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Bioeconomic modeling and the management of capture and culture fisheries
Type: Journal Article
Bioeconomic 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 ...
USA rethinks fisheries management
Type: Journal Article
Fisheries 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 ...
Assessing and managing the marine fish resources of Sierra Leone, West Africa
Type: Journal Article
A joint Sierra Leone/1CLARM project funded by the Commission of the European Communities is presented, whose task is to assemble the available survey and fisheries data on the marine fish resources of Sierra Leone, analyze ...
The lagoon fisheries of French Polynesia
Type: Journal Article
A brief review is presented of the lagoon fisheries of the Tuamotu (especially Rangiroa) and Society Archipelagos, French Polynesia, with some emphasis on the role of traps and of social and economic factors affecting the ...
A process for community-based fisheries co-management
Type: Journal Article
There are many similarities, and some differences, between community-based coastal resource management (CBCRM) and co-management. When CBCRM is considered an integral part of co-management, there is a new category of ...
Fisheries biology: a new took kit for dealing with new problems
Type: Book Chapter
In this chapter, the author gives an overview of the development of the concept and research of fisheries biology.
Competition between fisheries and marine mammals for prey and primary production in the Pacific Ocean
Type: Journal Article
The 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 ...
Management of the fishery resources in Sierra Leone: assessment and recommendations
Type: Report
The 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 ...
Co-management of beach seine fisheries in Mozambique: a case study
Type: Journal Article
In Mozambique, compliance with regulations in beach seines fishery is improved when the fishers themselves choose the season the government will declare closed. Beneficial side effects of co-management include a stronger ...
Management of fisheries, coastal resources and the coastal environment in Bangladesh: legal and institutional perspectives
Type: Working Paper
This working paper is a profile analysis of the legal, institutional, and policy mechanisms of Bangladesh in its management of fisheries and coastal resources. This is one of the major outputs of the project entitled ...