A wearable, multi-modal sensor is presented that can non-invasively monitor a patient’s activity level and heart function concurrently for more than a week. The 4in² sensor incorporates both a non-contact heartrate sensor and a 5-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU), allowing simultaneous heart, respiration, and movement monitoring without requiring physical contact...
Fisheries nationwide are facing major challenges that require collection of real time (RT) and near real time (NRT) information. High-resolution RT and NRT data are critical for addressing a variety of fishery needs including quota accounting, observer coverage, bycatch management, electronic logbook and fish ticket requirements, research and monitoring, spatial...
An economic survey of the commercial operators currently active in the Queensland Reef Line fishery has been carried out, as part of a research project aimed at evaluating options available to manage the fishery. We present the background analysis of the fishery used as a basis to develop the sampling...
As IAMSLIC members will recall, in 1990 Stephanie Haas questioned ASFA’s supremacy in marine science libraries and found “potential pitfalls” if relying on a single database to adequately discover the relevant literature (Haas 1990). We still question the best way to access the literature in our multidisciplinary field. Patrons and...
The author gives the background for the importance of the value chain network and the challenges of sustaining this network in developing nations. She presents the context for the papers and presentations in this special session on aquaculture and small fisheries markets and value chains with focus on gender.
Development of wave and offshore wind-based marine renewable energy is anticipated on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) off Oregon and much of the Pacific Northwest in the coming decade. Multiple issues related to environmental considerations and information needs remain for these emerging industries. The Oregon Marine Renewable Energy Environmental Science...
This study applies the single-stage modelling stochastic frontier approach to assess the performance of fish farms in Ghana. It examines technical efficiency and its determinants of 150 farms surveyed in 2007 and extend the scope of the analysis to explore interactive effects of farm specific variables on efficiency of production....
An international symposium devoted to Research and small-scale fisheries (Durand, Lemoalle, Weber,
1991) in Montpellier (France) in 1989 came from increasing evidence that “the complexity of small scale
fisheries calls for applying knowledge from many fields in combined studies that can take advantage of a
whole range of information”. Has...
Due to the development, Japan lost more than half of seaweed beds
because of reclamations, water brake constructions and water pollution
after the WWII. As a result, coastal fisheries production decreased from 2
million metric tons to 1.5 million metric tons. Building a forest in the sea
has been paid...
A significant pattern in Spanish salt fish demand over the last decade has been a steady increase in consumption of frozen light salted fillet, mainly at the expense of traditional wet salted whole consumption. Our findings suggest that a significant trend exists that consumers in Spain prefer purchasing the light...
Studies on poverty have focused predominantly on low income and food poverty. Little or no attention has been given to the emerging problem of adequate calorie intake accompanied by low micronutrient levels, particularly in diets of rural households in transition and developing economies. Micronutrient deficiencies are related to child mortality,...
This paper addressed the budgeting analysis of catfish marketing in Ondo
State. The catfish sellers were interviewed from the market with the aid of
structured questionnaire and personal interviews. Data were collected using
simple random sampling technique from fifty (50) marketers. The data
collected were analyzed using frequencies, percentages, profitability...
The role of aquaculture industry is becoming more prominent in order to supplement marine capture in meeting the food need of the growing population. In an attempt to minimize depletion of marine fisheries only traditional vessels are allowed to fish along the coastal area while bigger vessels are regulated to...
Vietnam with three-quarters of the country is mountainous and hilly, around 1.4 million ha of inland and coastal waters suitable for aquaculture purposes. In Vietnam, marine fish cage culture has been developed since the 1970s and significant expansion took place in the early 1990s. There are approximately 500 ha of...
Data were collected and investigated on 33 communes, 86 villages with a total area of 22,000 ha lagoon. The research are applied with quantitative and qualitative applications. The results were conducted in stable livelihood in the long-term, ensuring life. The results were showed the thousand of residents, the socio-economic situation,...
It was obtained the optimal rotation time for the polyculture of tilapia
nilótica and white shrimp in freshwater, with a bioeconómic model. Data
for modelling were extracted from an experiment conducted in
CINVESTAV-IPN, unit Mérida, during the summer of 2008. The stocking
densities studied were 32.2 tilapia/m3 and 33.7 and...