Les Ressources Halieutiques Des Pays Insulaires Du Pacifique
Les Ressources Halieutiques Des Pays Insulaires Du Pacifique

Author: W. Bour

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9789250029405

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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.

Ressources Halieutiques Des Pays Insulaires Du Pacifique
Ressources Halieutiques Des Pays Insulaires Du Pacifique

Author: M. G. King

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9789251024300

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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.

Author:

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published:

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9251388148

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The Margin Fades
The Margin Fades

Author: Patrick D. Nunn

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13:

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"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.