Management of artisanal fisheries in coastal lagoons and estuaries is treated in three broad categories -- regulatory management, non-regulatory management, and interactions between fisheries or fishery interests. Regulation of artisanal fisheries in coastal lagoons and estuaries by government authority is hampered [...]

The European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission (EIFAC) is a regional commission of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) with a membership of twenty-five countries,1 including four with strong European affinities: Cyprus, Israel, Malta and Turkey. Collectively, the [...]

An increasing number of impoundments in Southeast Asian countries is now becoming available for fishery management purposes. This report is an overview of reservoir fisheries experience, based both on temperate and tropical countries. It provides a synthesis of information of [...]

This catalogue includes: (i) all species known to be used for human consumption, (ii) species known to be sold for bait and as sub-products, (iii) species not commercially exploited at present but considered by experts to be of potential commercial [...]

An Expert Consultation on Fishery Management in Large Rivers was held in Rome from 13 to 17 November 1978. The consultation was organized by the Fishery Resources and Environment Division of the FAO Department of Fisheries and brought together experts [...]

The first edition of this handbook contained a review of the literature concerned with the utilization of fresh-water aquatic plants going as far back as 1917. The objective was to assemble the ideas and experimental results of those authors and [...]

An outline of the inland fisheries resources of India is given with a detailed account of the fisheries uf the Ganga river system. Suggestions are made for the conservation and Development of river fisheries, reservoirs, open estuaries and lagoons. in [...]

As far as can be ascertained, this is the first indexed bibliography dealing with freshwater fish species either introduced or endemic to the whole Latin American region. Although it was intended to produce a comprehensive reference work, it is almost [...]

The taxonomy, distribution, biology, fisheries, management and culture of walleye.

This paper reviews the direct and indirect means whereby fish is caught (fishing gear, boats, etc.) as well as fishing tactics and strategies in the types of environment characteristics of inland waters in Africa. The role and influence of technology are [...]