On the Catch Assessement Survey (CAS) of Lake Victoria

If recent estimates are accurate the world’s human population can be expected to double in the next thirty years. The rate of growth will likely be even greater in many African nations, yet food supplies in these countries especially of essential animal proteins, are even not; inadequate Clearly increased production of food for domestic consumption must become a high- priority development goal. The inland fisheries of Africa will play an increasingly important role in augmenting protein supplies. In 1970, production of the inland fisheries was already-about 1.4 million metric tons, and had increased some 71 per cent in the previous six years. With further development and more affective fishery management a two-fold increase 1n output over the present level can reasonably be expected. Effective management of the fisheries at optimum exploitation levels end development of under utilized fish resources will neccessite major improvement in the stastistical systems employed to produce information on the fish stocks and fisheries. More reliable and detailed information on the catch, effort and other important aspect of the fishing enterprises will be required.

Lake Victoria fisheries catch assessment surveys (CAS) information, Uganda, 2005 - 2011

This CAS report provides estimates of the quantities of fish landed in the riparian districts sharing the Ugandan waters of Lake Victoria;the monetary value of the fish catches; the contribution of different fish species to the catches; and the trends in fish catch rates, and the monthly catches for the sampled month since the beginning of the current CAS activities from July 2005 to May 2011. So far there have been 14 CASs conducted in the Uganda sector of the lake. The report also compares the annual catch and gross beach value of the catch in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2011.

A report of the fisheries catch assessment survey (CAS) in the Ugandan waters of Lake Victoria for July 2005

This report presents findings of the first CAS in the Ugandan waters following the agreed SOPs, carried out in July 2005. The findings indicate a total fish catch of 15,047.5 t for July 2005, contributed by Mukene/Dagaa (39.5%), Nile perch (33.1%), Tilapias (17.1%), Haplochromines (9.2%) and other fish species 1.2%. This information gives a new perspective of the estimates of fish production in the Ugandan waters of the lake which are based on field observations. Continuation of support to the CAS programme will certainly get rid of the uncertainties about the fish production levels of the lake which have been there for a long time. This information is vital for fisheries development and fisheries management endeavours.

CaS:M (M=Ce~(3+), Dy~(3+), Eu~(2+), Cu)和Cas:Ce~(3+), M (M=Dy~(3+), Cu)的合成及其光致发光和热释发光性质研究

本文研究了Ce~(3+), Dy~(3+), Eu~(3+), Cu离子以及它们的共掺杂在硫化钙基质中的光致发光和热释发光性质，并用顺磁共振方法研究了磷光体中缺陷的性质及其对磷光体光致发光的影响。在CaS:Ce~(3＋)磷光体的稳定性影响因素，并经包膜后稳定性有所提高。计算了新的热释发光峰的陷阱参数。确定了热释发光的动力学级数。在Cas: Dy~(3+)磷光体中，研究了合成条件对磷光体发光性质的影响，讨论了新的热释发光峰的陷阱参数，确定了热释发光的动力学级数。在CaS:Dy~(3+)磷光体中，发现基质对Dy~(3+)离子具有敏化作用，讨论了黄兰比随Dy~(3+)离子浓度变化出现最大值的原因。计算了热释发光峰的陷阱参数，确定了热释发光的动力学级数。在CaS:Ce~(3+)，Dy~(3+)磷光体中，研究了Ce~(3+)离子的发光随Dy~(3+)离子浓度的变化，可能具有Dy~(3+) → Ce~(3+)的能量传递。计算了热释发光峰的陷阱参数，确定了热释发光的动力学级数。在CaS:Cu磷光体中，确定了不同Cu~+离子格位所产生的发射峰。根据磷光体中缺陷的转化过程解释了光致发光和热释发光性质随Cu离子浓度增加所呈现的规律性变化。通过实验证明磷光体有可能用作紫外剂量材料。本文还首次研究了CaS:Cu磷光体在UV（3bb nm)辐照下，发生Cu~+→Cu~(2+)的光氧化反应，通过EPR实验证明在Cu'_(Ca)→Cu_i~+处发生光氧化反应。在CaS:Ce~(3+),Cu磷光体中，观察到了Cu离子对Ce~(3+)离子的能量传递现象。在CaS:Eu~(2+)光体中，发光强度随Eu~(2+)离子浓度变化，显示浓度猝灭特性。本文还研究了CaS:Ce~(3+), CaS:Dy~(3+), CaS:Cu以及CaS:Ce~(3+), Cu磷光体中缺陷的性质，在CaS:Ce~(3+)中存在V_S~(2+)空位，并根据这一空位的性质，解释了发光光谱，并且选择适当的助熔剂使发光效率提高。在CaS:Dy~(3+)磷光体中，存在V_S~(2+)-V_(Ca)~(2-)空位对；在CaS:Cu和CaS:Ce~(3+), Cu磷光体中，存在V_S~(2+)空位和Cu'_(Ca)缺陷。

Study of energy transfer between rare earth ions in CaS host by photoluminescence spectra

When CaS:Sm3+, Eu2+ is excited at 476.5 nm (Ar+), the emission spectra taken at room temperature and at 77 K are different, indicating that there are two competitive energy transfer processes-Sm3+ --> Eu2+ and Eu2+ --> Sm3+ with phonon participation. So, the luminescence intensity of Sm3+ increases first, and then decreases as the concentration of Eu2+ is increasing. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.