Trochus nilot icus is a large marine mollusc exploited for its nacreous shell. This exportable resource is economicaly interesting for the island Countries of the South Pacific. The synoptic study of the document presents the biology (mainly habitat, reproduction and growth). The fecundity and larval development aspects are detailled in order to provide basic data for a possible aquaculture. The study ended with quantitative stocks measurements assessed by different authors and consequently proposes management options for an optimal resource regulation.
Systems Analysis and Simulation in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences William E. Grant This hands-on approach provides guidance to the step-by-step applications of systems analysis and simulation to questions about ecological systems. At the same time, it explains general principles without requiring that readers have a strong background in mathematics, statistics, or computer science. Chapter 1 traces the development of systems ecology introducing basic concepts, while Chapters 2 through 5 present the four phases of systems analysis: conceptual model formulation, quantitative specification of the model, model validation, and model use. 1986 (0 471-89236-X) 338 pp. Bioeconomic Modelling and Fisheries Management Colin W. Clark Discusses the management of commercial marine fisheries and the relationship between the economic forces affecting the fishing industry and the biological factors that determine the production and supply of fish in the sea. Topics focus on methods of preventing overfishing and overcapitalization, economically effective and practical forms of regulation, management of developing fisheries, natural fluctuations of fish stocks, and complexities of marine ecosystems. 1985 (0 471-87394-2) 291 pp. Methods in Marine Zooplankton Ecology Makoto Omori and Tsutomu Ikeda Encompassing basic principles, procedures, and research problems, this book serves as a complete guide to current methods used in the study of marine zooplankton. The techniques are equally applicable to small organisms and to the larval stages of larger, commercially important organisms. Chapters start with a brief, but well-summarized introduction to zooplankton, followed by field sampling strategies and laboratory methods, and then conclude with estimates of productivity and analysis of community structure. Each method is described in detail, including a discussion of the problems inherent in using it. 1984 (0 471-80107-0) 322 pp.
Deep water caridean shrimps have been found in many tropical Pacific Islands by setting baited traps in depths down to over 800 m. There has been some interest in the exploitation of these shrimps, particularly those belonging to the genus Heterocarpus This report summarizes the available information on the species found, their distribution, biology and commercial potential in Pacific Island countries.
"Just as geographers have made a substantial contribution to the sutdy of the Pacific, so the Pacific has made a significant impact on the discipline of geography and on certain of its practitioners. Research and reflection on the region was for long limited to a select group of metropolitan institutions, a distant oceanic realm serving simply as an object of their interest. The birth of universities in the islands, notably the University of the South Pacific in 1968, has changed all that. "The margin fades" serves, 25 years on, to measure some of the accomplishments of its geography department ... The thirteen essays presented here offer a refreshingly new portrait of geography in the Pacific ..." -- Back cover.
