Essays about: "fish"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 949 essays containing the word fish.

  1. 21. Analyzing the impact of marine protected areas on coastal zones : A case-study of Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected Area, South Africa

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Laura Elana Babette Obbink; [2023]
    Keywords : Marine Protected Areas; Sustainability; Coastal Zones; Biodiversity; Local Environmental Awareness; South Africa;

    Abstract : The ocean is, with its extraordinary ability to regulate the climate and absorb carbon dioxide, a vital ecosystem for all life on the planet. Moreover, the ocean is highly important for coastal communities as a source of income and nutrition, and as a consequence of increasing dependence it is becoming more significant to mitigate the effects of these anthropogenic activities on the ocean and its resources. READ MORE

  3. 22. Surrender to Dagaa : An ethnographic study of Fishing in Zanzibar

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Björn Trägårdh; [2023]
    Keywords : Phenomenology; political economy; fishing; overexploitation; neoliberalism; blue economy; scientific capitalism; unlimited goods;

    Abstract : This thesis explores Zanzibari fishing practices and the fishermen’s relation to the ocean, within the context of the global political economy. The study focuses on catching small pelagic fish, locally known as dagaa, which has become vital for food security in Zanzibar. READ MORE

  4. 23. Husdjurens roll för att uppfylla FN:s hållbarhetsmål

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Amanda Algotson; [2023]
    Keywords : Agenda 2030; globala hållbarhetsmålen; husdjur; djurvälfärd; nötkreatur; gris; fjäderfä; akvakultur;

    Abstract : År 2015 beslöt FN om 17 hållbarhetsmål som ingår i Agenda 2030. De finns för att världen ska bli fri från hunger och fattigdom, för att samhället ska bli mer jämställt och för att skydda miljön. READ MORE

  5. 24. The effects of fishing on stability of a food web under climate warming

    University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Aquatic Resources

    Author : Gabriel Nordström; [2023]
    Keywords : fishing; climate change; temperature; predator; consumer; resource; stage-specific; food webs; ontogenetic assymetry; biomass overcompensation; emergent Allee effects; limit cycles;

    Abstract : Predicting the effects of fishing in a warmer environment caused by climate change requires knowledge of what trophic level is fished on, the physiological effects of temperature on fish, and how these two affect ecological interactions. Both temperature and fishing are known to affect the stability of food webs in several ways. READ MORE

  6. 25. The foraging distribution of Cape gannets in relation to Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected Area

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Pelagia Maria Tsousi; [2023]
    Keywords : cape gannets; morus capensis; marine Protected Areas; addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected Area; foraging distribution;

    Abstract : Seabirds are considered to be the sentinels of the ocean, as they are able to locate their prey in spite of the great heterogeneity of the marine environment. During the breeding season, these central-place foragers not only need to find prey to maintain themselves but also to feed their young. READ MORE