Marine capture fisheries
Asian fisheries today: The production and use of low value/trash fish from marine fisheries in the Asia-Pacific region
2005
Asian fisheries today: The production and use of low value/trash fish from marine fisheries in the Asia-Pacific region Simon Funge-Smith, Erik Lindebo and Derek Staples, (2005) RAP Publication 2005/16 Throughout the Asia-Pacific region, captured and cultured marine fisheries continue to play an important role in the economies of many countries, especially in support of food security and poverty alleviation. Marine fisheries resources have been largely overexploited and, as a result, development of coastal aquaculture has been...
The history of industrial marine fisheries in Southeast Asia
2004
Using the information in Butcher 2004 (Butcher, John G. 2004. The Closing of the Frontier: A History of the marine fisheries of Southeast Asia c.1850-2000. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, 442 pp) and other sources, a review of the history of development of the major industrial marine fisheries in Southeast Asia has been undertaken. The production methods and fisheries considered were: (a) pearling; (b) trawling; (c) purse seining; (d) shrimp trawling; (e)...
Pacific Island Fisheries - regional and country information
2002
In general, the Pacific Islands increase in size from east to west. Most islands rise steeply from the deep ocean floor and have very little underwater shelf area. Coral reefs characteristically surround the islands, either close to the shore (fringing reef) or further offshore (barrier reef), in which case a coastal lagoon is enclosed. The area includes many atolls, which are the remnant barrier reefs of islands that have subsided. Some of the more...