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Reducing the costs of restocking giant clams in Solomon Islands
Type: Journal Article
On many corals reefs in the Indo-Pacific, the larger species of giant clams (Tridacnidae) have either been eliminated or fished down to the point where the external fertilization of gametes is improbable. In the mid 1980s, ...
The world's coral reefs: hope for the future
Type: Brochure
This photo essay was produced from pictures in ReefBase: a Global Database on Coral Reefs and their Resources.
Farming experiments and transfer of technology of bivalve culture along the southwest coast of India
Type: Journal Article
The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) in India developed bivalve farming technologies in the 1970s, but these were not widely adopted at the time. In 1993, CMFRI undertook an action research program to ...
Management of fisheries, coastal resources and the coastal environment in Bangladesh: legal and institutional perspectives
Type: Working Paper
This working paper is a profile analysis of the legal, institutional, and policy mechanisms of Bangladesh in its management of fisheries and coastal resources. This is one of the major outputs of the project entitled ...
Developing aquaculture of Small Native Species (SNS) in Bangladesh: village level agroecological change and the availability of SNS
Type: Journal Article
Small native species (SNS) of fish are important source of protein and income for rural people in Bangladesh. A rapid rural appraisal study was carried out to explore the recent changes in the availability of SNS in relation ...
Village-based farming of the giant clam, Tridacna gigas (L.), for the aquarium market: initial trials in Solomon Islands
Type: Journal Article
Between 1989 and 1992, small-scale grow-out trials of cultured Tridacna gigas (L.) were established at 40 coastal villages in Solomon Islands. The juvenile giant clams were delivered to village participants at a mean size ...
Exploitation of the dolphin-fish Coryphaena hippurus L. off Ecuador: analysis by length-based virtual population analysis
Type: Journal Article
Dolphin-fish Coryphaena hippurus in the east Central Pacific are principally exploited by Ecuador. A length-based virtual population analysis of this fishery was sensitive to assumed values of growth parameters in ...
A brief for fisheries policy research in developing countries
Type: Brief
This brief is an outcome of an international consultation on the subject, jointly organized by ICLARM, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Institute for Fishery Management and Coastal Community Development ...
Biological reference points for managing kingfish, Scomberomorus commerson, in Oman
Type: Journal Article
The 1987-1995 length composition of quarterly catches of Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepede 1800) was analyzed to determine various biological reference points for management purposes. These include: fishing mortality ...
Towards improved linkage between research and management in marine fisheries
Type: Journal Article
This article provides an example of weak linkages between research and fisheries management despite the pressure of many "actors" and institutions on both sides. Managers must learn to listen to scientists; the latter need ...