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Inshore fisheries resources of Solomon Islands
Type: Journal Article
In this review, the authors briefly describe the nature and status of the main inshore marine fisheries of Solomon Islands. In virtually all cases, quantitative data on stock sizes are lacking and this article concentrates ...
The potential role of restocking and stock enhancement in the management of marine invertebrate fisheries in the Philippines
Type: Book Chapter
Throughout Southeast Asia, capture fisheries are no longer yielding their potential harvests - in many cases, the abundance of valuable species has been reduced to 10% of previous levels (Silvestre ef al., in press). The ...
Testing the use of a marine protected area to restore and manage invertebrate fisheries at the Arnavon Islands, Solomon Islands: choice of methods and preliminary results
Type: Conference Proceedings
This project aims to determine if the number and size of commercially important invertebrates (e.g. trochus, sea cucumbers and giant clams) increases as the result of the declaration of the Arnavon Islands Marine Conservation ...
Climate change, tropical fisheries and prospects for sustainable development
Type: Journal Article
Tropical fisheries substantially contribute to the well-being of societies in both the tropics and the extratropics, the latter through ‘telecoupling’ — linkages between distant human–natural systems. Tropical marine ...
When can marine reserves improve fisheries management?
Type: Journal Article
Marine reserves are a promising tool for fisheries management and conservation of biodiversity, but they are not a panacea for fisheries management problems. For fisheries that target highly mobile single species with ...