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On Malthusian overfishing
Type: Journal Article
A brief examination is made of Malthus' works during the 1800s regarding population growth, considering applications to fisheries resources and their management.
Water quality research or water quality checking: proposed guidelines
Type: Journal Article
A simple plan is outlined to assist in the design of water quality research and monitoring programmes at aquacultureresearch stations. Before monitoring any programme, a decision on the goals of the aquaculture research to ...
Growth and mortality of snapper Etelis carbunculus in Vanuatu
Type: Journal Article
This paper presents estimates of the parameters L8 and K of the von Bertalanffy equation, as obtained from length-frequency data on the lutjanid Etelis carbunculus from Vanuatu, analyzed using teh Compleat ELEFAN software. ...
Catch assessment of Sardinella maderensis in the Ocean Division, Cameroon
Type: Journal Article
Catch assessment estimates for the motorized and non-motorized canoes at Boa-Manga (Cameroon) were found to be 5.13 and 2.70 t/year, respectively, leading to an estimated lower limit for the production of the Ocean division ...
The ECOPATH II software or how we can gain from working together
Type: Journal Article
Problems involved in the development of ecosystem models are discussed, considering in particular the use of the ECOPATH II software and the approach used at ICLARM in the project "Global comparisons of trophic aquatic ...
FISHBASE: an information system to support fisheries and aquaculture research
Type: Journal Article
The International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and with the support of the Commission of the European ...
Notes on the silverbiddy Gerres oyena (Gerreidae) in Tarawa Lagoon, Kiribati
Type: Journal Article
Length-frequency data, collected using beach seines, on the common silverbiddy Gerres oyena (Gerreidae) in Tarawa Lagoon, Kirbati (northern Gilberts Group), from September 1976 to October 1977 were analyzed using the ...
The relationship between maximum and asymptotic length in fishes
Type: Journal Article
The case is made, based on growth curves and other data on Kuwait fishes, that the maximum length in a population does not provide a reliable approximation of asymptotic length.
Aquaculture technology transfer to smallholder farmers in Malawi, Southern Africa
Type: Journal Article
Details are given of activities conducted in Zomba, Malawi, in order to demonstrate new aquaculture technologies and encourage their use by smallholder fish farmers. The following technologies were introduced: napier grass ...
MAXIMS: a computer program for estimating the food consumption of fishes from diel stomach contents data and population parameters
Type: Manual
Developed for IBM PC (and its compatibles), the software estimates the size-specific daily food consumption of fishes from a 24-hour cycle of stomach contents data for either one or two feeding periods per day, as well ...