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Fisheries of the Farasan Islands (Red Sea)
Type: Journal Article
The fisheries of the Farasan Islands (Saudi Arabia, Red Sea) are described. The fishery resources are exploited by artisanal, investor and industrial sectors. The artisanal fishery consists mostly of line fishing around ...
Phylogeography of a pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) across the Indo-Australian Archipelago: evidence of strong regional structure and population expansions but no phylogenetic breaks
Type: Journal Article
This study investigates the genetic structure and phylogeography of a broadcast spawning bivalve mollusc, Pinctada maxima, throughout the Indo-West Pacific and northern Australia. DNA sequence variation of the mitochondrial ...
Fishing dynamics associated with periodically harvested marine closures
Type: Journal Article
Periodically-harvested fisheries closures are emerging as a socially acceptable and locally implementable way to balance concerns about conserving ecosystem function and sustaining livelihoods. Across the Indo-Pacific ...
The marine fisheries of Jamaica
Type: Journal Article
The marine fisheries of Jamaica are almost entirely artisanal, with at least 15 000 fishers and an annual catch of approximately 7 000 t. A recent development is a small industrial fishery for queen conch and spiny lobster ...
Meso-scale transboundary units for the management of coral reefs in the South China Sea area
Type: Journal Article
Local communities and local government units are recognized as the primary stakeholders and participants in the management of coral reef resources and the primary beneficiaries of small-scale fishing activities in the ...
Outmigration and movement of tagged coral reef fish in a marine fishery reserve in Jamaica
Type: Book Chapter
Between December, 1996 and May, 1998, a total of 6,947 coral reef fish were marked and released within the Discovery Bay Fishery Reserve, on the north coast of Jamaica. Nearly 6,000 recaptures have been obtained (including ...
Fisheries, trade and utilization of sea cucumbers in Malaysia
Type: Report
Sea cucumber fisheries in Malaysia are exploited off the coastal waters around the coral reef regions in Sabah in East Malaysia. In Peninsular Malaysia, this resource is minimally exploited because more than 90 % of the ...
Indicators for management of coral reefs and their applications to marine protected areas
Type: Journal Article
Informed planning and decision-making in the management of natural resources requires an ability to integrate complex interactions in ecosystems and communicate these effectively to stakeholders. This involves coping with ...