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The marine fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThe marine fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago are mainly artisanal and involve about 8,000 fishers. The main fishing gear used are the gillnets, the troll, the shrimp trawl, the fishpot and the industrial longline. Landings ... -
The Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department of SEAFDEC
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleThe Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department of SEAFDEC (Malaysia), its objectives and activities are briefly presented. -
The Marine Stewardship Council: new hope for marine fisheries
(1996)Type: Journal ArticleTo help reverse the downward trends for the world's marine fish stocks, the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Aglo-Dutch Unilever have jointly formed the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), an independent, non-profit, ... -
The obstacles to fisheries management in Jamaica
(1987)Type: Journal ArticleMajor factors that have contributed to the failure in Jamaica to implement fisheries management successfully are examined. Problems in the management expertise and infrastructure are detailed. -
The overfishing of marine resources: socioeconomic background in Southeast Asia
(1988)Type: Journal ArticleA brief review of marine fishery development in Southeast Asia is given, with emphasis on the phase of rapid growth of catches that prevailed in the 1960s-1970s, and on the high expectations this phase generated, especially ... -
The Peruvian anchoveta, Charles Darwin and us
(1992)Type: Journal ArticleThe last decade has seen and rightly so a boom of Darwiniana, culminating in 1991, in a fascinating new biography by A. Desmond and J. Moore.' Indeed, "spicing up" one's writing with references to Charles Darwin seems one ... -
The Philippines: a hotspot of sea cucumber fisheries in Asia
(2008)Type: Book ChapterThis article provides an overview of the sea cucumber fisheries in the Philippinee, covering topics of 1) trade, 2)socioeconomic importance to local community 3) recommendations for improving fisheries management and ... -
The political economy of marine fisheries development in Indonesia
(1988)Type: Journal ArticleDespite the importance of the fisheries sector to national welfare in Indonesia, most fishers are small-scale producers who are among the poorest of the poor in Indonesian society. Foremost among the reasons for this poverty ... -
The potential role of restocking and stock enhancement in the management of marine invertebrate fisheries in the Philippines
(2004)Type: Book ChapterThroughout Southeast Asia, capture fisheries are no longer yielding their potential harvests - in many cases, the abundance of valuable species has been reduced to 10% of previous levels (Silvestre ef al., in press). The ... -
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 ... -
The prospect of co-management in managing open water resources with special reference to Indonesia: a lesson learned
(2007)Type: Conference PaperThis paper is attempt to compile an experience of applying a co-management approach to manage the open water resource by Susilowati (1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007). An institutional analysis based on Pomeroy and William ... -
The realities of fishery management in the Southeast Asia region
(1982)Type: Book ChapterFishery management, particularly in Southeast Asia, is concerned primarily with people problems rather than resource problems. It cannot be successful unless viewed in the context of rural development. Conventional constraints ... -
The relationship between catch and effort and its effect on predicted yields of sardine fisheries in Lake Kariba
(1992)Type: Journal ArticleThere is an unusual relationship between catch per unit effort and effort in the Lake Kariba sardine (Limnothrissa miodon) fishery. This is apparently a results of ecological changes in the lake following the decline of ... -
The relationship of shell dimensions and shell volume to live weight and soft tissue weight in the mangrove clam, Polymesoda erosa (Solander, 1786) from northern Australia
(2004)Type: Journal ArticleShell dimensions (length, height, width) and shell volume were evaluated as estimators of growth for Polymesoda erosa in northern Australia. Each parameter was a good estimator when applied to live weight (r2 values of ... -
The research process and communication of results: lessons learned from a multidisciplinary analysis of a tropical small-scale fishery
(1983)Type: ReportAlong with an increase of their relative share of the total world catch, most tropical countries have experienced in the last decades an expansion of their fisheries research activities. These activities, whether based ... -
The road to Mangkok: achieving equitable distribution of benefits from small-scale fisheries development
(1980)Type: Journal ArticleSmall-scale capture fisheries in many less-developed countries are important both as labor-intensive sources of employment and as the major source of fish within these countries. Nonetheless, communities of such fishermen ... -
The role of fish and fisheries in recovering from natural hazards: Lessons learned from Vanuatu
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleCoastal fisheries provide staple food and sources of livelihood in Pacific Island countries, and securing a sustainable supply is recognised as a critical priority for nutrition security. This study sought to better ... -
The role of fisheries sector in the coastal fishing communities of Sri Lanka
(2003)Type: Book ChapterSri Lanka is an island country with a land area of 65 610 km2. With the declaration of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in 1976, the country gained sovereign rights over an ocean area of 536 000 km2 and EEZ extending from ... -
The role of the World Bank in fisheries
(1984)Type: Journal ArticleWorld Bank lending for fishery projects between 1976-81 is discussed, considering past problems with Band-supported projects, recent trends and future strategy and also sector management. -
The scope of tropical reef fisheries and their management
(1996)Type: Book ChapterCoral reef resource systems extend throughout the tropics and are exploited primarily by subsistence fishers, supplying food for millions of people. The magnitude of harvests per unit area taken from coralline shelves ...
