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The Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department of SEAFDEC
Type: Journal Article
The Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department of SEAFDEC (Malaysia), its objectives and activities are briefly presented.
Marine fisheries, genetic effects and biodiversity
Type: Journal Article
Preservation of marine biodiversity deserves serious consideration as almost 65% of the earth's organisms (excluding insects) are marine. There is little knowledge at present on the status of marine biodiversity. However, ...
The Marine Conservation Project for San Salvador: a case study of fisheries co-management in the Philippines
Type: Report
San Salvador, an island village of Masinloc municipality in Zambales, Philippines, has been inhabited by approximately three generations of residents. The initial migrants, who were largely farmers from the mainland of ...
Community-based marine resource management in Solomon Islands: A facilitators guide. Based on lessons from implementing CBRM with rural coastal communities in Solomon Islands (2005-2013)
Type: Manual
This guide was developed to document the process and activities that WorldFish staff have used and adapted as facilitators working with communities interested in marine resource management in Solomon Islands. It draws on ...
A roadmap for the future for fisheries and conservation
Type: Conference Proceedings
As a part of 1996 World Conservation Congress (WCC), the IUCN - The World Conservation Union convened a Marine and Coastal Workshop on 17-18 October 1996 in Montreal Canada. This conference proceedings entitled "A roadmap ...
Use of a fishery independant index to predict recruitment and catches of the spiny lobster
Type: Journal Article
This paper presents a review of recruitment and catch predictions based on an index of abundance of juveniles and pre-recruits (fishery independent index) in the Cuban lobster fisheries. This methodology can provide ...
Fisheries management of San Salvador Island, Philippines: a shared responsibility
Type: Journal Article
The authors discuss how the fisher community and the government shared responsibility over time for regenerating and conserving fishery resources in San Salvador Island, Philippines, and rose above the obstacles associated ...
Mafia marine resources in peril
Type: Journal Article
The rich marine resource of the Mafia District, Tanzania, especially its coral reefs and mangroves, are in danger of collapse. The proposed marine park faces chronic problems of dynamite fishing and coral mining. The Mafia ...
The political economy of marine fisheries development in Indonesia
Type: Journal Article
Despite the importance of the fisheries sector to national welfare in Indonesia, most fishers are small-scale producers who are among the poorest of the poor in Indonesian society. Foremost among the reasons for this poverty ...
Traditional institutions and their role in the contemporary coastal resource management in the Pacific Islands
Type: Journal Article
A discussion is presented on the role played by customary marine tenure (CMT) institutions in the regulation of fisheries in the Pacific Ocean Islands. Particular reference is made to the system in operation in Marovo ...