Papers Presented at the Expert Consultation on Sustainable Fishing Technologies and Practices
Papers Presented at the Expert Consultation on Sustainable Fishing Technologies and Practices

Author: Andrew R. Smith

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9789251045251

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The publication contains the 17 invited papers which were presented and discussed at the Expert Consultation on Sustainable Fishing Technologies and Practices held in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada (1-6 March 1998). The papers cover four broad categories. The first section deals with the methodologies for development and assessment of the effectiveness of fishing gears. The second section deals with the review of impact assessments of fishing activities on the marine habitat. Representative examples of sustainable fishing technologies and practices are dealt with in the third part and finally the fourth and final section deals with the introduction and implementation of sustainable technologies and practices.

Global Study of Shrimp Fisheries
Global Study of Shrimp Fisheries

Author: R. Gillett

Publisher: Fao Fisheries and Aquaculture

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9789251060537

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Shrimp is now the most valuable internationally traded fishery commodities. This report summarizes the results of an FAO commissioned global study focusing on social, economic and environmental impacts, and also contains studies representative of various geographic regions and of a variety of important shrimp fishery conditions: Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Kuwait, Madagascar, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States of America.--Publisher's description.

By-catch Reduction in the World's Fisheries
By-catch Reduction in the World's Fisheries

Author: Steven J. Kennelly

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-07-18

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 1402060785

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With by-catch in fisheries becoming an ever more high-profile problem, this brilliant work could not be more timely. It contains contributions from the world’s leading experts in by-catch reduction, who guide the reader through most aspects of the field. They examine the methodologies used to develop by-catch reduction techniques and provide new avenues for broadening such work. Case studies are provided that encompass most of the world’s fishing techniques and regions.