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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 ...
Video technology applied to the management of Bahrain's marine resources
Type: Journal Article
Video technology has been used as a tool in research for many years. However, its widespread use as a fisheries management tool has been limited due to its relatively high cost. This is changing as video technology becomes ...
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 ...
Marine reserves: they enhance fisheries, reduce conflicts, and protect resources
Type: Journal Article
Marine fishery reserves, its fishery and non fishery benefits are discussed. Problems with marine fishery reserves are also pointed out.
A comparison of monofilament gillnet and small hook longline selectivity in a multispecies artisanal fishery in the Algarve, southern Portugal
Type: Journal Article
As part of the ongoing studies concerned with the small-scale fisheries of the South of Portugal, experimental fishing was carried out with monofilament gillnets and small hook longlines within the same area. Sixty-two ...
The South China Sea: analyzing fisheries catch data in an ecosystem context
Type: Journal Article
The South China Sea is an important fishing area with an annual harvest of some 5 million tonnes, or 10% of the catches jointly taken by the developing nations of the world. Details are given of a model of the area describing ...
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 ...
The Marine Stewardship Council: new hope for marine fisheries
Type: Journal Article
To help reverse the downward trends for the world's marine fish stocks, the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Aglo-Dutch Unilever have jointly formed the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), an independent, non-profit, ...
Marine fisheries of Karnataka State, India
Type: Journal Article
This contribution provides an overview of the marine capture fisheries off the coast of Karnataka State, India. It covers the main fisheries and fishing gears, production trends (by main species /groups and gears), assessment ...
USA rethinks fisheries management
Type: Journal Article
Fisheries in the USA are managed under the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (MFCMA). By 1991, it was reported that fish stocks had declined considerably since the act came into force. A national ...