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Overview of the national fisheries situation with emphasis on the demersal fisheries off the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia
Type: Book Chapter
The marine fisheries sector in Malaysia contributes significantly to the national economy in terms of income, foreign exchange and employment. In 1999, marine fisheries contributed 1.245 million t (90% of total fish ...
Strategic review of the fishery situation in Thailand
Type: Book Chapter
Fisheries are an important source of animal protein for most of Thailand’s population, particularly in provinces on or near the coast. Between 1978 and 1997 the per capita consumption of fish averaged 24 kg·capita-1 annually. ...
Review of national fisheries situation in Sri Lanka
Type: Book Chapter
Fisheries are an important source of protein and employment for Sri Lanka’s population. The declaration of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in 1976 gave the country a water area larger than its land area. The coastal ...
Status and management of the Java sea fisheries
Type: Book Chapter
The Java Sea is a major fishing ground in Indonesia contributing 31% of the national marine fisheries production. Demersal and small pelagic fishery resources account for most production in the area. During the 1960s and ...
A bio-socioeconomic model for the management of the small pelagic fishery in northwest Peninsular Malaysia
Type: Journal Article
The article was extracted from the author's dissertation entitled "Management of small pelagic fisheries on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia: a bio-socioeconomic simulation analysis". The basic structure and uses ...
Bioeconomic analysis of management options for tropical fisheries using a bicriteria programming model
Type: Journal Article
A possible approach to the management of the multispecies multigear fishery in a developing country was explored. The small pelagics fishery in central Philippines was analyzed in three stages. A dynamic pool model represented ...
Marine fisheries along the southwest coast of India
Type: Book Chapter
Marine fisheries production in India has increased from 0.5 million t in 1950 to 2.47 million t in 1997. The gross value of fisheries landings in India was US$2.37 billion in 1997. The contribution of fisheries to the Gross ...
Economic exploitation in the Philippine small pelagic fishery and implications for the management
Type: Journal Article
Causes and impact of the Philippine small pelagic fishery sector problems are presented together with the proposed solutions from fisheries and external sectors. The results of the biological and economic analysis of the ...
Bioeconomics of the Philippine small pelagics fishery
Type: Report
Time series analysis of catch and effort data in the Philippines small pelagics fishery resulted in a level of biological and economic overexploitation. Open-access equilibrium has been reached at 410,000 hp representing ...
Management of coastal fisheries in Vietnam
Type: Book Chapter
The fisheries sector of Vietnam plays an important role in the social and economic development of the country. The sector contributes about 3% of the GDP and fish contributes about 40% of animal protein consumption in the ...