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Hunting motivations, behaviour and forest access: Characterising wildlife hunting practices in a multi‐ethnic, forested landscape of Brunei Darussalam, Southeast Asia

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Unsustainable hunting practices can alter population dynamics, driving biodiversity declines, which leads to ‘empty forests’. Understanding hunting behaviour, including motivations for hunting and relationships with market drivers, and access to hunting grounds are important to develop affirmative policies to stem biodiversity loss.
Natasha L. M. Mannion   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on catch spatial changes and classifying of beach seine cooperatives in Iranian coast of the Caspian Sea

open access: yes‬‭Majallah-i ̒Ilmī-i Shīlāt-i Īrān, 2017
The objectives of the present study were to determine the structure of capture fisheries and to classify the cooperatives who are involved in beach seine fishery of bony fish, based on the amount of capture fisheries production from 2009 to 2012. In this
H. Fazli; Gh. Daryanabard
doaj  

Estimation of Total Catch in Weight and Catch-at-Age in Number of Bluefin Tuna Thunnus orientalis in the Whole Pacific Ocean

open access: yes, 2001
Japanese official statistics do not have a specific species category corresponding to Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis, and only have two categories which include Pacific bluefin tuna together with other Thunnus species. The annual catch in weight
伊藤, 智幸   +2 more
core  

The impact of COVID‐19 on public perceptions of wild meat in Central Africa

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat is a significant source of food and income generation in Central Africa. However, there is little knowledge of how the assumed link between COVID‐19 and wild meat consumption has been discussed by the media and received by the public. In this study, we conducted media content analysis of 264 articles published in 2019–2020 related to
Yuhan Li   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

More than proteins for empty stomachs: Wild meat in the BaTonga food system

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Our paper highlights the limitations of the framework used by many conservation‐focused programmes that incorporate food security objectives. This framework encourages the substitution of wild proteins with domestic proteins by promoting animal farming in communities located near conservation areas.
Muriel Figuié   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wild meat consumption in changing rural landscapes of Indonesian Borneo

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat can play a crucial role in the food system of rural communities residing near tropical forests. Yet, socio‐ecological changes across tropical landscapes are impacting the patterns and sustainability of meat consumption. To understand the prevalence, frequency and drivers of wild meat, domestic meat and fish consumption in this ...
Katie L. Spencer   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fish Bulletin No. 24. An Analysis of the Catch Statistics of the Striped Bass (Roccus lineatus) Fishery of California

open access: yes, 1930
In order that the owners of a fishery or any other natural resource may derive the greatest benefit from that resource, it must be utilized to the fullest possible extent. A policy of unwarranted restriction or miserly hoarding does not give the maximum benefit to the owners, since they then are deprived of their legitimate profits.
openaire   +1 more source

Bushmeat consumption frequency and preferences among rural households in a West African savanna landscape: Implications for food security and conservation

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The drivers of consumer demand for bushmeat are relatively well studied in tropical forest systems, but much less so in savanna areas. This is important because differing ecological and socio‐economic conditions lead to different factors affecting the relationship between local communities and their natural resources.
Hannah N. K. Sackey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The dynamics of wild and alternative meat consumption across Gabon, Central Africa

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Long‐term overharvesting of wild animals for their meat threatens wildlife and the people dependent on wild animal meat for their diets and incomes. Interventions to reduce wild meat consumption must be built upon a complete understanding of the roles of wild meat and its alternatives within food systems.
Joshua Bauld   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

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