WorldFish Community: Recent submissions
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Fisheries management of San Salvador Island, Philippines: a shared responsibility
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThe authors discuss how the fisher community and the government shared responsibility over time for regenerating and conserving fishery resources in San Salvador Island, Philippines, and rose above the obstacles associated ... -
Length-weight relationships of demersal fishes from the Gulf of Salamanca, Colombia
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThe parameters a and b of the length-weight relationship of the form W=aL super(b) are presented for 37 fish species, belonging to 17 families, caught during a demersal trawl survey over the period December 1995 to March ... -
Management of fisheries, coastal resources and the coastal environment in the Philippines: policy, legal and institutional framework
(1999)Type: Working PaperThis study identifies the different types of locally based resource management systems in marine and coastal areas, such as co-management; community-based management; and integrated coastal zone management. A historical ... -
Measuring transaction costs of fisheries co-management in San Salvador Island, Philippines
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleIt is generally accepted that co-management systems are more cost-effective than centralized management of natural resources. However, no attempts have been made to empirically verify the transaction costs involved in ... -
Volunteer sports divers: a valuable resource in the management of Bahrain's fisheries
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThe Directorate of Fisheries (DOF) of Bahrain has a novel scheme in which the DOF workers cooperate with local sports divers in the management and conservation of their marine resources. This cooperation is mutually ... -
Checklist of the shore fishes of the Mentawai Islands, Nias Island and the Padang Region of West Sumatra
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper presents a checklist of reef fishes of West Sumatra and adjacent provinces. The list includes 362 species of 143 genera and 46 families and contains seven new records and nine probable new species for Indonesia. ... -
Coastal and marine resource management in Indonesia: legal and institutional aspects
(1999)Type: Working PaperIn 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 ... -
Hatchery and culture technology for the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra Jaeger, in India
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThe seed of the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra jaeger is being produced at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute in India. This article describes the techniques being used in the production of seed and the ... -
Management of fisheries, coastal resources and the coastal environment in Cambodia institutional, legal and policy perspectives
(1999)Type: Working PaperThis working paper is an output of the project on Management of Fisheries, Coastal Resources and the Coastal Environment in Cambodia: Institutional, Legal and Policy Perspectives. It intends to provide a basis for a country ... -
Fish consumption pattern in major freshwater fisheries provinces of Cambodia
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleProduction and consumption of fish were estimated for a one year period during 1995-96 using a sample of 5 117 households. The sample was taken from a study area covering 83 sample communes in 51 fishing districts belonging ... -
Rice field fisheries: a resource for Cambodia
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleSmall-scale fisheries in and around rice fields in the lowland areas of Cambodia are greatly underestimated and undervalued. Their contribution to the protein requirements of the poor rural households is significant. In ... -
An analysis of production factors in carp farming in Andhra Pradesh, India
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThree major carp species, viz. catla Catla, Labeo rohita and mrigal Cirrhinus mrigala, are farmed in polyculture systems in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, India. A survey of 189 carp farms was undertaken, and principal ... -
Aquatic resources research in developing countries: data and evaluation by region and resource system. (Supplement to the ICLARM Strategic Plan 2000-2020)
(1999)Type: ReportIn consultation with our stakeholders, ICLARM has adopted an aquatic resource system approach— used for the first time in the earlier Plan—and examined eight different aquatic resource systems, the special resource issues ... -
A review of quantified relationships between mangroves and coastal resources
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper focuses on relationships between mangroves and coastal resources (fish and shrimps). A review of the literature highlights the lack of quantified relationships in this field. This leads to a definition of ... -
Assessment of the impact of aquatic resources research by ICLARM: scope and methodologies
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThe importance of quantifying the economic returns to investments in aquatic resources research together with the social, environmental and institutional impacts of such investments is widely recognized among ICLARM's ... -
Length-weight relationships of tuna baitfish from the Lakshadweep islands, India
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThe present study reports the length-weight relationship of 11 species of baitfish from the pole and line fishery at Minicoy and S. delicatulus from the fishery at Agatti, Bangaram and Perumal Par. -
Seaweed industry in India
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThe seaweed industry in India is mainly a cottage industry and is based only on the natural stock of agar yielding red seaweeds, such as Gelidiella acerosa and Gracilaria eduli and algin yielding brown seaweed species such ... -
Conservation of the Nilgiri rainbow trout in India
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleRainbow trout is one of the important exotic species that is well established in the upland waters of India. This paper presents the historical background of its introduction and the present status of the fish in the streams ... -
Utilization of transgenic fish in developing countries: potential benefits and risks
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleTransgenic technology has been controversial as it is a new and poorly understood technology. Lack of data on the potential ecological and socioeconomic impacts of transgenic fish has contributed to a growing debate (based ... -
Daily burrowing cycle and feeding activity of juvenile sea cucumbers Holothuria scabra in response to environmental factors
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThis study investigated the daily activities of juvenile sea cucumbers Holothuria scabra Jaeger.
