November 21 may mark World Fisheries Day, but for Agustinha Duarte, a researcher from East Timor, her passion for fisheries goes year round – she's even working on a cookbook to help Timorese make the most of local varieties. ...

The frustrations encountered when trying to compare technical reports in which fishpond yield figures are reported in a variety of units (e.g., kg/ha, kg/pond, lb/acre, etc.) are familiar to most aquaculturists. However, ...

In Nigeria there is a scarcity of information on fish diseases. Reports are usually not made, except for a few studies by zoologists on helminth and blood parasites of fish. This article presented a few case studies to ...

Large rivers and their floodplains support a significant proportion of the world’s biodiversity and provide important goods and ecological services to society, including fisheries. Riverine ecosystems and fisheries are ...

The paper starts with a review of the concept of diversification, encompassing its associated dimensions, typology and influencing factors. Linkages between diversification and poverty are also briefly outlined in this ...

The CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems is a multi-year research initiative launched in July 2011. It is designed to pursue community-based approaches to agricultural research and development that target ...

The primary objective of this paper is to provide an update on the prevailing biophysical, social and economic conditions in the Bay, with an emphasis on the institutional and organizational arrangements for fisheries management.

This paper presents a review of recruitment and catch predictions based on an index of abundance of juveniles and pre-recruits (fishery independent index) in the Cuban lobster fisheries. This methodology can provide ...

CBRM can be undertaken by a well organised community on their own with a little bit of help and information from an outside organisation. CBRM is a long-term process that should be able to be continued for generations and ...