humans, sandeels are caught and processed into fish meal and oil to make food pellets for salmon farming and livestock feed. Fishing for anchovy should continue to be banned in the Bay of Biscay at least until spring 2007, ICES said. Lying off the Atlantic coast of France and Spain, the Bay of Biscay is the key trawling ground for anchovy, a very shortlived species and widely used in Mediterran...

Poison was used at remote anchorages of southern Stewart Island in spring and summer of 1984/85 to reduce the likelihood of ship rats (Rattus rattus), Norway rats (R. norvegicus) and kiore (R. exulans) boarding fishing boats heading for the Snares Islands. Poison baits were removed at successively slower rates, probably because poisoning had reduced rat numbers. The effectiveness of poisoning w...

During my travels to numerous countries over 40 years, I have seen many picturesque mountain villages with elegant and well-preserved houses perched on carefully selected sites on the mountains, and others located by a river or lake at the foot of a mountain. They appear remarkably harmonious with the natural scenery. Fruit trees or tea trees and crops such as rice, wheat, and corn are planted ...

Recreational and subsistence fishing plays a major role in the lives of many people, although most Americans obtain their fish from supermarkets or other commercial sources. Fish consumption has generally increased in recent years, largely because of the nutritional benefits. Recent concerns about contaminants in fish have prompted federal and state agencies to analyze fish (especially freshwat...

Small-scale fishermen from Watu Ulo, Jember, Indonesia use very simple fishing gear and small boats nets. Thus, they receive a low catch affect their well-being. This study aims to analyze the factors that can income expenditure of fishers’ households. interviewed in Ulo Hamlet, Ambulu District, using random sampling. The analytical method this used Two-stage Least Square (2SLS) estimate parame...

A main feature of European fisheries management is a programme to reduce the level of capacity in EU fisheries. A criticism of such programmes is that the remaining fleet can increase their level of fishing effort thereby reducing the benefits from the programme. The extent to which the remaining fleet is capable of increasing effort is partly dependent upon the current level of efficiency of t...