Salas, S. (Silvia)

A comparative study was undertaken to evaluate the fishing strategies of small-scale fishers from three ports in Yucatan, Mexico. Fishers from the area exploit the same resources and are constrained by similar regulations and environmental conditions, so it could be expected that they would use similar fishing strategies. However, the results show differences among and within ports in catch profiles and strategies, which are: switching behavior, changes in fishing efficiency, and-working in ...

Mabunay, Ma. Luisa

This study argues that women's gendered experiences record distinctive features of their subordinate yet resilient positions at home and in society. It portrays the work and lives of selected women in a changing peasant fishing community in the Philippines and suggests directions by which power relations implied in their personal, local, and global lives might be more fully grasped. Despite an underlying perception of 'separate spheres' reflected in such local notions of work as pangabuhi and pa...

Harris, Douglas C.

This table accompanies Douglas C. Harris' book 'Landing Native Fisheries: Indian Reserves and Fishing Rights in British Columbia, 1849-1925' (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2008). It provides additional and supporting detail for the Indian reserves that were specifically allotted for fishing purposes. For more information about the book, see http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=5266

Parker, Ann Louise

"Catch of the Day" is an ethnographic case study of children's perceptions, experiences, and explorations, as well as their learning, in the informal social context of recreational fishing. The intent of the study was to observe what the children experienced and explored, analyze how they shared their experiences with the other participants, interpret their explanations and extensions, and determine their perceptions of their fishing experience. Constructivism and situated cognition provide...

Molyneux, William David

It is important to know the likely income to a fishing vessel, so that it can be operated as a profitable concern for its owner. Most work on fishing vessel design optimization has used average catch size and income as the measure of economic performance. Whilst this analysis is adequate when cost minimization is being considered, it is deficient for developing strategies for maximizing income. One analysis method which allows for the observed random variation in fishing operations is syst...

Mattox, William G.

No description available.

Preston, Christian

This study looks at how media representations change regarding Somalis in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, under the course of a project called “I AM A STAR for Somalia”, launched in April 2011. A quantitative content analysis of print media is employed, concentrating on factors such as actors, subjects, patterns of quoting, involvement and article prominence. Various studies are used as a foundation, including Teun Van Dijk (1991), which introduce and explain theories such as Ideology and Racism, A...

Stoffle, Richard W., Toupal, Rebecca S.

A presentation of findings from the ethnographic study of commercial fishing in the Isle Royale National Park. The complete report, which can be found in this collection, is titled 'The Isle Royale Folkefiskerisamfunn: Familier Som Levde Av Fiske: An Ethnohistory of the Scandinavian Folk Fishermen of Isle Royale National Park.'

Ganter, Sylvain

The Grand Banks commercial fishing industry has been faced with several crises in the past decades. These crises have included the major financial crunch and inflation of the late 1970s and early 1980s, as well as the resources collapse of the Northern cod stock and other groundfish stocks in the 1990s followed by the foreign fishing disputes of the mid 1990s. The thesis examines the evolution of the fishing industry in Atlantic Canada during these critical years with focus on the fisheries of t...

Newman, T. Stell (Thomas Stell)

Typescript. / Bibliography: leaves [317]-331. / xv, 331 l illus., maps, tables

Rashid, Saifur

Bangladesh contains one of the richest and largest inland fisheries in South Asia and the third highest inland capture fisheries in the world and has a long history, which continues to the present, of conflict and cooperation between fishers and other diverse fishing interests over access to a range of fishing environments managed under a variety of leasing and tenurial arrangements. Several fishing communities are of ancient origin and over a long period of time have developed and adapted their...

Fitzpatrick, Alex

Yes / It has been argued that no fishing occurred during the British Iron Age. However, sites in the Northern Isles have been producing large assemblages of small fish bones, complicating the picture. This project reconsiders this argument by investigating fish bone assemblages excavated from the site of Swandro on Rousay, Orkney. Multiple analytical methods were applied to the assemblages in order to determine the range of species present, the method of capture and treatment of the fish, and th...

A spatiotemporal system of partial differential equations is implemented for describing a marine predator-prey system of shark and prey fish. The model is developed to account for predator migration and for harvesting of both predator and prey animals. The Finite Difference Method is employed to develop a numerical model to describe the behavior of the system in space over time. The dynamics of the system for different initial conditions for predator and prey populations and harvesting rates of ...

Gill, Allan Duane

Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries

Payson, Bernard

Thesis (M.B.A.)--Boston University

Usher, Kieran Michael

In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Commerce University of the Witwatersrand, October 2017 / Biodiversity is a serious concern for companies using natural resources in their operations and should be examined closely in order to assess how these companies are reporting their biodiversity related impacts. This thesis evaluates the biodiversity disclosures reported by companies in the South African fishing industry. The integrated and sustainability reports o...

McLaughlin, Marie Margaret

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University

Aasen, Lawrence O.

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University, 1949. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive.

Fung Sing Chung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1980. / Bibliography: p. leaves 64-68.

Schroeter, Klaus-Peter

Thesis (MBA) -- Stellenbosch University, 1994. / Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. University of Stellenbosch Business School. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The trawler industry is on the brink of proserity. This progress will result in both the trawler industry and the state amending their policy formulation to adapt to changing circumstances. The government will, for instance, have to consider subsidising the building of boats and the establishment of infrastructur...

Pittaluga, Fabio

Poverty analysis in fisheries is dominated by assumptions of a linear relationship between fishing, income and poverty. Poverty is seen as a function of income, and income as a function of fish catch. Thus, the analytical frameworks to understand poverty in fisheries, and the policies enacted to reduce it, have focused on issues of overexploitation, regulatory mechanisms to maximize rent extraction, and technological innovation to improve fisheries’ productivity. This set of relations is underpi...

Nel, Deon Charl

Includes bibliographical references. / This study describes the impact of longline fishing on the seabirds breeding on the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands. The development of a demersal longline fishery for Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides close to the islands with almost complete observer coverage during the study allowed a detailed examination of the impacts of this fishery. The vast majority of seabird mortalities were adult males that were breeding at the time they were kill...

Weller, Eileen Marie

Thesis (M.B.A.)--Boston University

Wojnar, Edward

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University

Adams, Rodger P., 1953-

xi, 134 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm Notes Typescript Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oregon Includes vita and abstract Bibliography: leaves 130-134 Another copy on microfilm is located in Archives

Muzammal, Bilal

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Fuller, Emma Cassel

<p> Understanding how to balance human well-being and ecological integrity is one of the fundamental challenges in conservation and natural resource management. As our human-footprint on ecosystems expands and deepens, we are increasingly realizing that human well-being is crucial to understanding social-ecological systems and managing them sustainably.</p><p> In my first chapter I add to this literature by extending a theoretical model to examine the effects of two biophysical stressors on a ...

Rohling, Gerald Francis

The continuing loss of life at sea due to the capsizing of fishing vessels in inclement weather requires the research and design communities to continue their search to find methods for the prevention of further occurances. As part of this investigative process this thesis was prepared. To gain an initial foothold on the dynamics of capsizing the area of transverse seaways was considered for its contribution to capsizing through the impact of breaking waves on the side of the ship. Two model fi...

Logan, Roderick MacKenzie

This study examines the complex problems associated with the allocation and management of mobile salmon resources passing through politically partitioned land and sea space in southeastern Alaska and northern British Columbia. While the salmon fishing industry was found to be relatively important at the local level, it is suggested that the salmon of Canadian origin removed off Noyes Island "by Alaskan fishermen are not of critical importance to the economies of either Alaska or British Co...

Frecker, John Peter

This study examines the fishing industry in British Columbia and finds that it is failing to provide fishermen with incomes comparable to those available in other seasonal occupations in the province. Because of the common-property status of the fishery resource and the fact that access to that resource is virtually unlimited, there has been excessive investment of capital and labour at the primary level of the industry. In this situation net returns to fishermen are seriously depressed. This pr...

Mirfin, Zane

This Study examines the recreation of Trout fishing on the rivers of Nelson, New Zealand. It concentrates on two angling groups, namely adult whole season licence holders and professional fishing guides with their clients. Two questionnaires were the major source of data for the study. Professional fishing guides as a group have never been studied or described in such a fashion, in any previous New Zealand study. The study determines and explains features of freshwater trout angling as a recr...

Amcoff, Mirjam

Mate choice plays an important role in sexual selection and speciation. The evolution of mate choice is intriguing in cases where choosy individuals gain little except for genetic material from the mate and where the trait used as a criterion for the choice is costly to its bearer. The sensory exploitation hypothesis is an interesting idea that applies to such cases because it suggests that sexual preferences may arise as side-effects of preferences that are under selection in other contexts. Th...

Porter, Dianne

No description available.

Altman, Heidi M.,

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references.

Richardson, James Andrew

Fishing firms in Oregon operate in a complex and dynamic physical, biological and institutional environment. Within this environment, managers of these firms will attempt to maximize some objective function which may include profit. This maximization is dependent upon the level of output, or the levels of inputs. Given a relationship between output and inputs, production economics theory tells us how to combine inputs so that an optimum level of output is achieved. This study applies production ...

Toynbee, P. G.

This study deals with trout fishing as a form of recreation. It focuses upon 204 fisherman holding 1973-74 Nelson Acclimitisation District fishing licences. The activity patterns of whole and part Season fishermen were investigated and found to differ considerably. The socioeconomic and background characteristics of whole Season fishermen were elicited in a questionnaire. It was found that their socioeconomic characteristics were significantly different from those of the total population. Only ...

Wegener, Matthew Glenn

<p>The effect of fishing on the catchability of a population receiving intense angler effort has long been debated but not measured. This study evaluated the effect of fishing effort on catchability of adult largemouth bass <i>Micropterus salmoides</i> and determined whether catchability was affected by a period of no fishing. Eight, 0.5-2.0 ha impoundments were fished once a week for 0.4 angler hours per hectare per week during two successive May-October fishing seasons to evaluate whether catc...

Harris, Lei-Wun Emily

Reliable data are vital to the successful management of a fishery. Commercial fishing logbooks are a valuable source of data, yet may be inaccurate due to data collection methodology or fishing strategy. As a result, these data are currently under-used in research and in management. Potential biases in the logbook data need to be identified and quantified so that these data can be analysed with greater confidence. I examined the records of catches of cod, haddock, and pollock in commercial logb...

Silk, Victoria

The intent of this thesis is to conduct an empirical study of social capital in a single resource dependent fishing community, Petty Harbour, Newfoundland. The community under study, Petty Harbour, has a 335 year attachment to what was its primary fishery, Northern cod (Gadus morhua). This ended in 1992 when the Canadian government implemented an indefinite moratorium on Northern cod. Historically the community has exhibited high levels of activism aimed for the most part at protectionism of its...

Real, Edward

Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston University

Bower, Thomas Charles

Rising fuel costs and decreased catch sizes have reduced the fishing vessel owners profit margin. This has caused the owners to try to find methods that reduce the costs of their operations. In this thesis a tool which can be used by fishing vessel designers, and operators, is developed for use at the preliminary ship design stage. It is used to determine the best fishing vessel parameters for a given operational scenario found on the West Coast of Canada. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Mechani...

Stallings, Christopher Derek.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 2008. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the World Wide Web.

Glazier, Edward W.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 338-355). Also available on microfiche.

Bair, Roslyn. A.

Note: Missing Page 60. / Despite the generally underdeveloped state of tropical countries, only in recent years, as a result of the agitation by frustrated peoples and the rivalry between two dominant ideologies, has there been any real effort to improve conditions by investigation into and modernisation of various aspects of economic life. Tropical fisheries have not been neglected, though these have not generally been one of the first activities to be considered. Based on this work, a general ...

Fannin, Anne Jensvold

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University

Bryant, Ella

Hunting and fishing made up a large part of the life of Ernest Hemingway, and these sports, in turn, frequently served as a means of communication for some of his most serious ideas.

Shotton, Ross

Methods of search in marine fisheries are reviewed, and aspects of variables necessary to evaluate exploitation strategies are considered. Estimates of fish school densities based on gas diffusion principles are made. Possible school patterns are examined using the Poisson, Poisson with added zeroes, Neyman type A and Negative Binomial distributions. The Negative Binomial distribution was found to give best fit to the data used although the Neyman type A distribution gave a better estimate of th...

Miller, Philip Carl

The question of the relationship between society and environment was addressed through the study of a remote fishing village of seven hundred and fifty people. An interdisciplinary approach was adopted in which the demographic, economic and social aspects of the community were investigated. . The integration of the disciplinary perspectives was facilitated by simulation modeling. The population of the village had grown gradually in size since its inception, but a decline occurred in the 1960*s....

Geddes, John Bruce.

Motivated by a conversation with my brother, a deep sea fisherman off the east coast of Scotland, I review the concepts which unify the topic of pattern formation in nonequilibrium systems. As a specific example of a pattern-forming system, I go on to examine pattern formation in nonlinear optics and I discuss two nonlinear optical systems in considerable detail. The first, counterpropagating laser beams in a nonlinear Kerr medium, results in the prediction and numerical observation of hexagonal...

Mattox,William G.

The aim of this study is to examine the geographic bases of Iceland's sea fisheries. Because of restrictions imposed by the natural environment Iceland is economically dependent on other countries to supply most of her basic goods. Climate and topography limit agricultural production to hay and fodder crops in addition to minor amounts of potatoes, turnips, and other leafy vegetables. [...]