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The future is now: how scenarios can help Senegalese and Mauritanian fisheries adapt to climate change
Type: Journal Article
Localized changes in the productivity of marine and inland waters induced by climate change will pose new challenges to the fishery and the aquaculture sectors in West Africa. However, climate change does not occur in ...
Food habits of two sciaenid fish species (Pseudotolithus typus and Pseudotolithus senegalensis) off Cameroon
Type: Journal Article
Pseudotolithus typus and P. senegalensis (Sciaenidae) sampled off Cameroon Coast, West Africa, have been found to feed mainly on shrimps (Nematoplaemon hastatus and Parapenaeopsis atlantica) and juvenile fish (mostly ...
Answering the needs of users of the Centre de Recherches Oceanographiques de Dakar-Thiaroye Documentation Center
Type: Journal Article
The Centre de Recherches Oceanographiques de Dakar-Thiaroye (CRODT) Documentation Center was created in 1972 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. It currently holds 25,000 docu¬ments. Half are ...
Genetic diversity of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) throughout West Africa
Type: Journal Article
Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is a globally significant aquaculture species rapidly gaining status as a farmed commodity. In West Africa, wild Nile tilapia genetic resources are abundant yet knowledge of fine-scale ...
The future of fish in Africa: employment and investment opportunities
Type: Journal Article
One of the most pressing challenges facing food systems in Africa is ensuring availability of a healthy and sustainable diet to 2.4 billion people by 2050. The continent has struggled with development challenges, particularly ...
Fish culture in Western Sudan
Type: Journal Article
Sociological aspects in western Sudan relating to the development of fish farming are discussed as a means of supplementing the local diets.
The Programme for Integrated Development of Artisanal Fisheries in West Africa
Type: Journal Article
The Programme for Integrated Development of Artisanal Fisheries in West Africa (IDAF) was initiated in 1983 to help some 20 coastal states from Mauritiana to Angola which wished to develop and manage their artisanal fisheries ...
Weight-fecundity relationships of Nigerian fish populations
Type: Journal Article
Parameters 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 ...
Dynamite fishing in Sierra Leone
Type: Journal Article
The dynamite fishing operations in Sierra Leone are enumerated and discussed.
Length-weight relationship and relative condition of Heterobranchus longifilis (Valenciennes) from Idodo River, Nigeria
Type: Journal Article
Length-weight relationship parameters of Heterobranchus longifilis males, females and combined sexes are given. The samples were collected from Idodo River, with size ranging from 123 mm total length, L, to 936 mm L. The ...