Browsing Resilient small-scale fisheries by Author "Christensen, V."
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Assessment, management and future directions for coastal fisheries in Asian countries
(2003)Type: Conference ProceedingsIn Asia, the fisheries sector is important in terms of food security, livelihoods and foreign exchange earnings. However, as in many parts of the world, there are signs that capture fisheries are fully exploited or overfished. ... -
Competition between fisheries and marine mammals for prey and primary production in the Pacific Ocean
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleThe degree of competition between fisheries and marine mammals in the Pacific Ocean was estimated for 7 statistical areas defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Catch statistics ... -
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 ... -
Fisheries impact on the South China Sea large marine ecosystem: a preliminary analysis using spatially-explicit methodology
(2003)Type: Conference ProceedingsA multiple regression model is derived, based on biomass estimates in 16 massbalance food web (Ecopath) models, which explains 68 % of the variation in the data at hand, and shows that the abundance of fish with trophic ... -
Managing fisheries involving predator and prey species
(1996)Type: Journal ArticleSeveral management strategies for ecosystems with biological interaction are discussed, including predator removal, predator-prey coexistence, prey exploitation, overexploitation, and introduction of sanctuaries. Some case ... -
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 ... -
Stratified models of large marine ecosystems: a general approach and an application the South China Sea
(1993)Type: Book ChapterThis contribution provides an approach for constructing models of large marine ecosystems (LMEs). This contribution results from an attempt to follow up on some of the implications of the LME concept for ecological modeling, ... -
The South China Sea: analyzing fisheries catch data in an ecosystem context
(1991)Type: Journal ArticleThe South China Sea is an important fishing area with an annual harvest of some 5 million tonnes, or 10% of the catches jointly taken by the developing nations of the world. Details are given of a model of the area describing ...
