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Length-weight relationships of fish from the lagoon of New Caledonia
Type: Journal Article
Length-weight relationships of 335 species of fish of New Caledonia, belonging to 65 families of coral reef fishes, were computed (80%) or assembled from the literature (20% of all cases) to facilitate, among other things, ...
Some advances and developments in coral reef fisheries research: 1973-1982
Type: Book Chapter
The objective of this paper is to identify and discuss areas in which significant progress has been made in the last 10 years towards an understanding of the fundamental processes governing the productivity of coral reef ...
Fish stock assessment in coral reefs: notes on the state of the art
Type: Journal Article
Coral reefs may produce as much as 10% of the annual world fish catch. Yet, very little investigation has been done on the biology of coral reef fishes, so that we know little about their growth rates and mortalities, vital ...
Reference area as a factor affecting potential yield estimates of coral reef fishes
Type: Journal Article
A compilation of 48 estimates of Caribbean and Pacific coral reef fish catches, ranging from 0.1 to 23.7 t km super(-2) year super(-1), obtained from coral reef areas ranging from 0.1 to nearly 4-10 super(5) km super(2), ...
Low cost light traps for coral reef fishery research and sustainable ornamental fisheries
Type: Journal Article
Two relatively inexpensive light traps to capture pre-settling reef fish and invertebrates are described. A trap made from a plastic bucket (with plastic bottles, a small plastic waste bin and two sheets of plywood) that ...
Yields from coral reef fisheries
Type: Journal Article
An examination is made of the fish production potential of coral reef areas and techniques used to estimate possibleyields.
Growth and mortality of Ctenochaetus striatus, Stegastes nigricans and Sargocentron microstoma in Tiahura Reef, Moorea Island, French Polynesia
Type: Journal Article
Growth parameters and mortality rates were estimated from length-frequency data sampled in 1982, using the FiSAT software, for three coral reef fish species, the surgeon fish (Ctenochaetus striatus), the damselfish (Stegastes ...
Meso-scale transboundary units for the management of coral reefs in the South China Sea area
Type: Journal Article
Local communities and local government units are recognized as the primary stakeholders and participants in the management of coral reef resources and the primary beneficiaries of small-scale fishing activities in the ...
Caribbean coral reef fishery resources
Type: Working Paper
The information presented in this volume was first published in 18 mimeographed parts over the period 1973-1981 as Number 3 in the series Research Reports from the Zoology Department, University of the West Indies. The ...
Outmigration and movement of tagged coral reef fish in a marine fishery reserve in Jamaica
Type: Book Chapter
Between December, 1996 and May, 1998, a total of 6,947 coral reef fish were marked and released within the Discovery Bay Fishery Reserve, on the north coast of Jamaica. Nearly 6,000 recaptures have been obtained (including ...