Summary (extract) The past decade has seen a proliferation of management efforts targeting small-scale fisheries in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO). Many measures have focused
Abstract This paper presents evidence of the fisheries effect of experimental temporary fishing closures for Octopus cyanea in the then-emergent Velondriake Locally Managed Marine Area
Abstract Aim We provide a global assessment of the current legal direct take of marine turtles, including the scale and species breakdown at country level, and
Abstract: Knowledge of the trophic ecology and interactions of marine top predators is fundamental for understanding community structure and dynamics as well as ecosystem function. We examined
Abstract Ensuring that benefits from natural resource management initiatives are shared amongst both men and women is crucial to achieving long-term conservation objectives. In southwest
Abstracts from the poster session of the 66th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 4-8, 2013, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA.
Abstract Small-scale fisheries make key contributions to food security, sustainable livelihoods and poverty reduc-tion, yet to date the economic value of small-scale fisheries has been
Abstract: First officially recorded in Belize in 2008, by 2010 invasive lionfish were well established countrywide. Surveys in northern Belize in 2011 showed that demand
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Ghana’s coastal region supports productive fisheries that provide a major supply of protein and significant economic support to the nation. Over the decades
Abstract The Octopus cyanea fishery is the most economically important fishery in southwest Madagascar. Growing concerns over the sustainability of exploitation have promoted a number
Abstract The reform of the European Union’s Common Fisheries Policy(CFP) is focusing attention on EU distant water fishing activities, including the agreements signed with developing
Abstract Madagascar, the world’s fourth largest island, is one of the world’s poorest developing countries, and its people depend heavily on marine resources for subsistence
Abstract Fisheries are considered a major driver of population declines for many marine vertebrate species, and yet for some, data on the levels of direct
Abstract The biomass and abundance of four herbivorous fish families were surveyed in the region of Andavadoaka, south-west Madagascar, investigating the effects of fishing intensity,
ABSTRACT With over 5,500 km of coastline spanning more than 14 degrees of latitude, Madagascar boasts a diversity of marine and coastal habitats that is
Reconstruction of total marine fisheries catches for Madagascar (1950-2008). Fisheries Centre Research Reports 2011, Volume 19, Number 4.
Abstract: The annual catch of octopus in the Rodrigues Lagoon, located east/north-east of Mauritius, has dropped by almost half since 1994. This has prompted concern
Temporary closures of octopus fishing areas are found to increase catch and economic returns for local communities. By demonstrating such short-term, positive effects and following
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Summary The Velondriake community-managed protected area evolved from the establishment of a successful temporary octopus no-take-zone by the village of Andavadoaka in November 2004 to
The present migration of traditional fishers is symptomatic of the many challenges faced by poor coastal people in South West Madagascar. Significant migrations of traditional
Abstract 1. The atolls and islands comprising Chagos are a biodiversity hotspot of global conservation significance in a remote part of the central Indian Ocean.
Although there have been a number of studies that have looked at the traditional fisheries of southwest Madagascar, none have provided a detailed description of
Abstract 1. Data are analysed from visual censuses of shallow-water holothurians (sea cucumbers) in 72 shallow water transects 100m!2m within four atolls of Chagos. Mean
Introduction Fish stocks are dropping rapidly in number and diversity. Scientists believe the number of large fish in the oceans has fallen by 90 per
Abstract: Madagascar’s marine fisheries provide revenue and sustenance for the island nation. Antongil Bay, the largest shallow-water bay along Madagascar’s eastern coast, harbors significant marine
Key Words: Visual census, reef fish assemblage, Andavadoaka, Madagascar, Western Indian Ocean Abstract: This study represents the first qualitative census of the reef fish assemblage
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