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On Tonle Sap, the great lake of Cambodia
Type: Journal Article
Tonle Sap, the Great Lake of Cambodia fisheries and fish production are discussed considering also the problems affecting the lake.
Priorities in aquatic resources research in the Asia-Pacific region
Type: Conference Proceedings
This conference proceedings volume consists of 13 extended abstracts of country papers and 4 statements by regional and International Organizations, presented at the First Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Association of ...
Volunteer sports divers: a valuable resource in the management of Bahrain's fisheries
Type: Journal Article
The Directorate of Fisheries (DOF) of Bahrain has a novel scheme in which the DOF workers cooperate with local sports divers in the management and conservation of their marine resources. This cooperation is mutually ...
Management of tropical coastal fisheries in Asia: an overview of key challenges and opportunities
Type: Conference Proceedings
Coastal fisheries are an important component of the fisheries sector and rural economy of tropical developing countries in Asia - generating food, employment and foreign exchange. In 1994, marine landings of these countries ...
Bioeconomic modeling and the management of capture and culture fisheries
Type: Journal Article
Bioeconomic models are quantitative models characterized by the fact that they integrated the natural and the human sides of the fisheries equation, linking biological and economic elements. Given the principally biological ...
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 ...
The lagoon fisheries of French Polynesia
Type: Journal Article
A brief review is presented of the lagoon fisheries of the Tuamotu (especially Rangiroa) and Society Archipelagos, French Polynesia, with some emphasis on the role of traps and of social and economic factors affecting the ...
Mount Pinatubo's effects on Philippine fisheries
Type: Journal Article
An examination is made of the effects of the eruption of Mount Pinatubo on Luzon Island, northwestern Philippines in June 1991 on the Country's fisheries, considering in particular the coral reef environment, inland fisheries ...
A process for community-based fisheries co-management
Type: Journal Article
There are many similarities, and some differences, between community-based coastal resource management (CBCRM) and co-management. When CBCRM is considered an integral part of co-management, there is a new category of ...
Fisheries biology: a new took kit for dealing with new problems
Type: Book Chapter
In this chapter, the author gives an overview of the development of the concept and research of fisheries biology.