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Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system
(2020)Type: Concept NoteThe COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns are creating health and economic crises that threaten food and nutrition security. The seafood sector provides important sources of employment and nutrition, especially in ... -
Emergy-based ascendency
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleAscendency is a system indicator used for describing flow characteristics of ecosystems. Experience shows, however, that ascendency is primarily a function of the flow characteristics at the lowest trophic levels. This is ... -
Enabling alternative livelihoods for aquatic resource dependent communities of the Tonle Sap: summary note
(2007)Type: ReportThis research note is provided as a supplement to the technical report, “Influence of Built Structures on Livelihoods: Case Studies of Road Development, Irrigation, and Fishing Lots," as part of the livelihoods component ... -
Engaging local communities in aquatic resources research and activities: a technical manual
(2009)Type: ManualThis document is part of a series of 5 technical manuals produced by the Challenge Program Project CP34 “Improved fisheries productivity and management in tropical reservoirs”. The objective of this technical manual is to ... -
Enhancement of grazing gastropod populations as a coral reef restoration tool: predation effects and related applied implications
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleIn this study, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of adding T. niloticus to control epilithic algal biomass and enhance coral recruitment on artificial substrata at a heavily fished reef in northwestern Philippines. Our ... -
Environmental justice in coastal systems: Perspectives from communities confronting change
(2021)Type: Journal ArticleLife in the Pacific is characterised by interconnected, fast and slow socio-ecological change. These changes inevitably involve navigating questions of justice, as they shift who benefits from, owns, and governs resources, ... -
Environmental rights as a matter of survival
(2004)Type: Journal ArticleWhen Ning Savat laid down his arms at the end of Cambodia’s civil war, he returned to what he hoped would be a simple, peaceful life as a fisherman. What he did not know was that he was stepping into one of the country’s ... -
Equitable digital tools can boost small-scale fisher livelihoods
(2021)Type: BlogIn low- and middle-income countries, ICTs can be used to assist small-scale fishers and fish workers, but illiteracy and unreliable internet connectivity need to be addressed to ensure marginalised fishers are not left behind. -
An equity lens on behavioral science for conservation
(2022)Type: Journal ArticleIn recent decades, interest in and application of behavioral insights to conservation theory and practice have expanded significantly. Yet the growth of integrated strategies to adapt and guide human behavior in service ... -
Equity, efficiency and identity: grounding the debate over population and sustainability
(2004)Type: Journal ArticleIf social scientists are to provide a more useful contribution to international debates over population and environment, we must find ways to combine the insights of our competing theoretical traditions. Political economy, ... -
Estimates of strain additive and non-additive genetic effects for growth traits in a diallel cross of three strains of giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) in Vietnam
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleAdditive genetic, heterotic and strain reciprocal effects were estimated using a diallel cross of two local wild strains of the giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) in Vietnam (Dong Nai and Mekong) and a third ... -
Estimating the girth of fish by applying an elliptic model
(1994)Type: Journal ArticleA new method for estimating the maximum girth of roundfish is proposed as illustrated; this is based on an elliptic approximation of the cross sections of the fish body. Results derived from a small sample horse mackerel, ... -
Estimating the maximum sustainable yield of bonito (Sarda chiliensis, Scombridae) of northern Chile from monthly catch data
(1992)Type: Journal ArticleMonthly catch data of bonito Sarda chiliensis from northern Chile, from 1976 to 1989, were used to obtain a series of estimates of the "Z-G" parameter (i.e., total mortality minus the growth coefficient in weight). This ... -
Estimation of annual yield of fish by guild in the Lower Mekong Basin: report for the NIES/the WorldFish Center project: Scenario-based assessment of the potential effects of alternative dam construction schemes on freshwater fish diversity in the Lower Mekong Basin
(2010)Type: ReportThis consultation is a contribution to an assessment of the impacts of basin development on fish production in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB). Fish of different species respond to development activities, in particular ... -
Evaluating complex interventions: A theory-driven realist-informed approach
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThere is a growing recognition that programs that seek to change people's lives are intervening in complex systems, which puts a particular set of requirements on program monitoring and evaluation. Developing complexity-aware ... -
Evaluating the management effectiveness of three marine protected areas in the Calamianes Islands, Palawan Province, Philippines: Process, selected results and their implications for planning and management
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleEvaluating the management effectiveness of marine protected areas (MPAs) has been a continuing challenge in marine conservation in the tropics. This paper describes the process involved, the chosen indicators and the ... -
Evaluation of the integrated municipal council as an institution for co-management in the coastal zone
(2002)Type: ReportThis study on the Integrated Municipal Council, Philippines (IMC) has the following objectives; (1) to evaluate the IMC as an institution for co-management in the coastal area of the Philippines, (2) to determine the impact ... -
Evaluation of the new fluorescent internal tag (soft visible implant alphanumeric tag) in the freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleThe new version of the polyester visible implant alphanumeric tag (VI Alpha tag; Northwest Marine Technology Inc., Shaw Island, Washington, USA) was evaluated in the giant river prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) under ... -
Ex-ante impact assessment for research on natural resources management: methods and application to aquatic resource systems
(2005)Type: Journal ArticleUnder a particular representation of the impact path way of natural resource management (NRM) research, economic surplus techniques can also be used for ex ante impact assessment. The method is applied to the case of the ... -
Ex-situ conservation of the germplasm of aquatic organisms
(1993)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper summarizes some of the major issues relating to ex-situ conservation of the germplasm of aquatic organisms and gives examples of some current activities and future possibilities.
