This article reports the outcome of a Special Action Project for the Elimination of Leprosy (SAPEL), including the implementation of multidrug therapy (MDT) in difficult situations in Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria. Twenty-two fishing villages and five communities in areas of gully erosion participated in the project from August 1996 to September 1997. Seven new cases were detected and treated with...

The paper discusses the contribution of the Lake Victoria fisheries resources to the riparian states as well as the communities. The paper has used data from studies conducted simultaneously and by reviewing documents from government and other studies reports. Results indicate that in addition to GDP, fisheries have also generated income and revenue, provided employment and brought in substanti...

Global-scale changes in anthropogenic nutrient input into marine ecosystems via terrestrial runoff, coupled with widespread predator removal via fishing, have created greater urgency for understanding the relative role of top-down versus bottom-up control of food web dynamics. Yet recent large-scale studies of community regulation in marine ecosystems have shown dramatically different results t...

As well as serving valuable biodiversity conservation roles, functioning no-take fishery reserves protect a portion of the fishery stock as insurance against future over-fishing. So long as there is adequate compliance by the fishing community, it is likely that they will also sustain and even enhance fishery yields in the surrounding area. However, there are significant gaps in scientific know...

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are becoming a favoured management strategy for the conservation of marine biodiversity. We present an analysis of how fishery data from a trawl fishery in northern Australia can contribute to the process of developing a system of candidate MPAs. We investigate ways of using fishing grounds, bioregion and depth information as a means of classifying ecosystems, and ...

fish biodiversity investigation in urmia basin which is a part of irano-anatolian hot spot aimed to determine the state of fish in this endorheic basin. based on the obtained results, freshwater fish species of the urmia basin comprise 29 species in 25 genera, 7 families, 5 orders and one class. the most diverse order is the cypriniformes with 23 species (79.31%) followed by salmoniformes and p...

recreational waters should be considered as risks for enterococcal infections in regions with high utilization and long exposure periods. the aim of this study was to investigate the resistance of enterococci to selected antibiotics and some heavy metals [pb+2, fe+2, zn+2 and cr+2]. a total of 75 enterococcal isolates was obtained from 54 bathing and fishing water samples from 9 bathing and fis...

Fishing is the primary source of income and employment for community, which typically located near fishing area. Women fishermen are pertinent to family economy because they help market product-based fisheries, provide additional household. Furthermore, during monsoon season, women play a key role. The purpose this paper revalidate women's participation in Entrepreneurship Scale using Fuzzy Del...

OBJECTIVE To determine prevalence of depression and its associated risk factors with depression among adult women in a fishing community. METHODS This study was conducted in Sualehabad, a small community with a population of 5000 of Manora Island in two stages. In first stage door to door survey was conducted and about 1200 women were screened for depression by using Mini International Neurop...

This paper explains the prohibition of going to sea on Fridays in Singkuang village from perspective maqasid sharia, because basically fishing activity is a suggestion Allah SWT meet needs human life, fulfill nutrition children's growth. However, Singkuang, Village Regulation (Perdes) regarding Prohibition Fishing appeared.The question here what background, objectives, formulation sanctions, an...