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The small pelagic Rastrineobola argentea: successful survivor in Lake Victoria
Type: Journal Article
The small cyprinid dagaa (Rastreneobola argentea) is the only indigenous species from Lake Victoria which still supports an important fishery after the population boom of the introduced Nile perch (Lates niloticus), while ...
Impact evaluation of community-based coastal resource management projects in the Philippines
Type: Journal Article
The benefits of decentralizing the management of coastal resources to local governments and resource users have long been recognized, but the best systems for coastal resources management depend on many factors. A number ...
Status and conservation of Reeves shad resources in China
Type: Journal Article
An endangered fish species in China, Reeves shad (Tenualosa reversii), is finding hope of restoration and conservation in aquaculture and induced breeding efforts spearheaded by the Yangtze River Fisheries Management ...
The Marine Stewardship Council: new hope for marine fisheries
Type: Journal Article
To help reverse the downward trends for the world's marine fish stocks, the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Aglo-Dutch Unilever have jointly formed the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), an independent, non-profit, ...
Managing fisheries involving predator and prey species
Type: Journal Article
Several management strategies for ecosystems with biological interaction are discussed, including predator removal, predator-prey coexistence, prey exploitation, overexploitation, and introduction of sanctuaries. Some case ...
Length-weight relationships of the mudskipper Periopthalmus barbarus in the Imo River estuary, Nigeria
Type: Journal Article
The length-weight relationships, by sexes, and combined, and monthly condition factors of the mudskipper Periaphthalmus barbarus are presented, based on 1 079 specimens ranging from 1.6 to 15.6 cm (TL) sampled from April ...
Breeding and propagation of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in a floating hatchery, Gabon
Type: Journal Article
Based on the encouraging results obtained by earlier workers, the concept for a floating hatchery was developed for producing tilapia for both farming and enhanced fisheries in the freshwater lakes and coastal lagoons of ...
The effects of aquaculture on farm household economy: a case study in Omon District, Cantho Province, Vietnam
Type: Journal Article
A study of the farming systems in the Mekong River Delta (Vietnam) indicate that fish culture brings to the household a higher level of net farm income and family labor use. In general, adoption of fish culture is strongly ...
Species selection for smallholder aquaculture
Type: Journal Article
Systems for selection of species for smallholder aquaculture are presented. These are: food fits; management decisions; and economic criteria. Food fits suggests categorizing pond food resources into a few categories based ...
How fresh is too fresh?: the live reef food fish trade in eastern Indonesia
Type: Journal Article
Although the live reef food fish trade has become an increasingly "hot" topic in the environmental press in recent months, many of the sources reporting on this practice have tended to focus on issues related to the rampant ...