This contribution summarizes knowledge on the biology (population dynamics, reproduction, ecology) of 25 fish species from the Lower Amazon, Brazil, based on data from a Brazilian-German field project (IARA) and a review ...

Fish yields in tropical lakes and reservoirs vary greatly; the importance of fish composition as a factor affecting productivity is discussed, examining the fish composition in tropical standing waters worldwide. Raising fish ...

In collaboration with its partners, FAO Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) has worked across multiple platforms to raise awareness and understanding of the effective promotion of grey literature to the managers ...

The CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food-secure future. It works through 15 global research centres located worldwide. WorldFish is part of One CGIAR, the world’s largest agricultural innovation network. ...

Coral 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 ...

Red tide is the name given to blooms or population explosions of certain tiny planktonic organisms, usually in coastal waters. The organisms become so dense that the water becomes discolored, taking on a brown, red, yellow ...

This chapter discusses how small-scale fisheries dependent human communities are interactive with marine ecosystems. It has shown how changes in the marine ecosystems can impact human fishing communities, and also how the ...

Tropical sea cucumber mariculture has potential to become a profitable industry and contribute towards natural population replenishment. Here, we synthesise the fields of progress, current impediments and research opportunities ...

The book describes an intensive four-year program of monitoring the community ecology and harvest patterns of a large fringing coral reef system in northeastern Philippines. Reef harvest methods included principally ...

Four simple approaches which rely on slightly modified versions of ELEPHAN I and/or II are given for the estimation of length of fish.