Information system (BOBFINS) Users' manual

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INFORMATION SYSTEM (BOBFINS) USERS' MANUAL

Executing Agency: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Funding Agency :UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Marine Fishery Resources Management in the Bay of Bengal. Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 1987.

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ABSTRACT

The Bay of Bengal Fisheries Information System (BOBFINS) is a data base management system for Apple IIe, designed for compilation and analysis of fisheries statistics. It is anticipated that this system will improve the quality and increase the quantum of fisheries information that can be produced by the countries around the Bay of Bengal, facilitate exchange of fisheries data and information among the participating countries and also enhance the possibilities of carrying out stock assessments at national and regional levels.

This system has been prepared by the Marine Fishery Resources Management Project (RAS/81/051) of the Bay of Bengal Programme. This project is funded by UNDP and executed by FAO. The project has already provided an Apple IIe micro computer to each of the participating countries and a basic training course on its usage, for biologists from these countries.

This document and the data base system have not been officially cleared by the governments concerned or the FAO.