Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Industrial Fisheries"”.
-
Fishing for Food and Fodder: The Transnational Environmental History of Humboldt Current Fisheries in Peru and Chile since 1945
<p>This dissertation explores the history of industrial fisheries in the Humboldt Current marine ecosystem where workers, scientists, and entrepreneurs transformed Peru and Chile into two of the top five fishing nations after World War II. As fishmeal industrialists raided the oceans for proteins …
-
An ecosystem-based approach to study two dolphin populations around the island of Kalamos, Ionian Sea, Greece
… interactions with their prey and with the fisheries. The Ecopath model was built for the year 1964, adding data on biomass, P/B, Q/B and diet for each functional group of the ecosystem, fisheries landings and discards. Ecosim was used to generate simulated trajectories to fit with the …
-
Rethinking small-scale fisheries compliance : from criminal justice to social justice
Fisheries compliance theory has evolved over the past two decades in an attempt to understand the factors that influence fishers’ behaviour and to develop appropriate strategies to enhance compliance. However, much of this research, which draws on both rationalist and normative perspectives, has …
-
Understanding the livelihoods of small-scale fisheries in Lamberts Bay : implications for the new small-scale fisheries policy
… on marine resource harvesting. While small-scale fisheries employ the overwhelming majority of the world's fishers and contribute substantially to the global catch, they are, on the whole, marginalised and ignored. Despite their importance in providing food security and livelihoods in coastal …
-
Movement and trophic ecology of large pelagic fishes connecting surface waters with the Ocean’s Twilight Zone
… provide new and largely untapped resources for fisheries harvest. The extent to which commercially valuable, highly migratory top predators such as tuna and swordfish rely on mesopelagic biomass for forage has not previously been quantified but is thought to be substantial. Pressure from …
-
Movement and Trophic Ecology of Large Pelagic Fishes Connecting Surface Waters with the Ocean's Twilight Zone
… provide new and largely untapped resources for fisheries harvest. The extent to which commercially valuable, highly migratory top predators such as tuna and swordfish rely on mesopelagic biomass for forage has not previously been quantified but is thought to be substantial. Pressure from …
-
The Contribution of Aquaculture to Poverty Alleviation and Food Security Among the Rural Poor in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja
This study examined the impact of aquaculture on poverty alleviation and increased food security among the rural poor in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria. The rapid rise of hunger and malnutrition around the world mostly affecting the very poor and the needy informed the decision to …