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Fish for life: rehabilitating lives after natural disasters
(2008)Type: VideoCoastal areas, whose inhabitants are often dependant on fish for food and income, are increasingly those most affected by natural disasters. This video takes a look at how one remote fishing community in Aceh Indonesia, ... -
Characterization and management of the commercial sector of the Pohnpei coral reef fishery, Micronesia
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleCommercial coral reef fisheries in Pohnpei (Micronesia) extract approximately 1,521 kg of reef fish daily (~500 MT year-1) from 152 km2 of surrounding reef. More than 153 species were represented during surveys, with 25 ... -
Reconciling poverty alleviation with reduction in fisheries capacity: boat aid in post-tsunami Aceh, Indonesia
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleThe tremendous loss of life and assets resulting from the 2004 tsunami dealt a devastating blow to the coastal communities of Aceh Province, Indonesia. An assessment of the fishing fleet structure pre- and posttsunami, ... -
Restoring small-scale fisheries for tropical sea cucumbers
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleOverfishing threatens to extinguish local fisheries for valuable tropical sea cucumbers by reducing population densities to the point where reproductive success trails behind natural mortality (known as depensation or the ... -
Maximum sustainable yield of marine capture fisheries in developing archipelagic states: balancing law, science, politics and practice
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleThe contemporary legal regime for marine capture fisheries is dominated by management based on maximum sustainable yield (MSY). This study examines the law, science, politics and practice of MSY in a selection of developing ... -
Evaluation of seagrass planting and monitoring techniques: implications for assessing restoration success and habitat equivalency
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleRestoration has become an integral part of coastal management as a result of seagrass habitat loss. We studied restoration of the seagrass (Halodule wrightii) near Tampa Bay, Florida. Experimental plots were established ... -
Fisheries management in Malawi: a patchwork of traditional, modern, and post-modern regimes unfolds
(2008)Type: Book ChapterThis cases study provides an overview of how the roles of different stakeholders and institutions in fisheries management have evolved during the past century in Malawi. -
Regional economic integration of the fisheries sector in ASEAN countries
(2008)Type: Book ChapterThe Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is committed to deepening and broadening its internal economic integration and linkages, with the participation of the private sector, to realise an ASEAN Economic Community ... -
Managing excess capacity in small-scale fisheries: perspectives from stakeholders in three Southeast Asian countries
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleThe management of fishing capacity in both inland and marine fisheries is a major policy concern in most countries in Southeast Asia. Excess capacity leads to a number of negative impacts, such as resource use conflicts, ... -
Population parameters of important species in inland fisheries of Bangladesh
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleThe von Bertalanffy growth model parameters (L8 and K) and mortality coefficients (Z, M and F) were estimated for 12 fish species caught by fishers in five Community-Based Fisheries Management project sites in Bangladesh. ... -
A new era for restocking, stock enhancement and sea ranching of coastal fisheries resources
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleThe growing number of countries investigating the potential for releasing cultured juveniles to augment coastal fisheries resulted in the First International Symposium on Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching (ISSESR) in ... -
Fisheries policies, support services and the institutional environment for trade
(2008)Type: BriefThis lessons-learned brief is based on the results of a three-year project (2001 – 2004) carried out in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. Funded through the ... -
Tropical river fisheries valuation: background papers to a global synthesis
(2008)Type: Working PaperThis report is a compilation of five regional reviews that document the global status of tropical rivers and inland fisheries in three continents: Latin America, Africa and Asia. It explores the role of valuation methods ... -
Tropical river fisheries valuation: establishing economic value to guide policy
(2008)Type: BriefAnnual fish production from rivers and other inland fisheries is estimated at 5.5 million tons and a gross market value of $6 billion. Capturing the true economic value of fisheries to developing countries is the focus ... -
A review and synthesis of capture fisheries data in Thailand: large versus small-scale fisheries
(2008)Type: ReportThis report examines the current status of production and participation in large-scale and small scale fisheries in Thailand. It also looks at both the marine and inland capture fisheries of the country and capture fisheries ... -
From sound economics to sound management: practical solutions to small-scale fisheries governance in the developing world
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleThis is a commentary on Daniel Bromley's paper (The crisis in ocean governance: conceptual confusion, spurious economics, political indifference). Taking into consideration the varied context of small-scale fisheries in ... -
Small-scale capture fisheries: a global overview with emphasis on developing countries: a preliminary report of the Big Numbers Project
(2008)Type: ReportThe report gives a summary of the results to-date of case studies carried out in a selected number of countries which provides a first analysis of the differences between marine and inland small and large scale fisheries ... -
Status of fisheries resource and management approach in the open beels of Bangladesh: a comparative case study
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleA fish catch monitoring program was introduced in Ashura beel, Goakhola beel and Dikshi beel in 1997 through the Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) project. The project focused on developing community management ... -
Effect of water hyacinth and chlorella on water polluted by heavy metals and the biochemical and pathophysiological response of exposed fish
(2008)Type: Conference PaperThis study aimed to investigate the capacity of selected aquatic plant (water hyacinth and Chlorella) to remove some metal pollution from the water and the effect of such reaction on the serum bichemistry and histopathology ... -
Effect of dietary protein and feeding time on growth performance and feed utilization of post larval freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man 1879)
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleA growth trial was conducted to investigate the effect of different dietary protein and feeding times on growth performance and feed utilization of freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii Post-Larvae (PL). The experiment ...
