Aquaculture Books

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock production

Cattle are a major source of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions: methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and ammonia (NH3). This collection reviews the range of research on ways of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from livestock production. Part 1 reviews the genetics, measurement and modelling of methane emissions from cattle. Chapters cover what we know about rumen function and genetics in ...

By Taylor & Francis Group
The Carpet of the Sun: On the Quantification of Algal Biomass

PhD Thesis in Eco-Toxicology at the Masaryk Univeristy of Brno, Czech ...

By Benten Water Solutions
Vital Signs 2010

From rising meat and seafood production to changes in the climate, Vital Signs 2010 documents 24 trends that are shaping our future and includes concise analyses and clear ...

By Worldwatch Institute
Report of the Global Conference on Small-Scale Fisheries - Securing sustainable small-scale Fisheries: Bringing together responsible fisheries and soc

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Reports 911This report provides a summary of the presentations, panel statements and working group discussions of the Bangkok Global Conference on Small-Scale Fisheries in 2008. The conference identified several critical ways forward in securing sustainable small-scale fisheries that integrate social, cultural and economic development, address resource access and use ...

By Earthprint Ltd
Report of the Technical Consultation to Draft a Legally-binding Instrument on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Reports No. 914The consultation, held in four sessions in FAO headquarters, was convened by the Director General of the Food and Agriculture of the United Nations upon the recommendation of the twenty-seventh session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries. The Technical Consultation finalized the draft Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate ...

By Earthprint Ltd
Report of the Second Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop. Trondheim, Norway, 7-11 August 2008 (includes a CD-ROM)

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Reports # 885This second workshop was arranged to tackle further the illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing problem, with nearly 200 practitioners discussing pragmatic solutions to eliminate IUU fishing, using actual situations covering a broad array of topics. These topics included case studies from many nations, applications of sophisticated technologies ...

By Earthprint Ltd
International seafood trade: challenges and opportunities - FAO/University of Akureyri Symposium 1-2 February 2007 - Akureyri, Iceland

The meeting included a range of views regarding the risks and challenges inherent to the recent developments in international seafood trade with views from government officials, business representatives and academia. The symposium highlighted that the seafood sector is extremely dynamic and is increasingly becoming a global sector. Risks include the pressure of global demand on capture fisheries ...

By Earthprint Ltd
Report of the FAO/RECOFI Regional Workshop to Combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. Muscat, Oman, 30 March-2 April 2009

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture ReportsThe objective of the Workshop was to develop national capacity and promote regional coordination so that countries would be better placed to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities, including through the development and implementation of relevant international fisheries instruments, taking appropriate measure at regional level and ...

By Earthprint Ltd
Report of the FAO Working Group on the Assessment of Small Pelagic Fish off Northwest Africa, Saly, Senegal, 6-15 May 2008 - Rapport du Groupe de trav

The Group assessed the status of the small pelagic resources in Northwest Africa and made projections on the development of the status of the stocks and on future effort and catch levels. The advices for the stocks are given in relation to the agreed reference points and on basis of the projections for the next five years. - Le Groupe a examine l'état actuel des ressources de petits pélagiques en ...

By Earthprint Ltd
Information and knowledge sharing

These guidelines provide a special focus on information and knowledge sharing and its current and potential role in supporting implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. They highlight the issues involved for individuals and organizations to have access to the information they need and, as importantly, to share their own information and knowledge with others. Particular ...

By Earthprint Ltd
Report of the Regional Intergovernmental Meeting to Initiate the Establishment of a Central Asian Fisheries Organization. Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 10-12

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture ReportsThe meeting brought together responsible authorities for capture fisheries and aquaculture from the wider Central Asian region to discuss major regional fisheries and aquaculture problems and issues and a proposal for the establishment of a regional fishery and aquaculture arrangement (network or regional ...

By Earthprint Ltd
Aquaculture site selection and site management

Aquaculture is currently facing a significant challenge : how to alleviate the pressure on fish stocks exerted by commercial fishing and yet meet the increasing demand for sea products in a sustainable way. The aim of this guide is to promote the sustainable development of Mediterranean aquaculture by providing basic guidelines for good practice in site selection and site ...

By Earthprint Ltd
Report of the FAO/APFIC Regional Workshop on Port State measures to Combat Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing for the South Asian Subregion.

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture ReportsThe objective of the Workshop was to develop national capacity and promote bilateral, subregional and/or regional coordination so that countries would be better placed to strengthen and harmonize port State measures. The final session of the Workshop entitled "Looking ahead: and agenda for the subregion on port State measures" sought to identify key issues to ...

By Earthprint Ltd
Fishing operations. 2: Best practices to reduce incidental catch of seabirds in capture fisheries

FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries # 1/Suppl.2These guidelines have been produced to support implementation of the International Plan of Action for Reducing Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries (IPOA-Seabirds). They are addressed to decision-makers and policy-makers associated with conserving seabirds and with minimizing their interaction with fishing gears, but the ...

By Earthprint Ltd
Geographic information systems to support the ecosystem approach to fisheries: Status, opportunities and challenges

The ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) has been developed over the last decade in response to perceived and actual deficiencies in previous methods of management. The EAF recognizes that fish are only one albeit important part of a much wider ecosystem incorporating an array of physical and biological components that humans interact with and exploit. Geographic information systems (GIS) are ...

By Earthprint Ltd
Report of the Second Meeting of Regional Fishery Body Secretariats Network. Rome, 9-10 March 2009

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture ReportsThe meeting reviewed the decisions of the twenty-eight session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) relevant to regional fishery bodies (RFBs). The Meeting discussed factors affecting fisheries management, including illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, overcapacity and the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 61/105 on Sustainable Fisheries. It ...

By Earthprint Ltd
Report of the fifteenth session of the Committee for Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture of Africa. Lusaka, Zambia, 9-11 December 2008. Rapport de la qui

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture ReportsThe major topics discussed at the session were: intersessional activities; regional dimensions of inland fisheries development; regional dimensions of aquaculture development; role and responsibilities of CIFAA; and proposals for the major topics for discussion at the sixteenth session of CIFAA. - Les discussions lors de cette session ont porté sur les thèmes ...

By Earthprint Ltd
Guidelines for the Ecolabelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Capture Fisheries. Revision 1 - Directives pour l'étiquetage écologique du po

These guidelines are of a voluntary nature. They are applicable to ecolabelling schemes that are designed to certify and promote labels for products from well-managed marine capture fisheries and focus on issues related to the sustainable use of fisheries resources. The guidelines refer to principle, general considerations, terms and definitions, minimum substantive requirements and criteria, and ...

By Earthprint Ltd
World Fisheries and Aquaculture Atlas. CD-ROM. 5th edition

Fisheries and aquaculture, and their related industries, play an essential role in the livelihoods of millions around the world - about 520 million people depend on the sector. Vital to the poorest, fisheries and aquaculture contribute significantly to world food security and account for over US$85.9 billion in international trade. Based on the broad board of expertise of the FAO Fisheries ...

By Earthprint Ltd
Committee on Fisheries. Report of the fourth session of the Sub-Committee on Aquaculture - Puerto Varas, Chile, 6-10 October 2008 - Rapport de la quat

Several working documents, including Technical guidelines on aquaculture certification, Towards better governance in aquaculture and Opportunities for addressing the challenges in meeting the rising global demand for food fish from aquaculture, were presented by the Secretariat for information, discussion and decision by the Sub-Committee. Also published in Arabic, Chinese and Russian. - ...

By Earthprint Ltd

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