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Small water bodies for sustainable fisheries production
Type: Journal Article
A brief account is given of some of the discussions presented at a workshop regarding reservoir fisheries in Asia held in Hangzhou, China in Oct 1990. The presentations covered the range of reservoir fisheries management ...
A qualitative method for modelling integrated aquaculture agriculture farming systems
Type: Journal Article
Integrated aquaculture-agriculture farming systems are defined as sys tems where the outputs from aquaculture become inputs to agricultural enterprises and vice versa, resulting in a greater total effect than the sum of ...
Growth of the checkered puffer Sphoeroides testudineus: postscript to papers by Target and Pauly Ingles
Type: Journal Article
J. Ingles and D. Pauly presented at the Fourth International Coral Reef Symposium a seasonally oscillating growth curve for the puffer Sphoeroides testudineus (Tetraodontidae), based on length-frequency data collected in ...
Small fishes as a resource in rural Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
The role of small fishes in the diet of the rural poor in Bangladesh is described. Basic statistics (maximum size reached, length-weight relationships and prices) are presented for 42 species, belonging to 10 families and ...
The Genetic Improvement of Farmed Tilapias (GIFT) project: the story so far
Type: Journal Article
This issue of Naga features three articles about a project on the Genetic Improvement of Farmed Tilapias (GIFT) and a related article on the trend to genetic deterioration in some carp hatcheries. The first is on the genesis ...
Who's working on fishpond aeration
Type: Journal Article
The findings are provided of a literature search conducted on the topic of fishpond aeration, using ASFA for the period 1971-1990 and the ICLARM library and professional staff collection. A total of 97 articles were found. ...
A program for constructing length-converted growth curves when growth is seasonal
Type: Journal Article
Following Sparre's (1990) demonstration that length-converted catch curves overestimate total mortality when growth is seasonal, Pauly (1990) presented a method for constructing length-converted growth curves that allow ...
Example estimations of yield and fishery profit when few data are available
Type: Journal Article
Very preliminary bioeconomic assessments are reported in respect to fishery situation in Kenya. In the case of the shrimp fishery, it is concluded that the contemporary trawler fleet is substantially in excess of that ...
An overview of objectives for fisheries management
Type: Journal Article
A brief description of modern aims and targets for fisheries management that have been used recently is given. This covers MSY, F<sub>max</sub>, F<sub>msy</sub>,F<sub>0.1</sub>, spawning stock maintenance, buffer stock ...
Bias in the Wetherall estimates of Z/K and L due to population disequilibria
Type: Journal Article
The method of Wetherall (1986, Fishbyte 4(1):12-14) for estimating Z/K and L sub( infinity ) from length-frequency data sampled from a population in equilibrium (constant recruitment and mortality) was examined through ...