WorldFish Repository: Recent submissions
Now showing items 2961-2980 of 5196
-
Impact of the introduction of apple snails and their control in Japan
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThe apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata, was imported into Japan and cultured extensively for food in the early 1980s. Not long after, escaped or discarded snails became feral and started feeding on rice seedlings and other ... -
Culture of mola (Amblypharyngodon mola) in polyculture with carps: experience from a field trial in Bangladesh
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleStudies were carried out during May 1997 to January 1998 in Kishoregani district in Bangladesh to investigate the production potential of carp polyculture in combination with Amblypharyngodon mola in seasonal ponds. The ... -
Broodstock management status and some suggestions to control negative selection and inbreeding in hatchery stocks in Bangladesh
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThe freshwater river systems and floodplains of Bangladesh are the breeding grounds for 13 endemic species of carps and barbs and a large number of other fish species, including a number of exotic carps and other species ... -
Developing aquaculture of Small Native Species (SNS) in Bangladesh: village level agroecological change and the availability of SNS
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleSmall native species (SNS) of fish are important source of protein and income for rural people in Bangladesh. A rapid rural appraisal study was carried out to explore the recent changes in the availability of SNS in relation ... -
Priorities in aquatic resources research in the Asia-Pacific region
(1999)Type: Conference ProceedingsThis conference proceedings volume consists of 13 extended abstracts of country papers and 4 statements by regional and International Organizations, presented at the First Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Association of ... -
Seinability of four strains of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, in Chinese ponds
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThe objective of the current experiment was to examine seinability of four strains of Nile tilapia, O. niloticus, GIFT and Egypt 92, Egypt 88 and Sudan 78. The latter two are normally utilized in China. -
Management of fisheries, coastal resources and the coastal environment in Bangladesh: legal and institutional perspectives
(1999)Type: Working PaperThis working paper is a profile analysis of the legal, institutional, and policy mechanisms of Bangladesh in its management of fisheries and coastal resources. This is one of the major outputs of the project entitled ... -
Brush shelter: a recently introduced fishing method in the Kaptai reservoir fisheries in Bangladesh
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper describes the brush shelters in Kaptai Lake based on a field survey of four major fishing grounds undertaken in Jan-Dec 1997. -
Sustainable inland fisheries management in Bangladesh
(1999)Type: Conference ProceedingsThis conference volume "Sustainable Inland Fisheries Management in Bangladesh" contains 37 papers presented at the workshop. These paper are divided into five sections namely Introduction, Institutional issues, the CBFM ... -
Fisheries co-management in Asia: phase 1 project report
(1999)Type: ReportIn 1994, the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) in Manila, Philippines and the Institute for Fisheries Management (IFM) at the North Sea Centre in Hirtshals, Denmark, in collaboration ... -
Length-weight relationship of fishes from Yemen waters (Gulf of Aden and Red Sea)
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThe data for this study were gathered between 1993 and 1996 on board commercial trawlers from Somalia, China and Yemen and also from the research vessel Ibn Magid belonging to the Marine Science and Resources Research ... -
Occurrence and distribution of fish species off Yemen (Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea)
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThe species list is drawn from an analysis of catches taken by Sumalian and Russian trawlers in the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea between 1985 and 1990. The southern coastline of the Republic of Yemen has been divided ... -
The capture and culture of postlarval coral reef fish: potential for new artisanal fisheries
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThis article summarises the reasons why the removal of postlarval coral reef fish should be sustainable and identify those conditions that may require restrictions to fishing for postlarvae. The authors also outline why ... -
Use of light-attracted zooplankton for rearing post-settlement coral reef fish
(1999)Type: Book ChapterSettlement stage Lutjanus synagris and Ocyurus were caught in light traps set off fore reefs in the British Virgin Islands and raised in floating mesh cages tethered in water 1-2 m deep. Lights were designed to attract ... -
Beverton and Holt equations: spreadsheet functions and uncertainty
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThis contribution illustrates how modern spreadsheets aid the calculation and visualization of yield models and how the effects of uncertainties may be incorporated using Monte Carlo simulation. It is argued that analogous ... -
An overview of goby-fry fisheries
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleA number of diadromous gobies, notably Sicydium spp. and Sicyopterus spp., support fisheries based on return migrations of postlarvae (fry) to rivers. Most species are tropical, although close relatives occur in Japan. The ... -
Fisheries policy research in developing countries: issues, priorities and needs
(1999)Type: Conference ProceedingsProceedings of an international consultation held on 2-5 June 1997 in the North Sea Centre, Hirtshals, Denmark. Organized into three sessions, the first session focused on policy issues related to major changes in the ... -
Fisheries monitoring: management models, compliance and technical solutions
(1999)Type: Book ChapterMonitoring must be considered within the broader context of fisheries management, which in turn is a part of a mosaic of multiple ocean and natural resource uses, including environmental conservation. Monitoring has a role ... -
Management of fisheries, coastal resources and coastal environment in Thailand: institutional, legal and policy perspectives
(1999)Type: Working PaperIn this working paper, the authors carried out a study on the institutional, legal and policy framework for managing the fisheries, coastal resources and coastal environment in Thai land and proffered solutions to the ... -
Length-weight relationships of demersal fishes from the Gulf of Salamanca, Colombia. [second part]
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThe parameters a and b of the length-weight relationship of the form W=a L super(b) were computed for 46 species caught in a series of demersal trawl hauls over the period 1995-1997 in the Gulf of Salamanca, Colombia.
