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Culture-based production systems: Options for the chambo in Lake Malawi and Lake Malombe
Type: Conference Paper
The drastic decline of the chambo in Lake Malawi and Lake Malombe has sparked interest in its restoration to reach its maximum sustainable yield (MSY). The paper reviews several options that are applied worldwide and ...
Demand for Fish by Species in India: Three-Stage Budgeting Framework
Type: Journal Article
The demand studies for the fish sector are limited by their high degree of aggregation, and the lack of empirical basis for estimating the underlying elasticity of demand. In this study, the three-stage budgeting framework ...
Ornamental Fishes: a Sustainable Livelihoods for Rainforest Communities
Type: Journal Article
The ornamental fish sector is an extensive and global component of international trade, fisheries, aquaculture and development. However, the scope of this sector and the impact on human and aquatic communities are often ...
Parameter estimates for fishes of the upper Paraná river floodplain and Itaipu reservoir (Brazil)
Type: Journal Article
Estimates of the growth (K), natural mortality (M), consumption/biomass (Q/B) rate and trophic level (TL) for 35 species in the upper Paraná river floodplain and the Itaipu reservoir (interconnected ecosystems) are presented. ...
Demand for fish in the Philippines : a disaggregated analysis
Type: Journal Article
This paper sought to establish the fish consumption pattern of Filipino households and estimate the price and income elasticities of fish demand by species, as well as by income groups, i.e., low, middle, and high income. ...
The effects of export prices on the demand and supply for fish in the Philippines
Type: Journal Article
This paper describes the effects of changes in export prices on Philippine fish demand, supply, prices and trade. The analysis uses a multi-commodity-model of the fisheries sector that is based on the AsiaFish model. The ...
Disaggregated analysis of fish supply, demand and trade in Asia : baseline model and estimation strategy
Type: Journal Article
Quantitative modeling of fish supply, demand and trade is a useful tool for analyzing recent structural changes, such as the rapid development of aquaculture. Existing models are, however, limited by their use of highly ...
Fitting growth with the von Bertalanffy growth function : a comparison of three approaches of multivariate analysis of fish growth in aquaculture experiments
Type: Journal Article
Three approaches for multivariate analysis of fish growth in aquaculture experiments with Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus niloticus L.) based on the von Bertalan¡y growth curve are presented and compared. The approaches ...
BayFish - Tonle Sap: a Bayesian model of the fish production in the Tonle Sap Great Lake, Cambodia.
Type: Conference Paper
Probabilistic Bayesian networks have been used as decision making tools mainly in medicine and economics, but recently they have also been utilized in natural resource management. In this study a Bayesian model is built ...