Thumbnail Image

Revitalization of the Mauritian bank fishery

an appraisal

Year of publication 1979

Pages 56

Author Wijkstrom, U.N.;Kroepelien, T.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) In response to a request from the Government of Mauritius, the FAO/UNDP Indian Ocean Fishery Survey and Development Programme sent two consultants to advise on ways and means of revitalizing the Mauritian off-shore bank fishery. The report concludes that the decline in the bank fishery is due more to human problems than to changes in fishing conditions, and recommends that business managers; fishermen and government officials cooperate in implementing an action plan to prepare for off-shore fish eries. The nature of such an action plan is outlined in the report.

Language English

Also available in:
No results found.

Related items

Showing items related by metadata.

  • No Thumbnail Available
    Book (series)
    Status of Interactions of Pacific Tuna Fisheries in 1995
    Proceeding of the Second FAO Expert Consultation on Interactions of Pacific Tuna Fisheries Shimizu, Japan 23 to 31 January 1995
    1996
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    This publication includes forty papers and two abstracts of papers presented at the Second FAO Expert Consultation on Pacific Tuna Fisheries held in Shimizu, Japan, from 23 to 31 January 1995. The topics of the papers include: · reviews of tuna fisheries interactions and their research including methods for their study, · new methods for studying tuna fisheries interactions and examination of their applicability, · case studies on tuna fisheries interactions, · analyses of tuna fisheri es involved in interactions and their management, and · an overview of FAO’s project that co-organized and co-sponsored the Consultation. A supplement of an indexed bibliography of papers on tuna and billfish tagging, which was printed separately, is also included. The objectives of the Consultation were to: · review and integrate the outcome of the studies on tuna fisheries interactions, · summarize the extent of tuna fisheries interactions and unresolved research problems, and · fo rmulate guidelines for research on tuna fisheries interactions. The understanding of tuna fisheries interactions was enhanced significantly by recent studies. However, the Consultation noted that the number of quantified interactions is still small due primarily to difficulties associated with evaluating such interactions. The papers providing supporting information for the conclusions of the Consultation are presented in this publication. Interactions were found to vary in significance depend ing on the biological characteristics of the species involved, the sizes of fish caught, the local and stock-wide rates of exploitation, and the distance among fisheries. In many of the studies presented, the inadequacy of fisheries data was stressed. In addition, the lack of understanding of movements of the fish being studied was noted in several papers. General qualitative guidelines presented in several discussion papers stressed that specifically-designed studies be undertaken to adequately quantify interactions. Well-designed tagging experiments were thought to provide the most reliable information about interactions. Guidelines for the collection of data, biological and ecosystem research, modelling, and alternative methodologies for studying tuna fisheries interactions are also included.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Document
    Report of the joint mission to plan development of the Sardinella fisheries in the Bali Strait 1977
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    This report has been prepared by an FAO/IOP Mission to East Java, Indonesia, as a result of its investigation of the development prospects of the fisheries for Indian oil sardine (Sardinella longiceps) in the Bali Strait. The technical details of the present fishery are dealt with, including the economics of the various operations, landing facilities and marketing and processing arrangements. The fishery has expanded considerably in recent years through the introduction of a large number of purs e seiners, a development which, given the limited nature of resources, now threaten the traditional fisheries which provide a living for a large number of fishermen. The Mission recommends that no more purse seiners be brought in until investigation of the resource shows whether or not it can sustain heavier fishing. Detailed proposals for the technical improvement of the existing craft and gear are presented and recommendations made with respect to the development of the infrastructure and the improvement of marketing operations. Credit facilities and institutional changes needed to facilitate these improvements are recommended.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Document
    Fisheries and marketing in the Yemen Arab Republic
    YEM/10/YEM
    1977
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    The discussion on artisanal fisheries development in the Yemen Arab Republic deals with the mission activity in the analysis of the existing situation in North Yemen, the definition of an appropriate development strategy and proposals for action. It forms a composite review of the fisheries situation with the specialized marketing study (Annex I)
Show more

Users also downloaded

Showing related downloaded files

No results found.