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    • The fishes and their ecology 

      Pauly, D. (1982)
      Type: Report
      An annotated list of 188 species of fishes recorded from San Miguel Bay, Philippines is presented. Of these, 48% are euryhaline marine species. The most abundant fishes belong to marine species whose representatives are ...

    • Costs and returns of stationary gears 

      Supanga, N.C.; Smith, I.R. (1982)
      Type: Book Chapter
      Costs and returns of three major stationary gears of Cabusao, San Miguel Bay, Philippines, are analysed. The gears discussed include fish corrals, liftnets and filter nets. Systems for allocation of fishing rights are ...

    • An Asian Fisheries Forum 

      Maclean, J.L. (1983)
      Type: Journal Article
      Planning 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 ...

    • The ICLARM Network of Tropical Fisheries Scientists 

      Munro, J.L.; Pauly, D. (1982)
      Type: Journal Article
      ICLARM is initiating the creation of an international Network of Tropical Fisheries Scientists to enhance communication between fisheries scientists working on aspects of management-oriented research. Basically, this would ...

    • The ICLARM Fisheries Social Science Research Network 

      Lockwood, B. (1983)
      Type: Journal Article
      Recently, the parallel interests of ICLARM and the International Develop¬ment Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada came together in a joint decision to set up and fund the Fisheries Social Science Research Network. Both ICLARM ...

    • The research site, data collection and methods of analysis 

      Smith, I.R.; Mines, A.N.; Beñacia, G. (1982)
      Type: Book Chapter
      Objectives, sampling and analytical methods and data collection methodology of an economic survey of the small-scale fishery of San Miguel Bay, Philippines, are discussed. The fishing community from which the majority of ...

    • Training courses in fish stock assessment: the past and the future 

      Venema, S.; Pauly, D. (1982)
      Type: Journal Article
      Ideally, all countries with major marine and/or inland capture fisheries should have a few scientists specialized in stock assessment techniques to lead research programs and to analyze the results for management and ...

    • Early setback for scallop culture in Peru 

      Wolff, M. (1984)
      Type: Journal Article
      This article examines the scallop culture in Peru. The problems encountered by the industry is also given.

    • The new NOAA Ocean Service Centers: improving access to ocean data 

      Abram, R.J. (1984)
      Type: Journal Article
      A history account of the establishment of the NOAA is given in this article.

    • SGNET: Sea Grant Electronic Information Network 

      Huang, N. (1984)
      Type: Journal Article
      The National Sea Grant College Program is a matching fund program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the U.S. Department of Commerce. It provides a partnership of government, universities and ...

    • Red tide: a growing problem in the Indo-Pacific region 

      Maclean, J.L. (1984)
      Type: Journal Article
      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 ...

    • Multi species assessment of fish stocks off the western Sahara region with emphasis on the family sparidae 

      Mennes, F. (1985)
      Type: Journal Article
      The Western Sahara region (21-26 N) is well known for its intense upwelling and good fishing grounds. A large International fleet is operating in the area and the main target species are cephalopods.

    • On improving operation and use of the elefan programs. part 1, avoiding "drift" of K towards low values 

      Pauly, D. (1985)
      Type: Journal Article
      The article proposes improvements for the ELEFAN programs describing how they may be used for optimum output, considering the von Bertalanffy growth equation and the K parameter.

    • Fish population dynamics in tropical waters: a manual for use with programmable calculators 

      Pauly, D. (1984)
      Type: Working Paper
      This manual is a selection, from the entire field of fish population dynamics, of methods that are applicable totropical fish and fisheries and can be implemented with the help of programmable calculators. The methods ...

    • The role and impact of ICLARM 

      Neal, R.A.; Maclean, J.L. (1984)
      Type: Journal Article
      The International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) is a new, small research organization, working in fisheries and aquaculture in the developing countries. The Center has four programmes: (1) traditional ...

    • A bibliography on toxic red tides and shellfish poisoning related to the Indo-Pacific region 

      Maclean, J.L.; Temprosa, R.M. (1985)
      Type: Book
      References to toxic red tides in the Indo-Pacific mainly concern the dinoflagellate, Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressa. The literature is small, since the organism was not discovered in the region until 1972. It is ...

    • Automatic data processing for licensing and information management of foreign vessel access fisheries 

      Evans, D. (1984)
      Type: Journal Article
      An system is described for the processing of data regarding the licensing and management of foreign fishing.

    • A mechanism for the juvenile-to-adult transition in fishes 

      Pauly, D. (1984)
      Type: Journal Article
      The mechanisms used by physiologists and fishery biologists to explain why fish become mature are shown to be wanting. The hypothesis is presented that diminishing oxygen supply per unit weight serves in growing fish as ...

    • Note on observations of daily rings on otoliths of deepwater snappers 

      Brouard, F.; Grandperrin, R.; Kulbicki, M.; Rivaton, J. (1984)
      Type: Report
      To encourage the development of deep-sea fishing in Vanuatu, the Office de la Recherche Scien-tifique et Technique d'Outre Mer (ORSTOM) is studying growth in some of the major species: Erelis carbunculus, E. coruscans, ...

    • The Asian Fisheries Society 

      Anon. (1984)
      Type: Journal Article
      A brief account is given of the Asian Fisheries Society and its objectives regarding promotion of interaction and cooperation in fisheries research and development, and also establishment of national fisheries societies ...