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Marine ranching: global perspectives with emphasis on the Japanese experience.









FAO Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service, Fishery Resources Division. Marine ranching: global perspectives with emphasis on the Japanese experience. FAO Fisheries Circular. No. 943. Rome, FAO. 1999. 252p.


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    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
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    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.
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    Takachihogo-Shiibayama Mountainous Agriculture and Forestry System: A Cradle of Japanese Mythology Nurturing Forests and Traditional Culture.Plan for Conservation & Utilization of a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (Action Plan)
    Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
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    This plan outlines approaches to be taken by the Takachihogo-Shiibayama Site (hereinafter referred to as "the Site") for conservation and promotion of the composite system of agriculture and forestry in the mountainous area of Takachihogo-Shiibayama, which is the subject of an application for registration as a globally important agricultural heritage system (GIAHS) under the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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    Takachihogo-Shiibayama Mountainous Agriculture and Forestry System: A Cradle of Japanese Mythology Nurturing Forests and Traditional Culture. Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Application
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    The Takachihogo-Shiibayama Site (hereinafter referred to as "the Site") is a steep mountainous site enclosed by the peaks of the Kyushu-Sanchi, ranging from 1,000 to 1,700 meters in elevation. Mentioned in ancient Japanese chronicles such as the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, myths and traditions are cherished even today. In this tough, forest-enclosed environment where flat land is extremely sparse, the people have established a distinctive and sustainable composite system of agriculture and forestry in the mountainous Site through a combination of labor and ingenuity.

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