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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, ...
Fisheries management: what chance on coral reefs?
Type: Journal Article
Failures of fishery management to control fishing effort globally and how this affects the coral reef fisheries are discussed. The use of marine reserves in coral reef fisheries management is also emphasized.
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 ...
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) ...
Assessing and managing the resources available to the Senegalese small-scale fisheries
Type: Journal Article
A brief account of the evolution and structure of the marine fisheries of Senegal, West Africa, is presented, with emphasis on the small-scale subsector and on the major recommendations of an international symposium/workshop ...
Fisheries of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Type: Journal Article
A brief description of the fisheries of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is presented. This stretch of 585 islands, islets and rocks in the northeast Indian Ocean has sovereign rights to a sea area of nearly 600,000 sq/km. ...
Some personal experiences and comments on the management of Italian marine fisheries
Type: Journal Article
The recent transition, in Italy, to an improved sampling scheme for fisheries catch and effort data, is described, with emphasis on the interactions between civil servants and fisheries scientists and on specific features ...
Marine fisheries statistics in Southeast Asia: a critical appraisal
Type: Journal Article
The major fishing countries of Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand exploit what is probably the richest and most extensive area of tropical fisheries in the world. The total annual landings ...
Intangible links between household livelihoods and food security in Solomon Islands: implications for rural development
Type: Journal Article
Livelihood diversification has been the heartbeat of rural development projects over the past two decades. Many livelihood diversification programs are based on the often implicit assumption that introducing livelihood ...
Economic evaluation of marine fisheries in India for sustainable production and coastal zone development
Type: Journal Article
The article highlights briefly the economics of different types of fishing units operating along the Indian coast; analyzes the exploitation trend of major marine fishery resources in relation to its potential yield; and ...