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Factors Influencing Adaptive Marine Governance in a Developing Country Context: a Case Study of Southern Kenya

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2011
Adaptive governance can be conceptualized as distinct phases of: 1) understanding environmental change; 2) using this understanding to inform decision making; and 3) acting on decisions in a manner that sustains resilience of desirable system states ...
Louisa S. Evans   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Renegotiating property rights in the Florida golden crab fishery

open access: yesInternational Journal of the Commons, 2013
The golden crab ('Chaceon fenneri') supports a small, economically healthy fishery in south Florida. Crabbers in the fishery have successfully protected themselves against larger outside fishing interests in the past, and management has been stable for ...
Scott Crosson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fisheries assessment of the Albanian lagoon fisheries

open access: yesFisheries & Aquatic Life, 2022
Abstract The present study uses fisher knowledge to outline the basic socio-economic framework of Albanian lagoon fisheries based on on-the-spot interviews conducted with fishers operating in the most important Albanian lagoons. The results indicated that Albanian lagoon fisheries were family-based, with spatial differences observed in ...
Rigers Bakiu   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Community Based Fisheries Management: The Right Option [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The principle behind community based fisheries management is handover of fisheries resources to community groups and they will manage the resources sustainably and equitably.
Malcolm Dickson, Neeti Gobeshona Kendro
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Effects of chronic browsing on life‐history traits of an irruptive large herbivore population

open access: yesPopulation Ecology, EarlyView.
This study aimed to determine the relationship between diet quality, body mass, and size (hind foot length), and female reproduction and sought to identify the mechanism by which high density under severe food limitations is maintained. Our results demonstrated that sika deer introduced to Nakanoshima Island have maintained high densities through high ...
Koichi Kaji   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lost Floodplain Wetland Environments and Efforts to Restore Connectivity, Habitat, and Water Quality Settings on the Great Barrier Reef

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2019
Managers are moving toward implementing large-scale coastal ecosystem restoration projects, however, many fail to achieve desired outcomes. Among the key reasons for this is the lack of integration with a whole-of-catchment approach, the scale of the ...
Nathan J. Waltham   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Attitudes and behaviors for understanding compliance in Greenland's Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) fishery

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, 2022
Noncompliance is a central challenge for conservation, but in settings with limited access to behavioral data, it can be difficult to evaluate what drives compliance.
Hunter T. Snyder   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Western Pacific Fishery Information Network: A Fisheries Information System [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
The Western Pacific Fishery Information Network (WPACFlN) is an intergovernmental agency cooperative program sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to help participating island fisheries agencies carry out data collection, analysis ...
Hamm, David C.
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Geographic variation in walking activity in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

open access: yesPopulation Ecology, EarlyView.
This study examined whether there is geographic variation in field populations, focusing on the moving activity in the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Results showed significant differences in moving activity among field populations but no correlation with latitude or meteorological factors.
Kentarou Matsumura
wiley   +1 more source

Economics and Hawaii's Marine Fisheries [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
This paper reviews economic research conducted on Hawaii's marine fisheries over the past ten years. The fisheries development and fisheries management context for this research is also considered.
Pooley, Samuel G.
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