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An evaluation of resource overlaps among fishing gears in the coastal fisheries using multivariate techniques
Type: Journal Article
Southeast Asian fisheries such as in San Miguel Bay, Philippines operate in a multi-gear and mixed-species situation. Marine capture fisheries in the Philippines are conventionally sub-divided into municipal (small-scale) ...
South and south-east Asian coastal fisheries: their status and directions for improved management: conference synopsis and recommendations
Type: Conference Paper
As a step to address the problems of coastal fisheries in Asia, the WorldFish Center joined forces with fisheries agencies from eight developing Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Sri ...
A Low-level Geographic Information System for coastal zone management, with applications to Brunei Darussalam: Part I: The concept and its design elements
Type: Journal Article
This contribution is the first part of a four-part series documenting the development of B:RUN, a software program which reads data for common spreadsheets and presents them as low-resolution maps of slates and processes. ...
Assessment, management and future directions for coastal fisheries in Asian countries
Type: Conference Proceedings
In 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. ...
Fisheries impact on the South China Sea large marine ecosystem: a preliminary analysis using spatially-explicit methodology
Type: Conference Proceedings
A 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 ...
Decline of demersal coastal fisheries resources in three developing Asian countries
Type: Journal Article
Worldwide, there is serious concern about the state of fisheries; yet for Asia, which accounts for half of the global fisheries production, information on the state of fisheries in order to guide management is sparse. In ...
Ecosystem-based fisheries management in small-scale tropical marine fisheries: emerging models of governance arrangements in the Philippines
Type: Journal Article
There has been a gradual evolution in fisheries management over the past decades from a focus on sustainability of a single species or stock and resources to a focus on marine ecosystems. Among the issues to be addressed ...
Status and management of tropical coastal fisheries in Asia
Type: Conference Proceedings
Proceedings of the Workshop on Sustainable Exploitation of Tropical Coastal Fish Stocks in Asia funded by the Asian Development Bank, 2-5 July 1996, Manila, Philippines. The regional overview and country reports document ...
Key issues in coastal fisheries South and Southeast Asia, outcomes of a regional initiative
Type: Journal Article
Asia is an important region in terms of fish trade supplying nearly 60% of global fish production. The region’s coastal fisheries play a critical role in ensuring food security and providing livelihoods, particularly for ...
A checklist of fishes caught in San Miguel Bay
Type: Book Chapter
A checklist of fishes harvested by the capture fisheries in San Miguel Bay between July 1992 and June 1993 is presented. The list was assembled from fish identifications made during the course of the following activities: ...