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A simple index of metabolic level in fishes
Type: Journal Article
Details are given of the use of an aspect ratio of the caudal fin of fish as an index of metabolic level. Studies have shown that this ratio, besides correlating with food consumption, also has close relationships with ...
Length-converted catch curves: a powerful tool for fisheries research in the Tropics (part 2)
Type: Journal Article
A method is described for the determination of the selection curve of fishing gear from the shape of the ascending arm of a length-converted catch curve and growth parameters.
Kuwait's finfish catch three times more shrimp than its trawlers
Type: Journal Article
Assessments made of shrimp catches in Kuwait and available stocks indicate that finfish eat a large majority of theshrimp available. Management measures to be taken in order to reduce this predation problem are considered.
ICLARM's activities in tropical stock assessment: 1979-1984, and beyond
Type: Journal Article
In March 1977, shortly after ICLARM commenced in Manila, its Program Advisory Committee formulated the guiding principles for the Resource Development and Management Program, which is one of the four program areas of ICLARM ...
A theory of fishing for a two-dimensional world
Type: Journal Article
The concept of a disc-shaped two dimensional imaginary planet called Arde is conceived in which there is up and down, forward and backward but no left and right; and the first elements of a theory of fishing in a two ...
Announcing the release of version 1.1 of the compleat ELEFAN software package
Type: Journal Article
Version 1.1 of the Compleat ELEFAN program package of length-based fish stock assessment studies is presented, indicating the differences with version 1.0 and describing minimum hardware requirements.
Length-converted catch curves: a powerful tool for fisheries research in the Tropics (part 1)
Type: Journal Article
A number of methods are available with the help of which total mortality (Z) can be estimated from length-frequency data. Thus it is possible to obtain reasonable estimates of Z from the mean length in a representative ...
Fish stock assessment in coral reefs: notes on the state of the art
Type: Journal Article
Coral reefs may produce as much as 10% of the annual world fish catch. Yet, very little investigation has been done on the biology of coral reef fishes, so that we know little about their growth rates and mortalities, vital ...
On improving operation and use of the elefan programs. part 3, correcting length-frequency data for the effects of gear selection and/or incomplete recruitment
Type: Journal Article
One important feature of length€”frequency data that is usually ignored when data are collected for subsequent estimation of growth and various related parameter estimates is that length€”frequency data are necessarily ...
The overfishing of marine resources: socioeconomic background in Southeast Asia
Type: Journal Article
A brief review of marine fishery development in Southeast Asia is given, with emphasis on the phase of rapid growth of catches that prevailed in the 1960s-1970s, and on the high expectations this phase generated, especially ...