WorldFish Community: Recent submissions
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Growth and sustainability of aquaculture
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe article highlights the scope for growth of aquaculture and the importance of new knowledge and skills for aquaculture to expand, become more productive and sustainable. -
Length-weight relationships of fishes from tributaries of the Volta River, Ghana Part 1: Analysis of pooled data sets
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe parameters a and b of length-weight relationships of the form W = a L super(b) were estimated for 45 fish species sampled in the Oti, Pru and Black Volta rivers, Ghana. Also, the slope and intercepts of regressional ... -
Weed control by adult and juvenile tilapia Tilapia rendalli in rainfed ponds
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleTwo studies were conducted in consecutive years over the time period 14 January to 1 July to determine whether labor-savings and fish growth enhancement could be achieved by stocking Tilapia rendalli directly into ponds ... -
Aquaculture potential of seahorses and pipefishes
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe characteristics, food and feeding, reproduction and breeding of sea horse and pipefishes (Synanthidae) are presented together with the aspects of syngnathid culture. -
Integrated resources management, integrated agriculture-aquaculture and the African farmer
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleDespite the expenditure of huge amounts of money and human effort, the Green Revolution has largely failed to benefit the vast majority of the rural poor in Africa: those smallholding farmers who sell little, if any, of ... -
Aquaculture for African smallholders
(1995)Type: ReportThis volume report is the findings of the ICLARM-BMZ/GTZ Africa Aquaculture Project (1986-1994). This project studied the smallholder farming systems and developed integrated aquaculture technologies in collaboration with ... -
Genetic improvement of farmed tilapias: biochemical characterization of strain differences in Nile tilapia
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleFour African wild strains (Egypt, Ghana, Senegal and Kenya) and four established Asian farmed strains of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (popularly known in the Philippines as 'Taiwan', 'Thailand', 'Singapore' an ... -
The Programme for Integrated Development of Artisanal Fisheries in West Africa
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe Programme for Integrated Development of Artisanal Fisheries in West Africa (IDAF) was initiated in 1983 to help some 20 coastal states from Mauritiana to Angola which wished to develop and manage their artisanal fisheries ... -
Anticipated impacts of recent political changes on fisheries management in South Africa
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleSouth Africa's marine resources are essentially fully exploited and in some cases over exploited. The Government of National Unity has embarked on the ambitious Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) to: meet the ... -
FISHSIM: a generalized fishery simulation model
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper describes a general bioeconomic model, FISHSIM, which uses traditional equations and submodel to represent the biological parameters of a fish stock, and simple financial equations to represent profitability of ... -
Coral reef resources of East Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and the Seychelles
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleCoral reefs are widespread along the east African coast and Seychelle islands. Their roles in island building and coastal protection are often underestimated, they are also important fishery habitats and major tourist ... -
Fish production, catches and the carrying capacity of the world oceans
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleA brief review of the status of the world fisheries is presented with emphasis on the differences between catches (= landings + bycatch), biological production of fish, and predation (= production - catches). The ECOPATH ... -
Towards improved linkage between research and management in marine fisheries
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThis 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 ... -
Anecdotes and the shifting baseline syndrome of fisheries
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleAuthors's view on using anecdotes in fishery science is presented. -
Co-management of living coastal resources in ASEAN: theory, practice, and implications for Vietnam
(1995)Type: ReportA training course focusing upon the policy implications of the participation of resource users in fisheries management regimes was held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Fisheries of Viet Nam (57 Ngoc Ba Dinh, Ha Noi) ... -
Community-based and co-management institutions for sustainable coastal fisheries management in Southeast Asia
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleFisheries experts now recognize that resource conflicts can be diminished and resources better managed when fishers and other resource stakeholders are more involved in management, and access rights are distributed more ... -
A simulation model of the dynamics of Peruvian anchoveta (Engraulis ringens)
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe article describes the key elements of a model simulating the dynamics of the anchoveta (Engraulis ringens) in the Peruvian upwelling system (4 degrees to 14 degrees South). This model, based on coupled differential ... -
Lanternfish heaven: the future of world fisheries?
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe differences between fishes in their size, behavior and food make them more or less vulnerable to fishing pressure. Large predators, long-lived fish, most trawl species and pelagic schooling fishes will possibly become ... -
The fisheries of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleA brief review of the main features of the Caribbean fisheries is presented covering the States of Antigua/Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. -
Participatory management of a reservoir fishery in northeastern Brazil
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleConsensus, compromise and cooperation. That was how more than 100 fishers reached agreement on how they would manage their own fishery in a small reservoir in northeastern Brazil. The long hard road that led to the agreement, ...
