Browsing Resilient small-scale fisheries by Issue Date
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Bioeconomic modeling and the management of capture and culture fisheries
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleBioeconomic models are quantitative models characterized by the fact that they integrated the natural and the human sides of the fisheries equation, linking biological and economic elements. Given the principally biological ... -
Community management of Mekong River resources in Laos
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleThe Mekong River is one of Asia's greatest rivers. It is the lifeblood of millions of small-scale farmers and fishers in China, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. In the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), ... -
Management of the fishery resources in Sierra Leone: assessment and recommendations
(1994)Type: ReportThe main objectives of the project were to evaluate the present status of the fishenes in Sierra Leone and to make recommendations of possible management strategies in the light of the priontv proclaimed by the Government ... -
Estimating input demand and output supply elasticities in gillnet and seine fishing in Guimaras Strait and adjacent waters
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThis contribution is a summary of the results of the study conducted by the University of the Philippines in the Visayas team from November 1990 to June 1991. The purpose of this research is to estimate demand and output ... -
Community-based and co-management institutions for sustainable coastal fisheries management in Southeast Asia
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleFisheries experts now recognize that resource conflicts can be diminished and resources better managed when fishers and other resource stakeholders are more involved in management, and access rights are distributed more ... -
Anecdotes and the shifting baseline syndrome of fisheries
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleAuthors's view on using anecdotes in fishery science is presented. -
Status of the world's capture fisheries
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleS.M. Garcia and C. Newton of the FAO Fisheries Department have produced a critical review of the situation and its causes and effects, which was presented to the Conference on Fish-eries Management: Global Aspects, in ... -
Participatory management of a reservoir fishery in northeastern Brazil
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleConsensus, compromise and cooperation. That was how more than 100 fishers reached agreement on how they would manage their own fishery in a small reservoir in northeastern Brazil. The long hard road that led to the agreement, ... -
The fisheries of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleA brief review of the main features of the Caribbean fisheries is presented covering the States of Antigua/Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. -
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 ... -
Anticipated impacts of recent political changes on fisheries management in South Africa
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleSouth Africa's marine resources are essentially fully exploited and in some cases over exploited. The Government of National Unity has embarked on the ambitious Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) to: meet the ... -
Coral reef resources of East Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and the Seychelles
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleCoral reefs are widespread along the east African coast and Seychelle islands. Their roles in island building and coastal protection are often underestimated, they are also important fishery habitats and major tourist ... -
Mafia marine resources in peril
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe rich marine resource of the Mafia District, Tanzania, especially its coral reefs and mangroves, are in danger of collapse. The proposed marine park faces chronic problems of dynamite fishing and coral mining. The Mafia ... -
FISHSIM: a generalized fishery simulation model
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper describes a general bioeconomic model, FISHSIM, which uses traditional equations and submodel to represent the biological parameters of a fish stock, and simple financial equations to represent profitability of ... -
Fish production, catches and the carrying capacity of the world oceans
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleA brief review of the status of the world fisheries is presented with emphasis on the differences between catches (= landings + bycatch), biological production of fish, and predation (= production - catches). The ECOPATH ... -
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 ... -
USA rethinks fisheries management
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleFisheries in the USA are managed under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (MFCMA). By 1991, it was reported that fish stocks had declined considerably since the act came into force. A national ... -
Primary production required to sustain global fisheries
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe mean of reported annual world fisheries catches for 1988-1991 (94.3 million t) was split into 39 species groups, to which fractional trophic levels, ranging from 1.0 (edible algae) to 4.2 (tunas), were assigned, based ... -
Lanternfish heaven: the future of world fisheries?
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe differences between fishes in their size, behavior and food make them more or less vulnerable to fishing pressure. Large predators, long-lived fish, most trawl species and pelagic schooling fishes will possibly become ... -
Twenty per cent of the world fisheries catch is discarded
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleIn a landmark study of the annual quantity of incidental organisms discarded during fishing operations, a new estimate of 27 million tonnes worldwide has been determined.
