Resilient small-scale fisheries: Recent submissions
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Availability of wild spat of the blacklip pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera, from 'open' reef systems in Solomon Islands
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleIn this paper, we report results from a 2-year sampling program to assess spatial and temporal variation in abundances of spat in Solomon Islands. In particular, we focus on the apparent characteristics of good sites for ... -
A framework for future training in marine and coastal protected area management
(1998)Type: Conference ProceedingsProceedings of the Workshop on a Framework for Future Training in Marine and Coastal Protected Area Management held in Manila, Philippines, from 3 to 7 November 1997. With funding from the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign ... -
Weight-fecundity relationships of Nigerian fish populations
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleParameters a and b of the power body weight (W) - fecundity (F=a W super(b)) are presented for 25 populations comprising 15 species of Nigerian fishes. Estimates of b varied between 0.511 (Parauchenoglanis akin) and 1.654 ... -
Mangrove rehabilitation and coastal resource management: a case study of Cogtong Bay, Philippines
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThe Cogtong Bay experience represents a bold attempt to pursue a shared responsibility between the government and local residents for rehabilitating coastal resources. Some of the factors that provided the impetus to ... -
A roadmap for the future for fisheries and conservation
(1998)Type: Conference ProceedingsAs a part of 1996 World Conservation Congress (WCC), the IUCN - The World Conservation Union convened a Marine and Coastal Workshop on 17-18 October 1996 in Montreal Canada. This conference proceedings entitled "A roadmap ... -
Outmigration and movement of tagged coral reef fish in a marine fishery reserve in Jamaica
(1998)Type: Book ChapterBetween 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 ... -
Fifty years of reservoir fisheries in Mettur Dam, India: some lessons
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThe paper outlines briefly the history of the fishery in a dam reservoir in India. The reservoir was very productive in its early years, with support from a seed farm, ice plant, cold storage and regulated entry of fishery. ... -
Socioeconomic assessment of freshwater capture fisheries in Cambodia: report on a household survey
(1998)Type: ReportThe findings are presented of a study conducted in Cambodia regarding the people in the village communities along the waters of the Mekong River who depend upon fishing and related activities for the whole or part of their ... -
Fisheries co-management in Africa: Proceedings from a regional workshop on fisheries co-management research
(1998)Type: ReportCo-management as a form of resource management is gaining ground worldwide, so also in fisheries management. Co-management implies that the user-groups participate in the decision-making on how to protect and exploit the ... -
Blast fishing in southwest Sulawesi, Indonesia
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleBlast fishing has been a widespread and accepted fishing technique in Indonesia for over 50 years. The largest coral reef fishery in Indonesia is around the Spermonde archipelago in southwest Sulawesi. With the expanding ... -
A history of fishing with explosives and poisons in Hong Kong waters
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleFishing with explosives is still being practiced aroung Hong Kong. The first legislation against blast fishing was passed in Hong Kong in 1903. Since then, successive legislation has increased the penalties and fines on ... -
Detachment and grading of the tropical sea cucumber sandfish, Holothuria scabra, juveniles from settlement substrates
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThe International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) in the Solomon Islands has a 5-year project to develop methods for mass rearing of tropical sea cucumbers for the purpose of enhancing wild stocks ... -
A taste for live fish: Hong Kong's live reef fish market
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper provides an overview of the live reef fish market in Hong Kong, which accounted for about 15,000 t/yr (US$345 million) of live fish imports in the mid-1990s. The live fish trade has spawned a number of management ... -
Fisheries co-management and transaction costs
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleFisheries co-management is increasingly seen as a solution to the problems of resource use conflicts and overexploitation. The importance of transactions costs may not have been given adequate attention. The transaction ... -
Marine fisheries, genetic effects and biodiversity
(1998)Type: Journal ArticlePreservation of marine biodiversity deserves serious consideration as almost 65% of the earth's organisms (excluding insects) are marine. There is little knowledge at present on the status of marine biodiversity. However, ... -
Biological reference points for managing kingfish, Scomberomorus commerson, in Oman
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThe 1987-1995 length composition of quarterly catches of Scomberomorus commerson (Lacepede 1800) was analyzed to determine various biological reference points for management purposes. These include: fishing mortality ... -
Growth, mortality and yield-per-recruit of the poor cod, Trisopterus minutus capelanus, from the Strait of Sicily
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleLength-based methods (LBMs) were used to study the growth of Trisopterus minutus capelanus in the Strait of Sicily (Messina Strait). A total of 16,304 'merluzzetto' or poor cod collected by experimental trawling off the ... -
The marine fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThe marine fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago are mainly artisanal and involve about 8,000 fishers. The main fishing gear used are the gillnets, the troll, the shrimp trawl, the fishpot and the industrial longline. Landings ... -
A process for community-based fisheries co-management
(1998)Type: Journal ArticleThere are many similarities, and some differences, between community-based coastal resource management (CBCRM) and co-management. When CBCRM is considered an integral part of co-management, there is a new category of ... -
Policy research in fisheries: the Hirtshals consultation
(1998)Type: Conference ProceedingsThe principal theme of this Consultation was: what can fisheries policy research do to: (I) improve sector growth; (2) alleviate poverty; (3) improve food security; and (4) protect the environment in developing countries.