Resilient small-scale fisheries: Recent submissions
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Community management of Mekong River resources in Laos
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleThe Mekong River is one of Asia's greatest rivers. It is the lifeblood of millions of small-scale farmers and fishers in China, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. In the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), ... -
Sumilon Island reserve: 20 years of hopes and frustrations
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleOver 20 years, successive openings and closures of the Sumilon Island marine reserve to fishers have provided unique opportunities to examine the effects of marine reserves on populations and communities of fishes and upon ... -
Marine reserves: they enhance fisheries, reduce conflicts, and protect resources
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleMarine fishery reserves, its fishery and non fishery benefits are discussed. Problems with marine fishery reserves are also pointed out. -
Bioeconomic analysis of management options for tropical fisheries using a bicriteria programming model
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleA possible approach to the management of the multispecies multigear fishery in a developing country was explored. The small pelagics fishery in central Philippines was analyzed in three stages. A dynamic pool model represented ... -
Building capacity in the use of information and communications technologies to support small-scale fisheries in Asia: Expert Practitioners Workshop Report
Type: ReportParticipants were invited to present background papers on their research and/or projects relating to ICT4SSF, with emphasis on key opportunities and risks emerging from the application of ICTs in SSF (20 mins each). Speakers ... -
The Programme for Integrated Development of Artisanal Fisheries in West Africa
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe Programme for Integrated Development of Artisanal Fisheries in West Africa (IDAF) was initiated in 1983 to help some 20 coastal states from Mauritiana to Angola which wished to develop and manage their artisanal fisheries ... -
Anticipated impacts of recent political changes on fisheries management in South Africa
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleSouth Africa's marine resources are essentially fully exploited and in some cases over exploited. The Government of National Unity has embarked on the ambitious Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) to: meet the ... -
FISHSIM: a generalized fishery simulation model
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper describes a general bioeconomic model, FISHSIM, which uses traditional equations and submodel to represent the biological parameters of a fish stock, and simple financial equations to represent profitability of ... -
Coral reef resources of East Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and the Seychelles
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleCoral reefs are widespread along the east African coast and Seychelle islands. Their roles in island building and coastal protection are often underestimated, they are also important fishery habitats and major tourist ... -
Fish production, catches and the carrying capacity of the world oceans
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleA brief review of the status of the world fisheries is presented with emphasis on the differences between catches (= landings + bycatch), biological production of fish, and predation (= production - catches). The ECOPATH ... -
Towards improved linkage between research and management in marine fisheries
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThis article provides an example of weak linkages between research and fisheries management despite the pressure of many "actors" and institutions on both sides. Managers must learn to listen to scientists; the latter need ... -
Anecdotes and the shifting baseline syndrome of fisheries
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleAuthors's view on using anecdotes in fishery science is presented. -
Co-management of living coastal resources in ASEAN: theory, practice, and implications for Vietnam
(1995)Type: ReportA training course focusing upon the policy implications of the participation of resource users in fisheries management regimes was held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Fisheries of Viet Nam (57 Ngoc Ba Dinh, Ha Noi) ... -
Community-based and co-management institutions for sustainable coastal fisheries management in Southeast Asia
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleFisheries experts now recognize that resource conflicts can be diminished and resources better managed when fishers and other resource stakeholders are more involved in management, and access rights are distributed more ... -
A simulation model of the dynamics of Peruvian anchoveta (Engraulis ringens)
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe article describes the key elements of a model simulating the dynamics of the anchoveta (Engraulis ringens) in the Peruvian upwelling system (4 degrees to 14 degrees South). This model, based on coupled differential ... -
Lanternfish heaven: the future of world fisheries?
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe differences between fishes in their size, behavior and food make them more or less vulnerable to fishing pressure. Large predators, long-lived fish, most trawl species and pelagic schooling fishes will possibly become ... -
The fisheries of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleA brief review of the main features of the Caribbean fisheries is presented covering the States of Antigua/Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. -
Participatory management of a reservoir fishery in northeastern Brazil
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleConsensus, compromise and cooperation. That was how more than 100 fishers reached agreement on how they would manage their own fishery in a small reservoir in northeastern Brazil. The long hard road that led to the agreement, ... -
Mafia marine resources in peril
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe 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 ... -
An ABC guide to coral reef fisheries in southwest Sulawesi, Indonesia
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe article serves as anecdotal directory to the major fisheries, techniques and problems faced by the fishers in the coral reef area of Spermonde Archipelago, Southwest Sulawesi, Indonesia.
