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Length-weight relationships of Cuban marine fishes
Type: Journal Article
A total of 140 sets of parameters (a and b) of the length-weight relationships (LWR) of the form W=aL super(b) are presented for fishes caught in Cuban waters. These parameters cover 94 species of fish belonging to 43 ...
Length-weight relationships of soft-bottom demersal fishes from Jalisco and Colima states, Mexico
Type: Journal Article
The parameters a and b of the length-weight relationship of the form W=aL super(b) were estimated for 24 species of soft bottom demersal fishes caught on the continental shelf off Jalisco and Colima states, Mexico. The ...
Can the age of the tropical species be determined by otolith measurement?: a study using Pristipomoides filamentosus (Pisces: Lutjanidae) from the Mahe Plateau, Seychelles
Type: Journal Article
The sagittal otoliths of bluespot jobfish (Pristipomoides flamentosus) from the Mahe Plateau, Seychelles, were examined for growth rings using light microscopy. Banding with putative annual and monthly frequency were ...
Length-weight relationship of fishes from a seagrass meadow in Negros Oriental, Philippines
Type: Journal Article
The parameters a and b of the length-weight relationship of the form W=aL super(b) were estimated for 13 fish species sampled in a seagrass meadow in Negros Oriental, Philippines. Also, to facilitate conversions, the ...
Demand for fish in Sub-Saharan Africa: the past and the future
Type: Journal Article
The Sub-Saharan region of Africa accounted for only 5.5% of the world's demand for fish from 1989 to 1991, inspite of comprising 9% of the global population. This study was carried out to determine the future demand for ...
Changes in consumer tastes in the demand for fish and meat in Malaysia
Type: Journal Article
In this article the demand for fish and its substitute was estimated using a very flexible demand function, the Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) developed by Deaton and Muelllbaeur (1980), incorporating the habit formation ...
Growth parameters of marine fishes in Cuban waters
Type: Journal Article
A total of 73 sets of growth parameters for 34 species belonging to 12 families of marine fish caught in Cuban waters are presented. These parameters are compiled from existing studies (58 sets) or derived from data obtained ...
Some population parameters of commercially-important fishes in the Philippines
Type: Book
The estimates of the von Bertalanffy Growth Function (VBGF) parameters and mortality parameters (Z and M) for some of the commercially-important species caught in the Philippine waters are presented using the FAO-ICLARM ...
Length-weight relationship of fishes and cephalopods from the Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean)
Type: Journal Article
Length-weight relationship (LWR) parameters of 72 species of fishes and 15 species of cephalopods caught in the Balearic Islands demersal fishery are reported. This is the first compilation of LWR for these groups in the ...
Fish demand and supply projections
Type: Journal Article
It has been predicted that the global demand for fish for human consumption will increase by more than 50% over the next 15 years. The FAO has projected that the increase in supply will originate primarily from marine ...