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...
The result of investigation about aquatic exploitation actions on Nha Phu lagoon (Khanh Hoa province) acknowledged: Exploitation of fisherman was individual (100%) and professional skill was very low. Professional exploitations were major drag net (36.92%), drift net (20 %), tunny net (16.92%). They exploited in Nha Phu lagoon and exploitation...
Combinations of 7 remarkably similar factors have led to the (partial)
failure of recent efforts to address five global or national crises. The paper
analyzes the global financial crisis, climate change, the US health care
crisis, the blue fin tuna collapse in the Atlantic Ocean and the collapse of
fish...
Marine conservation measures such as moratoriums challenge the economics of fisheries. Efficiency of moratoriums depends on the acceptation by fisheries of such conservation measures. If the measure is unaccepted by fisheries the moratorium is not respected which leads the stock to extinction. The purpose of this article is to identify...
Among scientists & fishermen: flagship relationships of a science/society
contract. What we can learn from the French public dialogue Grenelle de la
mer and how multi-agent simulations can be useful.
As a consequence of the French dialogue process entitled Grenelle de
l'environnement, Non-governmental organization access to public scientific
expertise and...
The main objectives assigned to ecosystemic indices are to fuel the debate on the best ways to reduce the impact of global warming. Fishing activities are also concerned with the debate. The assessments carried out about fish products show that the use of fuel in the fishing stage has the...
The need for management of the marine ecosystem using a broad perspective has been recommended under a variety of names. This paper uses the term Ecosystem Management, which is seen as a convergence between the ecological idea of an organisational hierarchy and the idea of strategic planning with a planning...
Ecosystems are one of the most productive fishing grounds in the world, with important commercial and valuable fish stocks. However, overfishing, IUU activities, discards, habitat destruction and alteration of the biogeochemical conditions of the ecosystem combined with an increase in fish demand continue to drive fisheries to an alarming situation....
Modern fisheries management is strongly based on ecosystem theory. Ecosystem management involves direct manipulation of the habitat and population as well as human activity in order to optimize sustainable returns to humans. The ecosystems approach is widely viewed as a new concept in management of fisheries and aquaculture. Ecosystems based...
Eritreas Coastal Marine and Island area covers more than 121,000km2, include over 350 offshore islands and 1,350km of coastline (18% of the Red Sea continental coastline) not including the islands. The total coastal mainland population is 73,000, and only ten out of all the islands are inhabited with a total...
The human interference and its impact on coastal zones have been recognized worldwide. Kerala, the Southern State of India with 560-km. coastline, has a population of 3,18,38,619 and the total area available is only 38238 Sq. km. About 2/3rd of the population of the Kerala state is settled in the...
Veracruz, México is the most productive fishing state of the Gulf of México. It has a long coastline extending from north to south for about 745 km. This paper incorporates spatial analysis to characterize the fishing production zones and the factors affecting such production along the coast of Veracruz, including...
The Chiloe archipelago (Patagonia, Chile) economy lies upon agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture. The marine activities were recently affected by an epidemic crisis in salmon farming and a market crisis for most of the seafood products, including seaweeds. Two Marine Reserves (Putemun and Pullinque) in this island were also badly impacted...
The White paper on European Governance suggests enhanced participation and transparency to improve policies, regulations and outcomes. This paper identifies and addresses difficulties and constraints associated with increasing legitimacy through participation using the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) as an example. The Green paper leading to the reform of the CFP...
This paper presents an analysis of the collapse of the European anchovy fishery (engraulis) in the Bay of Biscay. The analysis shows that this crisis is a clear expression of general troubles facing the CFP and its an applied case of deliberations that are analysed in the Green Paper. In...
Prior to the introduction of the modern management regime, the concept of capacity constituted no other reference than the technical capacity of a given fishing vessel. However, after closing the commons and the introduction of a an heavily institutionalized management regime, the fisheries sector have been transfomed to complex web...
The official catch records generally are carried out in the landing operations. There three categories of fishing that are not included in landings; illegal, unreported and unregulated catch (IUU) and are considered like lack of information. It is necessary, to consider these categories of fishing to know the true impact...
The artificial reef of Vilamoura (ARV) deployed between 1998 and 2001 is situated off the fishing community of Quarteira and the tourism resorts of Vilamoura (Southern Portugal). The reef extends for approximately over 4,000 m long and 1,400 m wide at a depth ranging from 20 to 40 m below...
The result of investigation about impact of aquaculture to water environment quality on Nha Phu lagoon (Khanh Hoa province) acknowledged: water environment quality was serious decline because of chemicals no using true, organic waste from shrimp pond, waste water, mud from shrimp pond and agriculture actions, accumulation sediment from mytilus...
Vietnam is the peninsular country and lying in the area of monsoon tropical climate therefore has very diversify and abundant and valuable fish resources. Since long time ago the fisheries resources in natural water bodies (as in dams, rivers, lake, canals, sea) have been concerned as common property (and is...
The Aquaculture & Fisheries Collaborative Research Support Program (AquaFish CRSP), headquartered at Oregon State University, brings together resources from US and Host Country institutions to promote sustainable solutions in aquaculture and fisheries. Through integrated, multidisciplinary partnerships, the program aims to increase aquaculture productivity, enhance environmental stewardship, address gender integration, and...
The artisanal fishing sector is very active in Senegal, providing 75% of total catch and major contributions to food supply, employment and exports. Artisanal fishing is spread along the coastline and involves different groups of migrants or sedentary fishermen using various fishing gears and techniques. Resources are heavily exploited and...
The Maya of Mexico and Central America pursue multiple livelihood approaches, relying primarily on natural resources obtained from the rainforest. Fishing in the many water bodies of the region is one among many livelihood opportunities, but its relative importance has not been assessed previously. Indeed, there remains an overall lack...
"Fish consumption twice per week" recommendation has been adopted in many countries, including Iran, by Nutrition experts. Data derived from food balance sheets (FBSs) and national household food consumption surveys (NHFCSs) show that fish consumption has been increased in the last 20 years in Iran. The gap between supply and...
The growing global interest in traceability in supply chains has resulted in a variety of public policy and private sector initiatives in numerous countries. It is widely accepted in developed countries that whole chain traceability of food - from inputs, treatments, processing and packaging distribution and marketing - is absolutely...
Although smallholder pond aquaculture in Malawi has significant potential to offset the current fish supply deficit of 27000 tons/year, its production is low (800 tons/year. The major constraints for aquaculture production are: lack of fast growing species; poor access to formulated feed; poor knowledge on modern fish farming practices, and...
When we observe activities in french Guyana, we look some particular behaviours without references on modern or traditional economic sectors. It's informal behaviours creating disequilibrium. Fishering sector is a good example. We propose an examination as from two perspectives: in one side a productive logic, in the other side a...
Fisheries management is an issue that draws out conflicting responses
about the role of the state, the market and civil society over the
management of natural resources. As an individual, anybody who is
exploiting the common resource will not think of any conservation because
the benefits in the short term...
Although diversification of producing activities and migration abilities are often supposed to reduce vulnerabilities of the rural households, it should not be considered as a general rule. In the Central Delta of the Niger River in Mali, fishers are massively involved in rice farming as secondary activity and many of...
Management strategy evaluation (MSE) is a methodology which allows to compare the efficiency of different management strategies in order to ensure the sustainability, in particular those based on viable control theory. Classic strategies (like precautionary approach of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, ICES) were compared to...