WorldFish Community: Recent submissions
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Tropical river fisheries valuation : a global synthesis and critical review
(2006)Type: ReportThis report reviews the global status of tropical and inland fisheries valuation; considers the impact of changes in river management on the value of tropical river fisheries; and comparatively assessed 3 valuation techniques. -
Fisheries rehabilitation in post-tsunami Aceh: Status and needs from participatory appraisals
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleThe widespread and long-term nature of the tsunami damage in Aceh province, Indonesia has threatened the continued use of coastal and fisheries resources. This article describes the application of the Rapid Appraisal of ... -
Development of fisheries co-management in Cambodia : a case study and its implications
(2006)Type: Working PaperThe livelihoods and food security of many Cambodians depend heavily on inland capture fisheries, so the sustainable management of these fisheries is very important. Notwithstanding, the sustainability of Mekong fisheries ... -
Enhancing the productivity of small waterbodies
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleMost small waterbodies were built for irrigation and/or drinking water storage for humans and livestock, but have also been shown to play an important role in watershed management. Apart from natural lakes, small waterbodies ... -
Predicting the water requirement of river fisheries.
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper is arranged in two parts. The first summarizes technical issues surrounding such assessments, briefly reviews the water requirements of river fish and fisheries, and examines some of the ways for predicting these ... -
Fisheries and water productivity in tropical river basins: Enhancing food security and livelihoods by managing water for fish
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleFaced with growing pressure upon freshwater resources, increased water productivity in agriculture is essential. Efforts to do so however need to consider the wider role of water in sustaining food production. This paper ... -
Community Management by Decree? : lessons from Cambodia's fisheries reform
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleThe Cambodian government introduced a dramatic reform in 2001 that reduced the allocation of commercial fishing lots in favor of local community access. Hailed by community activists, the policy shift nevertheless ... -
A regional database management system: the fisheries resource information system and tools (FiRST): Its design, utility and future directions.
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleThis article describes the refined version of FiRST (version 2004) and provides examples on how the database (‘TrawlBase’) has been used to date for analyses aimed at establishing historic resource baselines and examining ... -
Towards the index of all known species: The Catalogue of Life, its rationale, design and use
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleThe Catalogue of Life, created by Species 2000 and the Integrated Taxonomic Information System, has the ambitious aim of creating a uniform and validated index of the world’s known species for use as a practical tool in ... -
Adoption and Productivity Impact of Modern Rice Varieties in Bangladesh
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleThe Bangladesh research system has been continuing to release new rice varieties with novel traits. The improved varieties have spread to nearly two thirds of the rice area. The technological progress has helped Bangladesh ... -
Cambodia's aquarian reforms : the emerging challenges for policy and research
(2006)Type: Working PaperThe main objective of the document is to make a modest attempt to highlight the challenges which are emerging with the current phase of Cambodia's aquarian reforms -- the most important component of which is the current ... -
Coping with disaster: rehabilitating coastal livelihoods and communities
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper examines lessons from past approaches to natural disasters, as well as early lessons from the post-2004 Asian tsunami rehabilitation, to draw out general principles for rehabilitating livelihoods in poor coastal ... -
Efficacy of chemical markers and physical tags for large-scale release of an exploited holothurian.
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleHatchery-produced juveniles need to be distinguished from wild conspecifics in order to evaluate the success of restocking experiments and stock enhancement. The commercially valuable sea cucumber Holothuria scabra, or ... -
Transportation methods for restocking of juvenile sea cucumber, Holothuria scabra.
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleThe sandfish, Holothuria scabra, is a heavily exploited sea cucumber species. Minimising stress in the transportation of hatchery-produced sandfish juveniles to release sites is critical for successful restocking. Replicate ... -
Developing a consultative Bayesian model for integrated management of aquatic resources: an inland coastal zone case study.
(2006)Type: Book ChapterThis article presents the methodological aspects of the development of a decision support system (DSS) based on Bayesian networks and aiming at assisting in the management of water-dependent resources (rice, fish, shrimp ... -
Addressing the coral reef crisis in developing countries.
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleCoral reefs, the storehouses of much of the world’s marine biodiversity, and the source of many socioeconomic benefits, are in decline worldwide. The causes of the ‘coral reef crisis’ are complex but there is general ... -
Some aspect of population dynamics of three penaeid shrimp (P.monodon, P.semisulcatus and M.monoceros) from the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleIn the Bay of Bengal of Bangladesh area the values of asymptotic length (La) for tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon), green tiger shrimp (Penaeus semisulcatus) and brown shrimp (Metapenaeus monoceros) were found to be 30.0 cm, ... -
Applying Resource Management Domain (RMD) concept to land and water use and management in the coastal zone: case study of Bac Lieu province, Vietnam
(2006)Type: Book ChapterBecause of changing hydrological conditions due to infrastructure development to prevent salinity intrusion into the coastal zone, local authorities in Bac Lieu Province, Vietnam, faced complex natural resource management ... -
Using impact assessment methods to determine the effects of a marine reserve on abundances and sizes of valuable tropical invertebrates.
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleProcedures for impact assessment, including "beyond-BACI" (before-after control-impact) and proportional differences (ratios between impact and control treatments) were used to test population replenishment of marine ... -
Code of practice and manual of procedures for the introduction of GIFT to Africa
(2006)Type: BriefThere are long standing concerns worldwide regarding the effects of the introduction of alien species and genetically improved lines into national waters. The expansion of global trade and aquaculture has augmented these ...
