WorldFish Community: Recent submissions
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Sea cucumber identification cards: an analysis of their utility in the Pacific
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleFisheries management personnel and other stakeholders need a means of ensuring consistency when identifying the various species exploited within a fishery. We conducted a questionnaire-based survey to evaluate the usefulness ... -
Global change in African fish trade: engine of development or threat to local food security?
(2008)Type: Working PaperToday fish is the most traded food commodity in the World. This situation is not without generating potential issues. On the one hand, fish trade is said to support economic growth processes in developing countries by ... -
Population status, fisheries and trade of sea cucumbers in Asia
(2008)Type: Book ChapterThis regional review on the population status, fisheries and trade of commercially important sea cucumbers in Asia covers the east and southeast Asian regions including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Viet Nam, ... -
Bias in lobster tethering experiments conducted for selecting low-predation release sites
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleJuvenile spiny lobsters <i>Jasus edwardsii</i>, grown in tanks for 1 yr following capture as pueruli, may be released to coastal reefs in Tasmania, Australia, to offset possible stock depletion resulting from the harvest ... -
Fish and the poor
(2008)Type: Book ChapterTo effectively improve fisheries management for the benefit of the poor, this paper argues that management approaches must address the inherent complexity and heterogeneity found in fisheries, and the differing needs of ... -
Priority setting for research on aquatic resources: an application of modified economic surplus analysis to natural resource systems
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleIn contrast to research on farming systems, research on natural resource systems seldom applies rigorous priority setting techniques, mainly due to difficulties associated with estimating research impact ex ante for such ... -
Seaweeds preferred by herbivorous fishes
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleMarine macrobenthic algae (or seaweeds), epiphytic microalgae, and other aquatic plants constitute the main food items of marine herbivorous fishes. About 5% of all fish species are herbivorous; only 30% of these are marine, ... -
Salinity preference of two diatoms and their growth performance in three prepared and two alternative on-farm media sources
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleSalinity and preferred nutrient composition of <i>Chaetoceros affinis</i> and <i>Skeletonema costatum</i> were tested. Salinity was tested at 12, 16, 23, 28, and 32 ppt. Three compositions of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), ... -
Observations of two Holothuria species (H. theeli and H. portovallartensis) from the Galapagos
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleTwo little known species of Holothuria (H. theeli and H. portovallartensis) were observed in the Galapagos Islands. -
Accounting for genotype by environment interaction in economic appraisal of genetic improvement programs in common carp Cyprinus carpio
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleIn this study we examine effects of genotype by environment (G×E) interaction due to re-ranking and scaling effects on economic benefit (EB) and benefit to cost ratio (BCR) from a genetic improvement program in common carp ... -
Spatio-temporal and size-dependent variation in the success of releasing cultured sea cucumbers in the wild
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleLarge-scale releases of cultured “sandfish,” Holothuria scabra, were used to examine size- and density-dependent effects on survival among sites. Juveniles were marked by fluorochromes in 3 size classes and released into ... -
Using the sustainable livelihoods framework to identify constraints and opportunities to the development of freshwater prawn farming in southwest Bangladesh
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleA conceptual framework, drawn from an approach to poverty reduction known as the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA), is applied to understanding the role of freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, farming in gher ... -
Contribution values of biodiversity to ecosystem performances: a viability perspective
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper deals with the contribution value of biodiversity to ecosystem performances under a viability approach. Two contrasted cases are considered. First, a no-exploitation situation where the ecosystem performances ... -
How much of the Mekong fish catch is at risk from mainstream dam development?
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleIn the absence of reliable data on the species composition of the catch in the Lower Mekong Basin, the authors look at three approaches to estimate the size of the region’s migratory fish resources.The article, based on ... -
Simple data analysis for biologists
(2008)Type: BookThis document provides a simple introduction to research methods and analysis tools for biologists or environmental scientists, with particular emphasis on fish biology in devleoping countries. -
Lessons learned and good practices in the management of coral reef marine protected areas
(2008)Type: BriefThis brief presents a review of lessons learned and good practices in the management of coral reef marine protected areas based on the analysis of 20 projects funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) related to coral ... -
Seasonality dynamics for investigating wetland-agriculture nexus and its ecosystems service values in Chibuto, Mozambique
(2008)Type: Conference PaperThis study is a subsection of CPWF-30 (Challenge Program on Water and Food) that centers on investigating the wetland, agriculture, and livelihoods interactions. Chibuto, the floodplain of Changane River in Mozambique is ... -
Adaptive participator integrated assessment and agro-ecosystem analysis to support decision-making on water allocation for fisheries and agriculture in the Tonle Sap wetland system: fisheries component: Integrating fish resources to agro-ecosystem analyses
(2008)Type: ReportThis project proposes to improve fisheries considerations in the CAEA (Commune Agro-Ecosystem Analysis) process used at the commune level. It is based on the adaptive participatory and integrated assessment methodology ... -
Food safety standards and regulations: implications for Asian fish exporters
(2008)Type: BriefOver the years, the Codex system has developed various general and commodity-specific standards, guidelines, codes of practices and other recommendations to improve food safety. This brief outlines several key policy ... -
Pêche et VIH/SIDA en Afrique: Investir dans des solutions durables
(2008)Type: BrochureUne approche stratégique pour répondre aux besoins du secteur des pêches et mobiliser le secteur pour contribuer plus à la lutte contre le VIH & SIDA.
