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A review of natural resource laws and policies in Indonesia and its prospect for fisheries co-management
(1996)Type: ReportIn the Sixth Five-Year Plan (1994-1999) the Government of Indonesia is starting to decentralize the management of natural resources to lower level authorities. This devolvement of management is seen in the case of forestry ... -
A roadmap for the future for fisheries and conservation
(1998)Type: Conference ProceedingsAs a part of 1996 World Conservation Congress (WCC), the IUCN - The World Conservation Union convened a Marine and Coastal Workshop on 17-18 October 1996 in Montreal Canada. This conference proceedings entitled "A roadmap ... -
A search for new methods for fish stock assessment and management: the FSA-CRSP overview and Philippine activities
(1990)Type: Journal ArticleA brief account of the USAID funded fish stock assessment collaborative Research Support Program is given, with emphasis on its Philippine module, devoted to empirical analyses, modelling and field studies aimed at improved ... -
A simple index of metabolic level in fishes
(1989)Type: Journal ArticleDetails are given of the use of an aspect ratio of the caudal fin of fish as an index of metabolic level. Studies have shown that this ratio, besides correlating with food consumption, also has close relationships with ... -
A simulation model of the dynamics of Peruvian anchoveta (Engraulis ringens)
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe article describes the key elements of a model simulating the dynamics of the anchoveta (Engraulis ringens) in the Peruvian upwelling system (4 degrees to 14 degrees South). This model, based on coupled differential ... -
A socioeconomic and bioeconomic analysis of coastal fisheries of Bangladesh
(2003)Type: Book ChapterBangladesh has an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of 164 000 km2 and a continental shelf area of 66 440 km2. Artisanal (small scale) fisheries extend from the coast to 40 m while industrial (commercial scale) fisheries operate ... -
A summary of "An overview on reservoir fisheries in tropical Asia" by S.-Y. Yap and J.I. Furtado
(1984)Type: Journal ArticleThis overview on tropical Asian reservoir fisheries was prompted by issues raised in "Tropical reservoir fisheries: a preliminary analysis." Considerably different but building upon the above preliminary study, the present ... -
A taste for live fish: Hong Kong's live reef fish market
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper provides an overview of the live reef fish market in Hong Kong, which accounted for about 15,000 t/yr (US$345 million) of live fish imports in the mid-1990s. The live fish trade has spawned a number of management ... -
A theory of fishing for a two-dimensional world
(1989)Type: Journal ArticleThe concept of a disc-shaped two dimensional imaginary planet called Arde is conceived in which there is up and down, forward and backward but no left and right; and the first elements of a theory of fishing in a two ... -
A traditional floodplain fishery of the lower Amazon River, Brasil
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper describes fishing activities of households in four communities located in a floodplain lake system of the lower Amazon river. An average of 42 households were interviewed about their fishing activity on a monthly ... -
A trophic model of the coastal fisheries ecosystem off the west coast of Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia
(2003)Type: Book ChapterA mass-balance steady-state trophic model of the coastal fisheries ecosystem off the West Coasts of Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia (10 - 60 m depth) was constructed using the Ecopath software. The ecosystem models were ... -
A typology of fisheries management tools: using experience to catalyse greater success
(2016)Type: Journal ArticleFisheries provide nutrition and livelihoods for coastal populations, but many fisheries are fully or over-exploited and we lack an approach for analysing which factors affect management tool performance. We conducted a ... -
A workshop on length-based methods in fisheries analysis in the Solomon Islands
(1989)Type: Journal ArticleA brief account is given of a workshop organized by the South Pacific Research Coordination Unit of the ForumFisheries Agency in order to examine the use of length frequency data as a tool in fish population assessment in ... -
Acadjas: the brush park fisheries of Benin, West Africa
(1981)Type: Journal ArticleFishing installations consisting of branches of trees, bushes or other soft vegetation stuck into the muddy bottoms of lagoons, lakes or rivers, are common throughout the world. Collectively, these may be termed "brush ... -
Accelerating climate resilience of aquatic food systems
(2021)Type: BriefClimate change impacts on aquatic food systems place vulnerable communities with limited adaptive capacities at most risk. Policy and investment interventions require a positive bias in favor of the most vulnerable. Building ... -
Access to common property resource and poverty reduction: inland open-water fisheries in Bangladesh
(2007)Type: Conference PaperIn Bangladesh, experiences from good practices for a Common Property Resources (CPR) identified that it is necessary to choose CPR members from the resource users with clearly defined rights to use the resource with defined ... -
Access to marine ecosystem services: Examining entanglement and legitimacy in customary institutions
(2020)Type: Journal ArticleEcosystem services have become a dominant paradigm for understanding how people derive well-being from ecosystems. However, the framework has been critiqued for over-emphasizing the availability of services as a proxy for ... -
Achieving water and fish for all in the Philippines
(2003)Type: Conference PaperIn this article, the authors sketch the importance of fish and water to the Philippine people, the challenges faced and then give my perceptions of how to find solutions to the challenges – solutions that must encompass ... -
ACIAR Strengthening and scaling community-based approaches to Pacific coastal fisheries management in support of the New Song May 2019 – April 2020
Type: Donor ReportIn this third reporting period, we summarise progress and achievements in regional activities and in each of the countries, towards the five objectives and three cross-cutting activities. -
ACIAR_ Improving fishery management in support of better governance of Myanmar’s inland and delta fisheries Annual Report July 2018 - June 2019
Type: Donor ReportImproving fishery management in support of better governance of Myanmar’s inland and delta fisheries Annual Report covering the period of July 2018 - June 2019
