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Fishing by the lamp: chisense fishing in Mweru-Luapula fishery, 1975-2010.
Fishing is an important human activity which has for a long time attracted and supported human settlement. In Mweru-Luapula, fishing was accepted by fishermen as an important source of income after 1920. The quantities of fish caught and sold assumed much importance. Therefore, the exposure of the …
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Fishing by the lamp: chisense fishing in Mweru-Luapula fishery, 1975-2010.
Fishing is an important human activity which has for a long time attracted and supported human settlement. In Mweru-Luapula, fishing was accepted by fishermen as an important source of income after 1920. The quantities of fish caught and sold assumed much importance. Therefore, the exposure of the …
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Design of a smart fishing rod
Sport fishing has been practiced for decades and has grown in popularity over the time. However, even with the growing popularity, the technology of the fishing rods has remained stagnant. This was something that the startup company Nordic Angling sought to fix by introducing the internet of things …
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Social Resilience in Cornish Fishing Communities
Rural Cornish coastal fishing communities express, and have expressed, varying degrees of ability to develop and retain social resilience capacity, or the ability to withstand ‘shock’ over both ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ onset events in social, political, economic and natural domain terms (Wilson, 2012a). …
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Examining the interrelationship between competition law, the allocation of fishing rights, and transformation in South Africa’s fishing industry
The fishing industry in South Africa is distinguished by the various species of fish that can be caught and by the scale of operations required to undertake the various type of fishing activities. Furthermore, the industry is broadly divided into the commercial sector and the small-scale sector. …
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Fishing net : matriz topográfica de recursos pesqueros
Fishing Net es un circuito cerrado, intensivo y diferenciado de pesca deportiva. Es un complejo habitacional-deportivo que se concibe como una edificación única que integra, segrega y confluye infraestructura. Consiste en una matriz de tres tramas ramificadas: canchas de pesca deportiva, …
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Capitalization of fishing industry thorugh quota markets
The thesis is aimed to answer the question, how a fishing quota system can facilitate capitalization of a fishing industry and be used to finance new shipbuilding in the fishing industry. The main hypothesis is that the fishing quota system is an effective instrument to increase effectiveness of …
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Fishing as a way of life: a cultural geography of fishing communities in Castletownbere (Ireland) and Le Guilvinec (Brittany)
… this research develops an understanding of fishing as a way of life in Castletownbere (County Cork) and Le Guilvinec (Brittany) through relational and reciprocal processes. Drawing on the hermeneutics of both Gadamer and Ricoeur, I argue that pre-understandings are essential to the awareness …
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Predictors of Online "Sad-Fishing" Among College Students
No abstract prepared.
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A geographical investigation of the Guatemalan fishing industry
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Geography, 1968
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Fishing For The Evolutionary Bases Of Female Ornamentation
Sexual dimorphism, or phenotypic differentiation of the sexes, is widespread amongst animals. It is understood mainly in the context of sexual selection, i.e. selection on mating success, with such selection typically acting more strongly on males. In some cases however, conspicuous ornaments …
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Risk Mitigation in the West Coast Commercial Fishing Fleet
… risk are inherently part of the commercial fishing industry. Working in rough seas for long hours with heavy equipment is notoriously hazardous and harvesters face some of the highest fatal and non-fatal occupational injury rates. Harvesters also face some of the highest financial risk …
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Social capital and sustainability in a Newfoundland fishing community
… of social capital in a single resource dependent fishing community, Petty Harbour, Newfoundland. The community under study, Petty Harbour, has a 335 year attachment to what was its primary fishery, Northern cod (Gadus morhua). This ended in 1992 when the Canadian government implemented an …
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Tournament bass fishing: Commodification in a serious leisure activity
Using the dynamic social world of tournament bass fishing as a backdrop, this research combined qualitative and quantitative research methods in a grounded theory approach for the study of commodification, serious leisure and the relationship between these two important social phenomena. …
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Extracting fish abundance indices from recreational fishing competition data
Over-exploited fisheries result in global economic losses and can lead to the degradation of marine ecosystems. Commercial and recreational fisheries have grown substantially over the past decades placing fish stocks under increasing pressure. Fisheries management aims to conserve and restore …
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Icelandic managers in fishing companies : to what extent do Icelandic mnagers and middle mangers in Iceland's twenty largest fishing companies fit into predetermined cultural dimensions?
… and leadership amongst Icelandic managers in fishing companies. The main goal of the research was to compare the Icelandic leader in general with Icelandic leaders in fishing companies and find out if there was any difference between them in cultural orientation or leadership style. The …
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