Penaeids play an important role in the subsistence fishery conducted by residents of Suva in Laucala Bay, Fiji. Penaeus canaliculatus is the most abundant of the 6 species that occur. A brief account is given of the fishery ...

Population parameters of Sardinella species from the artisanal purse seine and ring net fisheries of the Dar es Salaam area, Tanzania, were investigated based on length-frequency data, analyzed with FAO's LFSA and ICLARM's ...

The present study represents a preliminary evaluation of the utility of

Malaysia escaped most of the tsunami damage because it was shielded by Sumatra and received only secondary waves. The northern states of Perlis, Kedah Perak and Selangor on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and the ...

Data collection for poverty assessments in Africa is time consuming, expensive and can be subject to numerous constraints. In this paper we present a procedure to collect data from poor households involved in small-scale ...

During the rainy season in extensive river floodplains and deltaic lowlands, floods render the land unavailable for crop production for several months each year. These waters are considerably underutilized in terms of ...

Based upon a global comparison of over 400 fisheries, the Principal Components Analysis (PCA) methodology was used to identify factors affecting the choice of growth estimation methods. Of the six factors examined, the ...

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In this working paper, the authors undertook a review and analysis of the legal, institutional and policy framework of coastal resources management in Indonesia as well as the patterns of resource use of the country's ...

Resource managers in many countries have not yet fully grasped the consequences of the fisheries dilemma now emerging in Southeast Asia. Official views often hold that abundant underutilized stocks still exist while in ...