C.; Funge-Smith, S.; Halls, A.; Lorenzen, K. (2010)
      Type: Journal Article
      The reported annual yield from inland capture fisheries in 2008 was over 10 million tonnes, although real catches are probably considerably higher than this. Inland fisheries are extremely complex, and in many cases poorly ...

    • Inland fisheries and aquaculture 

      Dugan, P.; Sugunan, V.V.; Welcomme, R.L.; Bene, C.; Brummett, R.E.; Beveridge, C.M. (2007)
      Type: Book Chapter
      This review showed that the contributions from inland fisheries and aquaculture in economic and social development are undervalued and warrant integrated water management approach to address the various challenges presented ...

    • Predicting the water requirement of river fisheries. 

      Welcomme, R.L.; Béné, C.; Brown, C.A.; Arthington, A.; Dugan, P.; King, J.; Sugunan, V.V. (2006)
      Type: Journal Article
      This paper is arranged in two parts. The first summarizes technical issues surrounding such assessments, briefly reviews the water requirements of river fish and fisheries, and examines some of the ways for predicting these ...