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Reservoir fisheries of Orissa State, southern India
Type: Journal Article
Orissa State has about 256000 ha of reservoir waters. At present, about 197000 ha of 1442 reservoirs are suitable for fish production. These reservoirs, constructed primarily for water storage, irrigation, flood control ...
Warning signs unheeded in South Pacific invertebrate trade
Type: Journal Article
Nearshore marine resources play a significant role in the lives of South Pacific islanders and can be critical to the economies of nations in the region. However, few countries have adequate management controls in place ...
Farmer-participatory research approaches towards agriculture-aquaculture integration for sustainable management of natural resources
Type: Report
The direct and indirect effects of recycling can have significant impacts on the ecological sustainabilty of the entire farming system. Indirect effects include the integration of new enterprises that promote recycling as ...
The management systems of marine fisheries and other coastal resources in Palawan, Philippines: concepts, experiences and lessons
Type: Report
The marine waters surrounding the Palawan islandgroups are considered the richest fishing grounds in the Philippines. The largest and most intact assemblage of marine habitats, particularly coral reefs and mangroves, are ...
Baseline studies of biodiversity: the fish resources of Western Indonesia
Type: Working Paper
This book presents and analyzes data on fish resources collected in Western Indonesia during bottom trawl surveys conducted from 1974 to 1981 by a variety of research vessels. The data identify fish communities that ...
Damage schedule: an alternative approach for evaluation of coastal resources
Type: Journal Article
Valuation of natural resources and cnviroiimental assets is a key aspect of successful resource management. In complex systems such as those of coastal areas, decisionmakers usually face the conflicting issues of resource ...
Wastewater-fed aquaculture systems: status and prospects
Type: Journal Article
Issues concerning the promotion of wastewater reuse in aquaculture are re-examined in this article.
Coral reefs and biodiversity: a critical and threatened relationship
Type: Journal Article
The ability of coral reef ecosystems to exist in balanced harmony with other naturally occurring competing/limiting physicochemical and biological agents has been severely challenged in the last several decades by the ...
Economic evaluation of marine fisheries in India for sustainable production and coastal zone development
Type: Journal Article
The article highlights briefly the economics of different types of fishing units operating along the Indian coast; analyzes the exploitation trend of major marine fishery resources in relation to its potential yield; and ...
Length-weight relationships of fishes from tributaries of the Volta River, Ghana: Part II and Conclusion
Type: Journal Article
Slopes and intercepts of length-weight relationships obtained from 37 populations from the rivers Oti, Pru and Black Volta in Ghana were compared using a one way analysis of covariance with fixed effects. Although no ...