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Biodiversity of estuarine fish faunas in West Africa
Type: Journal Article
In West Africa (between Ivory Coast and Sénégal), estuarine environments vary from lagoons to high discharge rivers to inverse hypersaline estuaries. This results in a high diversity of estuarine fish species, with an ...
Informal artisanal fish trade in West Africa: Improving cross-border trade
Type: Brief
In West Africa, fishing and trading in fish and fishery products has been practiced for centuries and makes a significant contribution to per capita gross domestic product (GDP). Trade is associated with faster economic ...
An assessment of the status of the Ivorian purse seine fishery of Sierra Leone, 1970-78
Type: Journal Article
A 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 ...
Fish Quarterly Newsletter Jan-Mar 2020
Type: Newsletter
This is a newsletter capturing the communications highlights of FISH for the first quarter of 2020.
Demand for imported versus domestic fish in Nigeria
Type: Journal Article
Fish is among the most important animal-sourced foods in Africa and is crucial in combating malnutrition. Fish demand in Africa has far outpaced supply as the import share rose from 16% in 1970 to 39% by 2017. Little is ...
User Manual: Google earth engine script for semi-automated mapping of small reservoirs using sentinel-2 satellite imagery
Type: Manual
This user manual describes the methodology to be followed to use the Google Earth engine script for semi-automated mapping of small reservoirs using Sentinel-2 satellite imagery. It is developed to support suitability ...
Bigger net mesh size will mean bigger catches in the Ivory coast trawl fishery
Type: Journal Article
Yield-per-recruit analyses were performed on catch data of the Ivory Coast trawl fishery in order to identify the mesh size and levels of fishing effort most approprate. Results show that at present levels of fishing ...
Sierra Leone Industrial Fishery Database System (IFDaS) : user manual
Type: Manual
This document introduces the user of the Sierra Leone Industrial Fishery Database System (IFDaS) to the features of the database in respect to entering, retrieving, and analyzing of data. It does not require any pre-knowledge ...
CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH CRP) quarterly newsletter: January to June 2020
Type: Newsletter
Introducing this newsletter to strengthen the exchange and sharing of information on the status of the FISH CRP and bilateral projects in the context of results-based management (RBM) approaches. This newsletter also seeks ...
Food habits of two sciaenid fish species (Pseudotolithus typus and Pseudotolithus senegalensis) off Cameroon
Type: Journal Article
Pseudotolithus typus and P. senegalensis (Sciaenidae) sampled off Cameroon Coast, West Africa, have been found to feed mainly on shrimps (Nematoplaemon hastatus and Parapenaeopsis atlantica) and juvenile fish (mostly ...