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Atlas demographique des populations de poissons d'eau douce d'Afrique
Type: Report
Growth and catch curves plus recruitment and selection patterns of 57 stocks and 47 species of African freshwater fishes are presented. The atlas also includes mortality estimates, information on food and feeding habits, ...
Economic incentives for water resource management in the Pak Phanang river basin of southern Thailand
Type: Journal Article
The study examines the existing water allocation methods and other policies that provide constraints or incentives for the most efficient use of water resources. Given the production condition of the local people, and the ...
CGIAR aquatic research priorities revisited: a case for a higher priority for reservoir-lake system research
Type: Journal Article
The case presented in this article clearly indicates that reservoir and lake resource systems, reservoirs in the Asian context lakes plus reservoirs in the African context, have been given a lower priority than deserved.
Length-weight relationships of fishes from tributaries of the Volta River, Ghana Part 1: Analysis of pooled data sets
Type: Journal Article
The parameters a and b of length-weight relationships of the form W = a L super(b) were estimated for 45 fish species sampled in the Oti, Pru and Black Volta rivers, Ghana. Also, the slope and intercepts of regressional ...
Fishpen culture as a new production system in dammed valleys in the mid-Casamance, Senegal
Type: Journal Article
Fishpen culture is a possible means to increase fish production in Casamance, Senegal and to develop aquaculture without negative environmental effects. To study this possibility, a fishpen study was conducted in two dammed ...
Participatory management of a reservoir fishery in northeastern Brazil
Type: Journal Article
Consensus, compromise and cooperation. That was how more than 100 fishers reached agreement on how they would manage their own fishery in a small reservoir in northeastern Brazil. The long hard road that led to the agreement, ...
Life cycle and biological parameters of several Brazilian Amazon fish species
Type: Journal Article
This contribution summarizes knowledge on the biology (population dynamics, reproduction, ecology) of 25 fish species from the Lower Amazon, Brazil, based on data from a Brazilian-German field project (IARA) and a review ...
Fisheries potential of village dams in northern Ghana
Type: Journal Article
Results of a twelve-month assessment of the fisheries and aquaculture potential of small waterbodies (SWBs) in the West Gonja District of Northern Ghana are presented. The primary objectives of the project were to established ...
Problems for the conservation of freshwater fish genetic resources in India and some possible solutions
Type: Journal Article
Many interconnected problems involved for the conservation of freshwater fish genetic resources of India are enumerated. Some possible solutions to the problems are also discussed.