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ACIAR_Development of Rice Fish Systems (RFS) in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar: MYRice-Fish_Annual report 2017 - 2018
Type: Donor ReportThe ACIAR project entitled ‘Development of Rice Fish Systems (RFS) in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar” was approved by ACIAR 23rd June 2017 and signed by WorldFish on the same date. An inception workshop was held with ... -
Adaptation for changing deltas
(2023)Type: Journal ArticleDeltas have provided fertile farmland, productive fishing, and access to trade routes for millennia. Today, more than five hundred million people live on deltas and coastal urban areas. Yet deltas are also incredibly vulnerable ... -
Adaptive co-management for social-ecological complexity
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleBuilding trust through collaboration, institutional development, and social learning enhances efforts to foster ecosystem management and resolve multi-scale society–environment dilemmas. One emerging approach aimed at ... -
Adaptive participator integrated assessment and agro-ecosystem analysis to support decision-making on water allocation for fisheries and agriculture in the Tonle Sap wetland system: fisheries component: Integrating fish resources to agro-ecosystem analyses
(2008)Type: ReportThis project proposes to improve fisheries considerations in the CAEA (Commune Agro-Ecosystem Analysis) process used at the commune level. It is based on the adaptive participatory and integrated assessment methodology ... -
Addressing conflict through collective action in natural resource management: A Synthesis of experience
(2013)Type: Working PaperThe food security crisis, international “land grabs,” and new markets for environmental services have drawn renewed attention to the role of natural resource competition in the livelihoods of the rural poor. While significant ... -
Addressing global development needs: strategic research by WorldFish and the CGIAR
(2005)Type: BrochureThe work of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) provides a scientific basis for sustainable development. As one of 15 CGIAR research institutes, the WorldFish Center provides expertise on ... -
Addressing the coral reef crisis in developing countries.
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleCoral reefs, the storehouses of much of the world’s marine biodiversity, and the source of many socioeconomic benefits, are in decline worldwide. The causes of the ‘coral reef crisis’ are complex but there is general ... -
Adoption and Productivity Impact of Modern Rice Varieties in Bangladesh
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleThe Bangladesh research system has been continuing to release new rice varieties with novel traits. The improved varieties have spread to nearly two thirds of the rice area. The technological progress has helped Bangladesh ... -
Aim of establishing MPA
(2021)Type: PosterHighlighting aims of establishing Marine Protected Area including ensuring safe zone for Hilsa, creating economic opportunity for local community, conserving critically endangered mega faunas and supporting ecofriendly ... -
Albacore: a tuna resource of the Pacific Ocean
(1984)Type: Journal ArticleDetails are given of the Pacific albacore fisheries and fishing techniques used. Exploitation of the North Pacific and South Pacific resources and effects on the albacore stocks are considered. -
Alien fish species in the Philippines: pathways, biological characteristics, establishment and invasiveness
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleAquaculture (18%) and aquarium (77%) species comprise most of the species which are brought into the Philippines, and although meant to be confined to culture and aquarium facilities, some have escaped to natural waters, ... -
Allies, not aliens: increasing the role of local communities in marine protected area implementation
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleVarious management approaches have been proposed to address the alarming depletion of marine coastal resources. Prominent among them are community based management and the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs). ... -
An analysis of seafood trade duration: The case of ASEAN
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleTrade duration analysis provides insights to the stability and length of trade. This study applies survival analysis to examine the trade duration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) seafood exports from ... -
An annotated checklist of elasmobranchs of the South China Sea, with some global statistics on elasmobranch biodiversity, and an offer to taxonomists
(2002)Type: Book ChapterAn annotated checklist of the sharks and rays of the South China Sea is described, together with some global statistics on the status and use of elasmobranchs. For each of the 156 recorded species, the checklist contains ... -
An Asian Fisheries Forum
(1983)Type: Journal ArticlePlanning is underway for regular con-ferences of Asian fisheries scientists. Given the present level of interest, an Asian Fisheries Society may be formed in the near future. Within Southeast Asia, there has often been ... -
An assessment of the Ponape Dory Project
(1975)Type: ReportThe Ponape Dory Project has been in existence for almost three years. It was begun in August 1972 with a Federal Office of Economic Opportunity grant of US $150,000. The initial grant was for a two-year period during which ... -
An assessment of the status of the Ivorian purse seine fishery of Sierra Leone, 1970-78
(1991)Type: Journal ArticleA time series of catch and effort data (1970-78) of the Ivorian purse seine fishery in Sierra Leone waters was analyzed using the Schaefer production model. The regression of C/f on effort was significant and the resulting ... -
An ECOPATH II model of the Lake Chad system
(1993)Type: Book ChapterThe trophic ecosystem modelling software, ECOPATH II, was used to analyze the Lake Chad system, Africa, during its "normal" phase, the period between 1969 and 1972. Reasonable estimates of population-related parameters for ... -
An empirical comparison of seasonal growth models
(1990)Type: Journal ArticleA model for describing the seasonally oscillating growth of fish is presented and compared with the commonly used model of D. Pauly and G. Gaschutz (PG). The new model produces results similar to those obtained from teh ... -
An external check for disease and health of hatchery-produced sea cucumbers.
(2005)Type: Journal ArticleSea cucumber diseases that arise in the hatchery can cripple production and undermine restocking programmes. A rapid protocol for the external examination of juvenile sea cucumbers was developed in order to screen for ...
