This paper discusses the adaptation of the Scene of Crime Information System developed within an EPSRC-funded project, to the collection of data within the ImageCLEF track of the Cross Language Evaluation Forum 2003. The adaptations necessary to participate in this activity are detailed, and initial results are briefly presented. 1. ImageCLEF Collection ImageCLEF is concerned with the retrieval...

Observers were placed on pelagic vessels in the Scottish fisheries for mackerel (Scomber scombrus), herring (Clupea harengus), “maatje” herring (herring caught just before their first spawning) and argentines (Argentina silus) to monitor by-catch composition and discarding practices. A total of 67 days was spent at sea, 11 on the argentine fleet, 28 on the herring fleet, 12 on the “maatje” herr...

Fishing is common among the inhabitants in every coastal region. Oman’s Al-Batinah coast accounts for 20% of the national catch. However, poor uptakes of improved fishing technologies and practices, weak management, inefficiency and ineffective marketing have resulted in Al-Batinah fishermen securing low earnings (Al-Zabri, 2008). This study assesses the situation of the fishermen on the Batina...

In 1997, a total of 47 fish fairs were organised in Finland. Åbo not only was the usual autumn fair held, but also arranged spring, too early (because ice) for people from archipelago to be able come into town by means their own boats. The times and places over year are given Fish Fair Calendar which is published Fiskeritidskrift för Finland (Finnish Fishing Journal). Seven called herring fairs...

The coastal fisheries in Liberia comprise small-scale Kru and Fanti low technology canoes open boats, as well industrial trawlers. At the end of war 2003, foreign trawlers dominated Liberia. After war, fleet declined rapidly from 60 2004 to 15 2010. Over same period local grew <400 over 2400 motorized boats increased <200 about 800. Since 2010, when government established a six nautical m...

BACKGROUND Overexploitation and the impact of several types of human activities have caused declines of marine resources. The direct and active involvement of fishermen in the management of marine resources is effective not only for resource conservation, but also for changing fishermen's attitudes. In this study, we proposed and tested the efficacy and suitability of a measure for mitigating t...

The study was aimed to update the knowledge on fish landings of inland fisheries in Basrah province, Iraq. species composition, and total landings, their trends six landing sites throughout region were evaluated during year 2020-2021. Species compositions included seven cyprinids’ species, three cichlids’ mullet’s two from sparids silurids. exotic C. carpio, tilapias auratus dominated constitut...