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Flying fish season (Tauika) in Bellona
Type: Journal Article
Bellona is a Polynesian outlier island to the south of the main Solomon Islands group. Bellona, also known by the locals as Mu Ngiki, is a small elongated raised atoll wIiici5imeans it is almost completely surrounded by ...
Explaining climate variability vis-a-vis spatio-temporal interactions in Bangladeshi Exclusive Economic Zone (BEEZ)
Type: Journal Article
We present an application of time series remote sensing data and climatological information for improved understanding of complexity in the Bangladeshi Exclusive Economic Zone (BEEZ). Three seasonal slots from the annual ...
Overfishing and the replacement of demersal finfish by shellfish: An example from the english channel
Type: Journal Article
The worldwide depletion of major fish stocks through intensive industrial fishing is thought to have profoundly altered the trophic structure of marine ecosystems. Here we assess changes in the trophic structure of the ...
Social equity and benefits as the nexus of a transformative Blue Economy: A sectoral review of implications
Type: Journal Article
The term ‘Blue Economy’ is increasingly used in various marine sectors and development frameworks. For it to be a truly useful approach, however, we argue that social benefits and equity must be explicitly prioritized ...
Does selective fishing conserve community biodiversity? Predictions from a length-based multispecies model
Type: Journal Article
This study challenges the widely held view that improved fisheries selectivity would always help to maintain marine biodiversity. Using a length-based multi-species model, we investigate the effects of selective versus ...
Labor intensive vs. capital intensive: "conflict within the fishing industry"
Type: Journal Article
Conflicts in the fishing industry of Canada regarding which type of fishing fleet to use in rural communities are discussed: labor-intensive or capital-intensive.
Conservation and management of marine fishery resources of Kerala State, India
Type: Journal Article
The highly productive fisheries of Kerala, India, are suffering from overexploitation. Use of unsuitable fishing gears that result in a high level of wasteful bycatch and destruction of egg bearing and juvenile fish should ...
The Marine Stewardship Council: new hope for marine fisheries
Type: Journal Article
To help reverse the downward trends for the world's marine fish stocks, the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Aglo-Dutch Unilever have jointly formed the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), an independent, non-profit, ...
The Programme for Integrated Development of Artisanal Fisheries in West Africa
Type: Journal Article
The 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 ...
The marine fisheries of Jamaica
Type: Journal Article
The marine fisheries of Jamaica are almost entirely artisanal, with at least 15 000 fishers and an annual catch of approximately 7 000 t. A recent development is a small industrial fishery for queen conch and spiny lobster ...