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Integrating fish into seasonally flooded rice fields: on-farm trials in Assam, India
Type: Journal Article
In the State of Assam, floodplains cover 2.6 million ha of area that is traditionally rice growing. The ecosystem in the rice-growing areas has undergone major changes as a result of various developmental activities and ...
Predicting self-recruitment in marine populations: biophysical correlates and mechanisms
Type: Journal Article
Mounting evidence suggests that some populations of benthic marine organisms may be less demographically ‘open’ than previously thought. The degree to which a population receives recruits from local sources versus other ...
Disaggregated projections on fish supply, demand and trade for developing Asia
Type: Conference Paper
Quantitative modelling of supply, demand, and trade for fish becomes very useful for evaluating development strategies and options if done for disaggregated fish types, production categories, and regions. With detailed ...
Length-weight relationships of commercially important marine fishes and shellfishes of the southern coast of Karnataka, India
Type: Journal Article
The parameters of the length-weight relationship of the form W = aLb are presented for 51 species of commercially important marine fishes and shellfishes caught along the southern coast of Karnataka, India. Samples from ...
The use of wild-caught juveniles in coastal aquaculture and its application to coral reef fishes
Type: Book Chapter
Worldwide, there are many substantial coastal aquaculture and stock enhancement operations based on collection of wild juveniles. These include: growout of shrimp (Penaeidae), milkfish (Chanos chanos), eels (Anguilla spp.), ...
SADC symposium on fish supply and demand
Type: Brochure
Representatives of the SADC member states, SADC secretariat, NEPAD, WorldFish Center and FAO met on 16-17 November, 2004 in Mangochi, Malawi to review the current status of fish supply and demand in the SADC countries and ...
Using eye lens diameter as age indicator of young Lithognathus mormyrus and Diplodus vulgaris
Type: Journal Article
Eye lens diameter was analyzed in two sparid fish species, Lithognathus mormyrus and Diplodus vulgaris, in order to determine the possibility of using these data for age determination. The results showed that the technique ...
Growth, mortality and recruitment of Nile perch Lates niloticus (L. Centropomidae) in the Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria: an evaluation update
Type: Journal Article
A reassessment of the estimates of growth, mortality and recruitment patterns of Nile Perch, Lates niloticus was made based on data from commercial landings collected during the Catch Assessment Survey Programme. Two sets ...
Increasing and sustaining the productivity of fish and rice in the flood-prone ecosystems in south and southeast Asia (Tag 350): final report to the International Fund Agricultural Development
Type: Report
During the rainy season in extensive river floodplains and deltaic lowlands, floods lasting several months render the land unavailable for crop production for several months each year. These waters are considerably ...
Variable number of tandem repeats in the mitochondrial DNA of Dascyllus trimaculatus
Type: Journal Article
The primary structure of the Dascyllus trimaculatus mitochondrial (mt) control region was determined, and conserved features were identified based on sequence comparisons to other teleostean fish species. Three ...