Essays about: "Capture fisheries"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Capture fisheries.

  1. 1. Making nets more acoustically visible : Floats as passive mitigation measures to reduce bycatch of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in gillnets

    University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Aquatic Resources

    Author : Frida Rosshagen; [2023]
    Keywords : toothed whales; harbour porpoise; Phocoena phocoena; incidental capture; bycatch; fisheries; fishing gear; ; gillnet; mitigation; reduction; low-cost; passive acoustic reflector; float;

    Abstract : Incidental capture in fishing gear is today affecting at least 112 marine mammal species worldwide and for many smaller toothed whale species (Odontocete), gillnets are considered to be the largest problem. Although some effective mitigation measures exists, these are often context specific and many might be hard to implement due to reasons such as high costs and maintenance. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Ecological and Anthropogenic Impacts of fishing gear in a tropical system : How the size of Spotted Rose Snapper (Lutjanus guttatus) and the ratio of target catch, is influenced by approved fishing gear within a marine area of responsible fishing in the South-Western Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM)

    Author : Alfred Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : Overfishing; overexploitation; Spotted Rose Snapper; Lutjanus guttatus; Gulf of Nicoya; Costa Rica; marine protected areas; artisinal fishermen; bycatch; Costa Rican Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture; incopesca; fishing gear; longlines;

    Abstract : The oceans are essential for humanity, yet these systems continue to be degraded and suffer from pollution, habitat destruction and overexploitation. The Costa Rican Gulf of Nicoya is a productive gulf that is fished by both large-scale industrial fisheries and small-scale artisanal fishermen. READ MORE

  4. 3. Dispersal and habitat use of juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta) following egg stocking : -A case study in the river Rotälven, Sweden

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för miljö- och livsvetenskaper (from 2013)

    Author : Jonathan Larsson; [2022]
    Keywords : brown trout; egg stocking; dispersal; alevin; fry; parr; redd; habitat preference; Öring; romutsättning; spridning; yngel; parr; habitatpreferens;

    Abstract : Egg stocking in rivers and streams is a common measure to support and re-introduce salmonid populations. To ensure the success of egg stocking programs, knowledge of the early life stages of juveniles including dispersal ability and habitat preferences of fry is a prerequisite. READ MORE

  5. 4. Homarus Corporatus: Investigating the state-firm-resource nexus in the Canadian offshore lobster fishery

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Naima Kraushaar-Friesen; [2021]
    Keywords : Marxian political economy; critical resource geography; capture fisheries; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Lobster production in Nova Scotia has been expanding for three decades, and a single firm, the vertically integrated, Canadian-based seafood company Clearwater Seafoods Inc., has gained exclusive control over the offshore lobster fishery. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Sea Change : Unpacking the different conceptualisations of fisheries development in Eastern Africa

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Abigayil Blandon; [2018]
    Keywords : fisheries development; institutional paradigm; conceptual model; World Bank; East Africa; complexity thinking;

    Abstract : The global narratives behind development aid are constantly changing, but aid is still criticized for being ineffective. The most recent trend within development thinking is the push for complexity science concepts to be incorporated, in order to better capture the uncertainties and dynamics of the real world. READ MORE