Fisheries and aquaculture depend directly on the natural environment for their productive capacity. The challenges for fisheries and aquaculture policy makers are to deliver on economic and social goals while respecting the natural biological limits of the resource. How to succeed in this has been a central subject of work by the OECD’s Committee for Fisheries.
This book is dedicated to the Silver bream, a fish too long neglected by anglers, wildlife enthusiasts and science. In fact, this is the first book ever devoted to this freshwater fish. Scientist, author and broadcaster Dr Mark Everard introduces the biology of the silver bream, angling for this fish, and its diverse social quirks and values
This edited volume “Aquaculture Perspective of Multi-Use Sites in the Open Ocean: The Untapped Potential for Marine Resources in the Anthropocene” comes at a critical time for our planet. A 2015 article in Science updated the long-range population projections of the United Nations in 1992. In contrast to the 1992 UN estimate, the Science paper showed no stabilization of the world’s popula…
What is a bestiary? In classical and medieval times, the bestiary described both familiar and exotic creatures, combining natural history with folklore and moral lessons. A medieval bestiary will tell us that the wolf, for example, is a predator of the earth and sometimes the sky, strong in shoulders and jaw, who cunningly approaches its prey upwind. In the dark, its shining eyes are strangely …
Do you enjoy fishing? Do you enjoy seafood? Do you like the idea of your children and your children’s children being able to enjoy the same? If so, read on. This book is about aquaculture. It is about what aquaculture can and does provide the human race. It is about what aquaculture does well and where mistakes have been made.
In 2015, world aquaculture production reached 106 million tonnes, while European aquaculture production reached 2.98 million tonnes of seafood, with a value over 11 billion USD (FAO, 2017). Although the world aquaculture production is still the fastest-growing food-producing sector in the world, the European one increased by about 136% in the last 10 years. Organic aquaculture represents 4.7% o…
Shrimps are animals known to most people as nutritious and tasty food items. Shrimp fisheries and aquaculture are a vital part of US and world economies. These crustaceans are key ecological and food-web components of marine and freshwater habitats. Shrimps occur in all oceanic depths and latitudes. The 4400 species of decapod shrimps are amazingly diverse in size, shape, coloration, and natura…
Nanotechnology is a cutting-edge science and technology with numerous scientific and technological applications. Rapid breakthroughs in nanosciences and nanotech nologies have opened up new possibilities for many industrial and consumer sec tors, including aquaculture and agriculture and associated fields, which have recently been considered a hotspot of a new industrial revolution.
Developmental biology is the study of growth, development, regeneration, sexual and asexual reproduction, metamorphosis, and the growth and differentiation of stem cells in the adult organism. Such studies used to be carried out by using morphological, anatomical, and microscopic approaches, and the scope of understanding was mostly limited to answering what happens with each of these processes…
Pada tanggal 21 Maret 2016, Tetra Tech diberi mandat untuk melaksanakan Proyek SEA USAID oleh Misi USAID Indonesia. Proyek ini adalah inisiatif lima tahun yang memberikan dukungan kepada Pemerintah Indonesia untuk memperbaiki tata kelola sumber daya kelautan dan perikanan dan untuk melestarikan keanekaragaman hayati di tingkat lokal, kabupaten, provinsi, dan nasional. Proyek SEA USAID memfokusk…
This likely comes as no surprise. We live in an era when people everywhere are connected both to and through the invisible glue of the internet. Data— some private, some not—is constantly being handed back and forth between faraway servers and digital storage centers by our personal devices as we navigate everyday life
Kehadiran buku ini diharapkan mampu memberikan sajian informasi kekayaan sumberdaya hayati dan ulasan yang memadai atas upaya pengelolaan efektif kawasan konservasi perairan, pesisir dan pulau-pulau kecil yang telah dilakukan serta dapat dipetik pembelajaran dalam rangka pengembangan pengelolaan efektif kawasan konservasi dimasa yang akan datang.
The Online Journalism Handbook offers a comprehensive guide to the ever-evolving world of digital journalism, showcasing the multiple possibilities in researching, writing, and storytelling provided by new technologies. In this new edition, Paul Bradshaw presents an engaging mix of technological expertise with real world practical guidance to illustrate how those training and working as journal…
This book takes a human-centred and concept-led journey through communication theory and is aimed primarily at those who are new to communication studies. Each chapter uses a single concept ? actors, narrators, members, performers, influencers, and produsers ? to explore key ideas, theories, and thinkers. The six core concepts offer unique, though related, ways of thinking about ?flesh and bloo…
Taking a hands-on and holistic approach to data, Data + Journalism provides a complete guide to reporting data-driven stories. This book offers insights into data journalism from a global perspective, including datasets and interviews with data journalists from countries around the world. Emphasized by examples drawn from frequently updated sets of open data posted by authoritative sources like…
This collection considers how digital images and social media reconfigure the way conflicts are played out, represented and perceived around the globe. Devoted to developing original theoretical frameworks and empirical insights, the volume addresses the role of user images and social media in relation to urgent subjects such as public opinion and emotion, solidarity, evidence and verification,…
With essays by today's leading leftist social critics, Identity Trumps Socialism presents a rigorous and persuasive primer on the problems generated by postmodern and neoliberal challenges to the legacy of emancipatory universality. In addition to the ways in which capitalism has used racialized and gendered forms of oppression to divide the working class, today's activism must also understand …
Once staunch advocates of international cooperation, political elites are increasingly divided over the merits of global governance. Populist leaders attack international organizations for undermining national democracy, while mainstream politicians defend their importance for solving transboundary problems. Bridging international relations, comparative politics, and cognitive psychology, Lisa …
This book meticulously examines the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (including numerous letters) to present their thoughts on communication and media studies from the perspective of “world intercourse” to reveal their spread in all areas of social information dissemination of ideas. The scope of the book ranges from language, writing and printing to newspapers, and from religion, li…