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Some key concepts in fisheries research and management, with emphasis on Mozambique
Type: Book Chapter
Some basic concepts of fishery economics and management, and fish population dynamics are presented. Also, some basic elements of length based stock assessment are reviewed.
Fisheries resources management in Southeast Asia: why bothers?
Type: Book Chapter
Because, in general, the economies of Southeast Asian countries are "developing", policy-makers generally assume that the fisheries sector also needs to be "developed" through soft loans, tax rebates, construction of ports, ...
History and status of the San Miguel Bay fisheries
Type: Book Chapter
This paper reviews the available data on San Miguel Bay fisheries and their history, and contrasts "small-scale" and "trawl" fisheries, each of which land about half of the Bay's total catch of 15000 t / year. On the basis ...
Application of information on age and growth of fish to fishery management
Type: Book Chapter
Information on the age and growth of fish is usually related to one or several of the following items: construction of age/length keys for direct use in some assessment models (e.g. Virtual Population Analysis); estimation ...
Stratified models of large marine ecosystems: a general approach and an application the South China Sea
Type: Book Chapter
This 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, ...
Assessment methodologies and fisheries management : how to keep making sense
Type: Book Chapter
A discussion is presented on the topic of fish stock assessment methodologies and fisheries management, considering various research programmes conducted which concern fishery-derived data such as Virtual Population Analysis ...
Catch and effort in the small-scale fisheries
Type: Book Chapter
The gears used by the small scale fishermen of San Miguel Bay, Philippines, are presented and classified. Numbers around the Bay and catch per effort of the various gears are estimated along with their annual fishing effort. ...
Developments in tropical reef fisheries science and management
Type: Book Chapter
Extinction is conceivable for some species, including aquarium-fish stocks of high value and limited geographical range, but a biological basis exists for management of such small fishes. Immediate data needs are much ...
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.