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Business management for small-scale fishermen: a program in St. Kitts, West Indies
Type: Journal Article
Details are given of a program in small-business management developed for local fishermen in St. Kitts to improve their ability to operate a small fishing business. The foundation of the training was a recordkeeping system ...
Coral reef longline: an alternative gear for small-scale fishermen?
Type: Journal Article
In analyzing the structure of small scale fisheries in West Sumatra waters the need was found for diversification of current fishing gear. Trials were conducted using a coral reef longline as an alternative gear; using ...
Do trawling bans work in tropical waters?
Type: Journal Article
The biological effect of fishing bans in tropical waters is considered. In the Philippines, the Samar Sea was closed to trawlers in November 1976; a fishery survey was carried out to monitor possible changes in the fish ...
Customary law and lore of the sea
Type: Journal Article
Customary sea tenure together with traditional knowledge of marine resources and its application to their management is discussed in this article.
Rock lobster in Democratic Yemen
Type: Journal Article
Rock lobsters have been known to exist in the Aden Gulf since 1962, but the commercial catches of this valuable resource began in 1975. This short article gives an account of rock lobster fisheries in Yemen.
Fish stock assessment in coral reefs: notes on the state of the art
Type: Journal Article
Coral reefs may produce as much as 10% of the annual world fish catch. Yet, very little investigation has been done on the biology of coral reef fishes, so that we know little about their growth rates and mortalities, vital ...
South Pacific tuna and billfish program
Type: Journal Article
The Tuna and Billfish Assessment Programme is a 3-year programme designed to provide a better understanding of the stocks of tuna and billfish throughout the central and western Pacific and also to determine the status of ...
The growth of fisheries literature
Type: Journal Article
An examination is made of literature in the field of fisheries, discussing patterns of growth and examining therecent increase in new journals.
Effects of reservoirs on River Nile fisheries
Type: Journal Article
The catch-effort relationship of the River Nile is Complicated by such factors as changes in water level and hydrology as well as spawning movements of the fish, which result in uneven distribution of the fish and fishing. ...
Socioeconomics and small-scale fisheries
Type: Journal Article
Socioeconomic aspects of small-scale fisheries in southeast Asia are considered. Income levels in fisheries were generally found to be lower than comparable groups within the same community. Country differences occurred ...