Resilient small-scale fisheries: Recent submissions
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Extension services support to small-scale fisheries, Indonesia
(1983)Type: Journal ArticleIn the mid-1970s the Indonesian government realized a need for furthering effective in-service training of government fishery development field staff. An improved system of extension service was agreed upon and technical ... -
Fisheries and aquacultural economics study programs at the Universiti Petanian Malaysia
(1982)Type: Journal ArticleIn 1971, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (UPM) was established to provide training in agricultural and related sciences. It was the result of a merger between the College of Agriculture, Malaya (which offered diploma courses ... -
Marine fisheries statistics in Southeast Asia: a critical appraisal
(1982)Type: Journal ArticleThe 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 ... -
Finding fisheries facts in Southeast Asia
(1982)Type: Journal ArticleTracking down fisheries references and retrieving them are often no simple matter in Southeast Asia. Here we present some of the pitfalls and solutions. The story is fictional, of course, but the events have all been ... -
After Sinarapan: the planned small-scale fish cage industry of Lake Buhi
(1982)Type: Journal ArticleThe cage culture of tilapia in Lake Buhi is described. The industry was set up in June 1979 following theexhaustion of the sinarapan fishery of the lake. The successful growth of the industry, together with the problems ... -
South Pacific tuna and billfish program
(1982)Type: Journal ArticleThe Tuna and Billfish Assessment Programme is a 3-year programme designed to provide a better understanding of the stocks of tuna and billfish throughout the central and western Pacific and also to determine the status of ... -
The research process and communication of results: lessons learned from a multidisciplinary analysis of a tropical small-scale fishery
(1983)Type: ReportAlong with an increase of their relative share of the total world catch, most tropical countries have experienced in the last decades an expansion of their fisheries research activities. These activities, whether based ... -
Traditional muro-ami: an effective but destructive coral reef fishing gear
(1985)Type: Journal ArticleA description is given of the Japanese muro-ami fishing gear, which although is very effective in catching elusivereef fish, causes considerable reef damage during its operation. -
Effects of protective management on coral reef fishes in the Philippines
(1984)Type: Journal ArticleThe findings are presented of a study concerning the species composition and abundance of coral reef fish in the Philippines and their protection. -
The role of the World Bank in fisheries
(1984)Type: Journal ArticleWorld Bank lending for fishery projects between 1976-81 is discussed, considering past problems with Band-supported projects, recent trends and future strategy and also sector management. -
Coral reef fisheries and world fish production
(1984)Type: Journal ArticleThe potential productivity of coral reefs is discussed, considering problems involved in the different types of the reefsituations. The overall result is that coral reef fish on a world-wide basis are under-exploited. -
ICLARM's activities in tropical stock assessment: 1979-1984, and beyond
(1984)Type: Journal ArticleIn 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 summary of "An overview on reservoir fisheries in tropical Asia" by S.-Y. Yap and J.I. Furtado
(1984)Type: Journal ArticleThis overview on tropical Asian reservoir fisheries was prompted by issues raised in "Tropical reservoir fisheries: a preliminary analysis." Considerably different but building upon the above preliminary study, the present ... -
Length-converted catch curves: a powerful tool for fisheries research in the Tropics (III: conclusion)
(1984)Type: Journal ArticleA 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. -
Social science information systems for small-scale fisheries management and development in Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand
(1984)Type: ReportIn this report the regular data collection systems of the Departments of Fisheries and other government or quasi-government institutions such as marketing and development agencies are first described (Section VI). Most of ... -
Assessment and management of coral reef fisheries: biological, environmental and socio-economic aspects
(1985)Type: Book ChapterThe authors opened discussion by briefly summarising the main points in their paper. Coral reefs occurred predominantly in developing countries and coral reef fisheries were predominantly artesanal. Fishery yields varied ... -
Democratic Yemen fisheries: cuttlefish and sea cucumber
(1985)Type: Journal ArticleCuttlefish form the largest fishery in the coastal waters of the Yemen; Sepia pharonis is the commercial variety fished. Details are given of the fishing season, overfishing, foreign collaboration and regulation measures. ... -
Yields from coral reef fisheries
(1984)Type: Journal ArticleAn examination is made of the fish production potential of coral reef areas and techniques used to estimate possibleyields. -
Labor intensive vs. capital intensive: "conflict within the fishing industry"
(1985)Type: Journal ArticleConflicts in the fishing industry of Canada regarding which type of fishing fleet to use in rural communities are discussed: labor-intensive or capital-intensive. -
Insights on the developmental aspect and future importance of artisanal fisheries
(1985)Type: Journal ArticleThe viability of small-scale fisheries in developing countries is discussed, indicating measures to be taken in order to increase the economic importance of a small-scale fishery sector.