The world’s interest in the Arctic region has been rising as well as the awareness of climate change and disappearance of ice cover in the region. From being seen as a ‘frozen desert’ the Arctic region is nowadays perceived, as a place for cooperation among Arctic states and other actors, from non-Arctic states to non-governmental organizations, like WWF and Greenpeace. The governance system in the ...

Light fishing is one of the most advanced and successful methods in several fisheries worldwide. Light fishing operations in Myanmar involve using light luring methods in inshore and offshore fisheries, especially for catching squids and pelagic fishes in squid seine (stick-held falling net) and purse seine vessels. Technological advancements have led fishers to use more power, light intensity, and ...

Abstract Social-ecological systems found in coastal zones make it one of the complex environments globally. The result of this social-ecological interaction is often unsustainable use of coastal resources. Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) has been recommended and used to manage the complexities that exist in coastal areas. ICZM involves a holistic approach to coastal resource management. ...

This study applies the theory planed behavior (TPB - Ajzen, 1991) to investigate the general antecedents of seafood consumption in Bacninh province of Vietnam. The results show that customers in the area consume seafood at a low frequency although they have high motivation and positive attitude toward fish consumption. A further investigation reveals that quality, negative effects, and suitability ...

Analysis of video recordings performed by the submersible “Nautile” in the Bay of Biscay, NE Atlantic indicated that demersal fish species are associated to different types of deep-sea habitats. Four different dive transects were analysed with respect to environmental characteristics. A total of 19 fish groups were ordinated by means of canonical correspondence analysis, and the investigation ...

Increased attention has been paid over recent years to the Over exploitation of small-scale fishery resources. This paper offers a simple bio-economic model of fishery exploitation orientated towards both Lake Malombe Chambo (Oreochromis sp.) and the Whole Lake Malombe Fishery. The catching of Chambo in Lake Malombe has historically been important to Malawi Fisheries, and the changes that have ...

Artisanal marine fisheries of Tanzania involve the majority of the coastal population whose survival is entirely dependent on the coastal fishery resources. In this paper the artisanal sector of the marine fisheries for the period 1987 -2000 is analysed by applying Gordon-Schaefer Surplus Production Model on time series of total catch and standardised effort. Static reference points such as open ...

The commercial tuna fishery of the East Atlantic and like wise the Ghanaian tuna fishery are based on the harvests of Bigeye, Skipjack and Yellowfin. In Ghana, baitboats and purse seiners commercially harvest these species of tuna. This study analysed the CPUE for the Ghanaian tuna fishery. The analysis was made for the three species and also for the two vessel types. The effort was standardized ...

The Shallow Water Shrimp fishery is the most important fishing activity in the Mozambican fishing industry. The shrimp resources along the Mozambican coast are concentrated in the Maputo Bay, Limpopo River mouth and Sofala Bank. Sofala Bank is the most important fishing area with around 50.000 Km2. Three main fleets exploit the shrimp resources, namely, artisanal, semi-industrial and industrial. ...

Wild Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) was used to assess possible effects of different treatments on blood coagulation time, fillet redness and possible correlationship between blood coagulation time and fillet redness by simulating fish capturing and handling activities. During blood coagulation time assessment fish were tested for different treatments simulating commercial fishing operations. Three ...