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Discard rates in marine fisheries have been estimated at more than 80% for some individual fisheries, with an average global discard rate of 8%. Discarding of catch can be problematic for three main reasons: (1) in the absence of accurate and...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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The Australian Harvest Strategy Policy requires that maximum economic yield (MEY) be the target in all Commonwealth managed fisheries. For multispecies fisheries, unlike single species fisheries, the optimal yield is not independent of the optimal...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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In 2007 the Fisheries Management Act passed through the South Australian parliament. The Act includes several new provisions which substantially changed the nature of commercial fishing rights, resource sharing between competing sectors and...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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There is a considerable amount of work done in transboundary fisheries and the implications of non-cooperative scenarios using game theory; there is also plenty of research about Marine Protected Areas (MPA) and their role on improving biomass,...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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Sea lice (lepeophtheirus salmonis) are a type of ectoparasite that hosts on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), weakening the fish and slowing its growth rate. In addition to the direct loses associated with reduced fish growth, sea lice also cause...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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This project utilized both shore-based and shipboard commercial marine radar technology to
collect wave statistics. In the first application a shore-based system was installed at Yaquina Bay in Newport, Oregon in order to collect real-time wave...
2009-12-15 (iso8601)
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Maritime spatial planning and fishery management are likely to generate extra costs for the fisheries by constraining fishermen activity with conservation areas and new utilizations of the sea such as offshore windmill parks. Growing concerns for...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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The paper puts forward a Bayesian Network model to study the optimal eutrophication control in coastal waters by reducing nutrient loads and removing fish biomass (bottom-up and top-down ecosystem mechanisms). The model combines an aquatic...
2014-06-07 (iso8601)
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Remote regions in developing countries have often not shared in the increase in income and quality of life associated with economic growth in the industrial and service sectors. This is particularly true in countries with a rapidly developing...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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Crown jellyfish (Periphylla periphylla) has become an increasing biological and economic problem for the fishermen in many Norwegian fjords. It is known to prey on a variety of planktonic species including small crustaceans like krill and calanus...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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The Orinoco Sailfin Catfish (OSC) is an invasive fish species introduced into local water bodies through the ornamental fish industry in Sri Lanka. Freshwater aquaculture is a key element that strengthens the rural economy while fulfilling...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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Natural gas extraction, often referred to as “fracking,” has increased rapidly in the U.S. in recent years. To address potential health impacts, passive air samplers were deployed in a rural community heavily affected by the natural gas boom....
2015-03-26 (iso8601)
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This study evaluated the potential impact of global fish trade on local food prices and potential food security and associated adaptation by analyzing a locally-collected time series of disaggregated coral reef fish prices by types of fish that...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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Growing industrial and consumer demands are negatively affecting fish stocks, which are extracted above sustainable levels. Successful conservation of marine resources through restricted-use zoning systems such as marine reserves and territorial...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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In 2009 a network of 19 multiple-use Marine Parks was created in State waters under the South Australian Marine Parks Act 2007. Section 21 of the Act contains compensation provisions where rights of fishing licence holders are affected by the...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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Focus groups were combined with surveys to inform policy making regarding precautionary measures to protect cold water coral (CWC). CWC represent complex environmental public goods involving irreversibility and uncertainty. Respondents believe CWC...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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The lack of property rights in fisheries is a well-known source of undesirable outcomes in terms of sustainability and profitability for fisheries. Both Territorial User Fishing Rights (TURF) and Marine Protected Areas (MPA) have been proposed as...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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Coastal and marine spatial planning (CMSP) is a process for improving the management of ocean resources in order to promote their sustainable development. One of the most challenging spatial planning issues in New England now concerns the siting...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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"Human choices affect nature and nature affects human choice". This research is investigated irrigation development on lagoon fisheries in Sri Lanka. Spatial variation of the lagoon system is derived from the land use maps. Information on...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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Conventional bioeconomic analyses focus on the economically optimal exploitation of the fish resources by maximizing the resource rent subject to a resource restriction. This paper expands this type of analysis by addressing the fishing activity's...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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Tropical and sub-tropical coastal and estuarine ecosystems are complex, dynamic systems that are important in providing numerous ecological services. Globally, these ecosystems are threatened by anthropogenic activities and climate change and...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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Scanner data that’s collected on consumer purchases falls into two main groups: point-of-sale scanner data and household-based scanner data. Point-of-sale scanner data can identify the products that are purchased, the quantity sold, and the price...
2014-07-07 (iso8601)
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36 strains of Burkholderia spp. isolated from sugarcane were evaluated for biological control of leaf and pseudobulb necrosis of orchid caused by B. gladioli. 29 of the sugarcane strains suppressed the disease in greenhouse assays. We generated a...
2015-03-31 (iso8601)
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Research data has gained wider acceptance as important scholarly products in and of themselves, and funding agencies, such as the National Science Foundation (NSF), have introduced requirements for Data Management Plans (DMPs) and data archiving....
2015-03-31 (iso8601)
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Mycobacterium avium subsp hominissuis (MAH) is an opportunistic environmental pathogen that causes respiratory and gastrointestinal illness in immunocompromised persons such as those with chronic respiratory diseases or AIDs, respectively. In...
2015-03-20 (iso8601)
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