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Status of the world's capture fisheries
Type: Journal Article
S.M. Garcia and C. Newton of the FAO Fisheries Department have produced a critical review of the situation and its causes and effects, which was presented to the Conference on Fish-eries Management: Global Aspects, in ...
Marine fisheries resources of the north coast of Central Java, Indonesia
Type: Book Chapter
A trophic model of the marine fisheries resources of the north coast of Central Java, Indonesia was constructed using the Ecopath with Ecosim software and data from a trawl survey conducted in the area in 1979. The model ...
Conservation and management of marine fishery resources of Kerala State, India
Type: Journal Article
The highly productive fisheries of Kerala, India, are suffering from overexploitation. Use of unsuitable fishing gears that result in a high level of wasteful bycatch and destruction of egg bearing and juvenile fish should ...
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 ...
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 ...
A preliminary analysis on the socioeconomic situation of coastal fishing communities in Vietnam
Type: Book Chapter
Fish production in Vietnam increased rapidly from 420 000 t in 1981 to 1 130 680 t in 1998. Likewise, there was an expansion in the number of motorized fishing boats from 29 584 units with an average horsepower (HP) of ...
Coastal resources management, policy and planning in Bangladesh
Type: Book Chapter
This paper reviews the coastal fishery resources of Bangladesh emphasizing the coastal environment, capture fisheries and management issues relative to the sector. Bangladesh’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers an area ...
An overview of the socioeconomic status of fisheries in Malaysia
Type: Book Chapter
Fish production in Malaysia increased steadily at 4.5% per annum from 801 000 t in 1985 to 1 280 906 t in 1997. Most of the production was contributed by marine capture fisheries, amounting to 1 168 973 t (91% of total ...
Assessing and managing the marine fish resources of Sierra Leone, West Africa
Type: Journal Article
A joint Sierra Leone/1CLARM project funded by the Commission of the European Communities is presented, whose task is to assemble the available survey and fisheries data on the marine fish resources of Sierra Leone, analyze ...
Management of the fishery resources in Sierra Leone: assessment and recommendations
Type: Report
The main objectives of the project were to evaluate the present status of the fishenes in Sierra Leone and to make recommendations of possible management strategies in the light of the priontv proclaimed by the Government ...