Resilient small-scale fisheries: Recent submissions
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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. -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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. -
Estimating input demand and output supply elasticities in gillnet and seine fishing in Guimaras Strait and adjacent waters
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThis contribution is a summary of the results of the study conducted by the University of the Philippines in the Visayas team from November 1990 to June 1991. The purpose of this research is to estimate demand and output ... -
USA rethinks fisheries management
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleFisheries 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 ... -
Twenty per cent of the world fisheries catch is discarded
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleIn a landmark study of the annual quantity of incidental organisms discarded during fishing operations, a new estimate of 27 million tonnes worldwide has been determined. -
Status of the world's capture fisheries
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleS.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 ... -
Primary production required to sustain global fisheries
(1995)Type: Journal ArticleThe mean of reported annual world fisheries catches for 1988-1991 (94.3 million t) was split into 39 species groups, to which fractional trophic levels, ranging from 1.0 (edible algae) to 4.2 (tunas), were assigned, based ... -
Growth of spiny lobster (Panulirus penicillatus) caught off San Vicente, Cagayan, Philippines
(1996)Type: Journal ArticleEstimates of growth parameters for male and female Panulirus penicillatus caught in coral reef areas off San Vicente, Cagayan, Philippines are presented. Length-weight relationship parameters are also given. The results ... -
Assessment of Lutjanus vivanus and Lutjanus buccanella in the north Caribbean coast of Costa Rica
(1996)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper presents results of stock assessment on two snapper species, Lutjanus vivanus and L. buccanella, in the north Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Growth parameters, mortality rates, length-weight relationships, ... -
On modelling and management of capture fisheries: one view
(1996)Type: Journal ArticleSustainability of benefits from capture fisheries has been a concern of fisheries scientists for a long time. The development of fisheries management models reflects the historical debate (from maximum sustainable yield ...