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Rice-fish-vegetable integrated farming: towards a sustainable ecosystem
Type: Journal Article
An outline is given of procedures to take in order to adopt an integrated rice-fish-vegetable farming system in India. Vegetables, which are cultivated in the dikes of the system, may include Luffa acutangula, Vigna ...
Reconciling multiple societal objectives in cross-scale marine governance: Solomon Islands’ engagement in the Coral Triangle Initiative
Type: Journal Article
Environmental governance aims to reconcile an expanding set of societal objectives at ever-larger scales despite the challenges that remain in integrating conservation and development at smaller scales. The authors examine ...
Interactions between coastal and marine ecosystems and human population systems: perspectives on how consumption mediates this interaction
Type: Journal Article
Better knowledge about the relationships among population, coastal environments, and consumption is absolutely essential if we are to arrive at adequate policies and management systems. Vibrant economic activity in the ...
Marine fisheries, genetic effects and biodiversity
Type: Journal Article
Preservation of marine biodiversity deserves serious consideration as almost 65% of the earth's organisms (excluding insects) are marine. There is little knowledge at present on the status of marine biodiversity. However, ...
Reconciling livelihoods and aquatic ecosystem resilience in the lakes of Malawi (Editiorial)
Type: Journal Article
Lakes Malawi, Malombe and Chilwa produce almost all the fish consumed in Malawi. The ecologies of these lakes are very different. These differences present significant challenges in implementing policies and management ...
Community management yields positive impacts for coastal fisheries resources and biodiversity conservation
Type: Journal Article
Combining no-take marine reserves with exclusive access by communities to unreserved waters could provide the required incentives for community management to achieve positive impacts. However, few protected areas have been ...
Global documentation of fish introductions: the growing crisis and recommendations for action.
Type: Journal Article
Fish provides 15% of the total animal protein in human diets. It is also the primary source of livelihood for 35 million people (30 M in Asia and 2.6 M in Africa). The increase in global population and demand for fish ...
Measuring ecological stress: variations on a theme by R.M. Warwick
Type: Journal Article
Two new indices are presented which reflect quantitatively the changes to be expected in an ecological community under stress, as previously described by R. M. Warwick. The indices summarize information which he presented ...
Integrating agriculture, fisheries and ecosystem conservation: Win-win solutions
Type: Journal Article
Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture (IAA) is essentially diversification of agriculture, leading to synergisms among sub-systems resulting in a higher productivity from land/water area under the farmers' control. One method ...
Catch trend and stock assessment of Hilsa Tenualosa ilisha using digital image measured length-frequency data
Type: Journal Article
The annual global average catch shares of the anadromous Hilsa Tenualosa ilisha of Bangladesh increased rapidly from 74.5% all through 1984–2013 to 86.7% during the 2010–2015 periods. With a few exceptions, an increasing ...