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Strategy on International Fisheries Research: an update
Type: Journal Article
The Strategy on International Fisheries Research's activities on information and aquaculture in Asia, SubSaharan Africa, Latin and North America are presented.
Status of the world's capture fisheries
Type: Journal Article
S.M. Garcia and C. Newton of the FAO Fisheries Department have produced a critical review of the situation and its causes and effects, which was presented to the Conference on Fish-eries Management: Global Aspects, in ...
Twenty per cent of the world fisheries catch is discarded
Type: Journal Article
In a landmark study of the annual quantity of incidental organisms discarded during fishing operations, a new estimate of 27 million tonnes worldwide has been determined.
USA rethinks fisheries management
Type: Journal Article
Fisheries in the USA are managed under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (MFCMA). By 1991, it was reported that fish stocks had declined considerably since the act came into force. A national ...