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View the PDF document Gela tamboo areas monitoring report: abundance of commercially important species of invertebrates, fish and the status of coral health in Community Based Marine Protected Areas in Gela, Central Province, Solomon Islands: May 10-17 2007
Author(s): Tafea, H., Bebeu, T.
Publisher: Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources
Place: Honiara (Solomon Islands)
Date: 2007
Notes: Communities and Coasts Programme.
ASFA Keywords: Invertebrates, Abundance, Commercial species
Country Collection: Solomon Islands

View the PDF document General aquaculture training course for 1996
Author(s): Jovesa, W. N.
Publisher: Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forest, Fiji
Place: Suva (Fiji)
Date: 1996
Notes: A report in partnership with JICA
ASFA Keywords: Aquaculture, Curricula, Biometrics, Water management
Country Collection: Fiji
Abstract: The importance of human resources development is widely accepted in developed countries and it is becoming more recognised as an essential factor in development. The Government of Japan established the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 1974 as its sole agency for the implementation of Japan's technical cooperation with developing countries, with the aim of expanding Japan's development cooperation in response to increasingly diversified requests from developing countries for technical cooperation, particularly in area of human resources.

View the PDF document Gestion de la ressource: concepts et applications possibles aux ressources en poissons de fond et pelagiquest de la Zone Economique Exclusive de la Nouvelle-Caledonie
Author(s): Etaix-Bonnin, R., Rubin, A.
Place: Noumea (New Caledonia)
Date: 2001
ASFA Keywords: Fishery management, Exclusive economic zone, Marine resources
Country Collection: New Caledonia

View the PDF document Giant clam fishing off Tongatapu Island (In Fisheries Research Bulletin of Tonga, Volume 2, 1994)
Author(s): Kava, V., Udagawa, K.
Publisher: Ministry of Fisheries, Tonga
Place: Nuku'alofa (Tonga)
Date: 1994
Notes: pp. 43-46
ASFA Keywords: Clam fisheries, Resource management, Fishery data
Country Collection: Tonga
Abstract: It has long been said that resource management measures should be introduced to prevent depletion of giant clam resources casued by overfishing (Mckoy, 1980; Munro, 1993). However, scientifically justifiable management measures have not been established yet.

View the PDF document Giant clam marketing in Tonga (In Fisheries Research Bulletin of Tonga, Volume 5, 1996)
Author(s): Fa'anunu, 'U., Loto'ahea, T., Sone, S.
Publisher: Ministry of Fisheries, Tonga
Place: Nuku'alofa (Tonga)
Date: 1996
Notes: pp. 69-75
ASFA Keywords: Clam fisheries, Clam culture, Market research, Marketing
Country Collection: Tonga
Abstract: In order to support the giant clam stock enhancement program in Tonga, and to earn foreign currency, several markets for the cultured giant clams were investigated. Only the aquarium market was found suitable for the current production level and growth rate of the clams.

View the PDF document Giant clams in the Cook Islands
Publisher: Ministry of Marine Resources, Government of Cook Islands
Place: Rarotonga (Cook Islands)
Date: 2000
ASFA Keywords: Giant clams, Mollusc culture
Country Collection: Cook Islands

View the PDF document Giant Malaysian prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii in Western Samoa
Author(s): Kurakake, T.
Place: Apia (Samoa)
Date: 1982
ASFA Keywords: Prawn culture
Country Collection: Samoa

View the PDF document Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network: IOI-Pacific Islands Node - Establishment of the National Coordination Unit for Samoa
Author(s): Trevor, A., Lober, M.
Publisher: Fisheries Division. Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries and Meteorology
Place: Apia (Samoa)
Date: 2000
ASFA Keywords: Organizations, Coral reefs

View the PDF document Government of Solomon Islands, Fisheries Department: Annual Report 1985
Author(s): Fisheries Department, Ministry of Natural Resources
Publisher: Fisheries Department. Ministry of Natural Resources
Place: Honiara (Solomon Islands)
Date: 1986
ASFA Keywords: Annual reports, Fisheries, Fishery statistics
Country Collection: Solomon Islands

View the PDF document Government of Tonga : Excerpts from the report of the Ministry of Agriculture for the years 1970-1972
Author(s): Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forests - Tonga
Publisher: Government of Tonga
Place: Nuku'alofa (Tonga)
Date: 1972
ASFA Keywords: Resource development, Production management, Financial management
Country Collection: Tonga

View the PDF document Green snail habitat and behaviour from a diver fisherman's perspective (In Fisheries Research Bulletin of Tonga, Volume 5, 1996)
Author(s): Kikutani, K.
Publisher: Ministry of Fisheries, Tonga
Place: Nuku'alofa (Tonga)
Date: 1996
Notes: pp. 13-27
ASFA Keywords: Gastropod fisheries, Fishery development, Fishery statistics, Fishery surveys
Country Collection: Tonga
Abstract: The resources of green snail have been vanishing from many islands in the Fyukyus over the last decade beacuse of heavy overfishing. Therefore, fish farming centres in both Kagoshima and Okinawa Prefecture have commenced producing and releasing green snail seed over the last five years.

View the PDF document Green snail transplantation project
Author(s): Taulung, R; Alokoa, D; Sigrah, R; Ikeguchi, A.
Publisher: Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Kosrae State Government, FSM
Place: Kosrae
Date: 1996
ASFA Keywords: Commercial availability, Fishery development, Gastropod fisheries, Transplantation
Country Collection: Micronesia
Abstract: Green snail is a large herbivorous marine snail. It grows to 20 cm (79 inches) or more in shell width, its total weight exceeding 3kg (6.6 lbs).

View the PDF document Growth and mortality rates and state of exploitation of spiny lobsters in Tonga
Author(s): Munro, J. L.
Publisher: SPC
Place: Noumea (New Caledonia)
Date: 1988
Notes: Samples were collected from February 1984 to January 1985
ASFA Keywords: Lobster fisheries, Data acquisition, Fishery development
Abstract: Measures to reduce fishing effort need to be considered within the framework of the entire nearshore fisheries situation. It is obvious that increases in fishing effort will result in no increases, or even in decreases, in harvests.

View the PDF document Growth of adult Macrobrachium rosenbergii reared on four different feeds in pond cages in Fiji
Author(s): Albert, E. J.
Date: 18 December 1984
ASFA Keywords: Prawn culture, Feed composition
Country Collection: Fiji
Abstract: Macrobrachium rosenbergii culture is under development in Fiji. As part of research being conducted to established the best local methods and practices for larval and adult rearing of the prawns, this investigation was carried out to test locally made experimental prawn feed against chicken pellets.

View the PDF document Growth of fingerlings of big-belly mullet, Liza macrolepis, fed with local products (In Fisheries Research Bulletin of Tonga, Volume 2, 1994)
Author(s): Fale, P., Paongo, O., Niumeitolu, S.
Publisher: Ministry of Fisheries, Tonga
Place: Nuku'alofa (Tonga)
Date: 1994
Notes: pp. 1-6
ASFA Keywords: Mullet fisheries, Feed experiments, Breeding, Fisheries development
Country Collection: Tonga
Abstract: Effects on the growth of big-belly mullet, Liza macrolepis, was examined for three kinds of locally produced materials, namely, cassava, squash pumpkin and beer brewery residue, in a rearing experiment. All materials were processed to meal and mixed with formula feed for carp imported from Japan at 1:1 in weight before given to each batch of fish reared in separate tanks.

View the PDF document Growth of Macrobrachium Rosenergii juvenils feed on different feeds in Aquaria in Fiji
Author(s): Albert, J .E
Place: Suva
Date: 1984
ASFA Keywords: Prawn culture, Juveniles, Feed, Aquaculture development
Country Collection: Fiji
Abstract: Four feeds were composed as to their effectiveness in increasing the weightsof post - larval prawns in aquaria conditions. The feeds' protein levelswere 16.3, 28.7, and 46.8. Post - larval prawns were weighed in a group and were placed in 3 sections of aquaria for each treatment at 25 or 26 prawns· per section (200 PL/m2) and fed daily at approximately 12% original body weight for 28 days.

View the PDF document Growth trials of Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas) in western Samoa
Author(s): Winterstein, H.
Place: Western Samoa
Date: May 1991
Notes: June 1990 - May 1991
ASFA Keywords: Oyster culture, Research
Country Collection: Western Samoa
Abstract: The Crassostrea oysters are the most important commercial species and have the greatest aquaculture potential due to their tolerance of esturine conditions and their usually abundant spatfall.

View the PDF document A guide and instructions for contributors to fisheries research and surveys branch report
Author(s): Coates, D.
Publisher: Fisheries Division, Department of Primary Industry
Place: Konedobu
Date: 1978
ASFA Keywords: Fishery surveys, Manuals, Report literature, Research
Country Collection: Papua New Guinea
Abstract: The purpose of this document is to provide:An indication of the function of the reports, Guidelines for intending contributors, Instructions for intending contributors - these must be adhered to.

View the PDF document The gulf of Papua prawn fishery
Author(s): Kolkolo, U.
Date: 1983
Notes: Report no. 83-15
ASFA Keywords: Fishery management, Shrimp Fisheries, Statistical analysis, Trawling
Country Collection: Papua New Guinea

View the PDF document History of tilapia introduction into Fiji
Place: Suva (Fiji)
Notes: Report has different research topics
ASFA Keywords: Aquaculture development, Aquaculture fishery, Industry
Country Collection: Fiji

View the PDF document How to catch, keep and market ura (rock lobsters or crayfish)
Publisher: Fisheries Division, Ministry of Natural Resources
Place: Honiara (Solomon Islands)
Date: [nd]
Notes: Pana, J. (illustrator)
ASFA Keywords: Lobster fisheries, Manuals
Country Collection: Solomon Islands

View the PDF document The influence of rainfall on catches of stolephorid anchovies in Papua New Guinea waters
Author(s): Dalzell, P.
Date: 1984
Notes: Report no. 84-04
ASFA Keywords: Bait fish, Clupeoid fisheries, Fishery development, Research
Country Collection: Papua New Guinea
Abstract: The Papua New Guinea CP.N.G.l domestic pole-and-line skipjack tuna fishery commenced in 1970 and maintained operations more or less continually until 1981. This fishery was closed at the end of 1981 due to economic factors that have been well documented CDoulman and Wright 1982, and Doulman 1983).

View the PDF document An initial report on the spiny lobsters of Micronesia
Author(s): Macdonald, C. D.
Publisher: Marine Resources Division Headquarters, Koror, Palau
Place: Western Caroline Islands
Date: 1971
ASFA Keywords: check lists, Feasibility, Lobster fisheries, Surveys
Country Collection: Palau
Abstract: Under the supervision of Peter T. Wilson, Chief of the Trust Territory's Division of Marine Resources at Koror, Palau, a thirteen month study (Oct 1969 - Oct 1970) of the life histories of Micronesia's two corrmerical species of spiny lobster, Panulirus penicillatus and f.. versicolor, was undertaken. Upon completion, it was supplemented by behavior and habitat studies and·a survey of existing lobster resources, species composition, and fishery feasibility in all districts.

View the PDF document Inshore invertebrate resource assessment of Rarotonga Island
Author(s): Ponia, B., Raumea, K., Roi, N., Makikiriti, N., Turua, T.
Publisher: Ministry of Marine Resources, Government of the Cook Islands
Place: Rarotonga (Cook Islands)
Date: 1998
ASFA Keywords: Invertebrates, Marine resources, Species diversity, Distribution, Abundance
Country Collection: Cook Islands

View the PDF document Integrated fisheries survey report
Author(s): Udagawa, K.
Publisher: Ministry of Fisheries, Tonga
Date: 1996
ASFA Keywords: Fisheries, Catch statistics, Resource conservation
Country Collection: Tonga

View the PDF document An interim report for designing of coral reefs monitoring through comparison of 3 different methods: Manta-tow, spot check and reef check transect
Author(s): Nakaya, S.
Publisher: Department of Environment, Tonga
Place: Nuku'alofa (Tonga)
Date: 2002
ASFA Keywords: Coral reefs, Coral, Environmental monitoring
Country Collection: Tonga

View the PDF document Introduction of a few exotic species of freshwater fish into Fiji
Author(s): Murty, D. S.
Place: Suva (Fiji)
ASFA Keywords: Introduced species, Freshwater aquaculture
Country Collection: Fiji
Abstract: Introduction of suitable exotic carps, a group of quick growing herbivorous fish into Fiji is proposed for the dual purpose of culture in ponds and to release them in natural waters for enhanced fish production from inland waters.

View the PDF document The introduction of aquatic species into Samoan villages
Author(s): Kallie, J. Y.
Publisher: Fisheries Division. Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries and Meteorology
Place: Apia (Samoa)
Date: 1998
ASFA Keywords: Introduced species, Tilapia, Giant clams, Aquaculture
Country Collection: Samoa

View the PDF document Investigation into coral reef reproduction on the fringing reefs of Western Samoa
Author(s): Mildner, S.
Date: 1987
Notes: Research Report No. 2.
ASFA Keywords: Coral reefs, Fringing reefs, Reproduction
Country Collection: Samoa

View the PDF document Oreochromis niloticus introduction into Sato'alepai Lake, Sava'ii, Western Samoa
Author(s): Bell, L.
Publisher: Fisheries Division. Department of Agriculture, Forestry, Meteorology and Fisheries
Place: Apia (Samoa)
Date: 1996
ASFA Keywords: Freshwater aquaculture, Introduced species, Tilapia
Country Collection: Samoa

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