Feeding ecology of juvenile Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) in a northeast Pacific fjord: diet, availability of zooplankton, selectivity for prey, and potential competition for prey resources

We investigated the feeding ecology of juvenile salmon during the critical early life-history stage of transition from shallow to deep marine waters by sampling two stations (190 m and 60 m deep) in a northeast Pacific fjord (Dabob Bay, WA) between May 1985 and October 1987. Four species of Pacific salmon—Oncorhynchus keta (chum) , O. tshawytscha (Chinook), O. gorbuscha (pink), and O. kisutch (coho)—were examined for stomach contents. Diets of these fishes varied temporally, spatially, and between species, but were dominated by insects, euphausiids, and decapod larvae. Zooplankton assemblages and dry weights differed between stations, and less so between years. Salmon often demonstrated strongly positive or negative selection for specific prey types: copepods were far more abundant in the zooplankton than in the diet, whereas Insecta, Araneae, Cephalapoda, Teleostei, and Ctenophora were more abundant in the diet than in the plankton. Overall diet overlap was highest for Chinook and coho salmon (mean=77.9%)—species that seldom were found together. Chum and Chinook salmon were found together the most frequently, but diet overlap was lower (38.8%) and zooplankton biomass was not correlated with their gut fullness (%body weight). Thus, despite occasional occurrences of significant diet overlap between salmon species, our results indicate that interspecific competition among juvenile salmon does not occur in Dabob Bay.

Irteerak ikaskuntza baliabide bezala: Armañon Interpretazio Zentroa

[eus] Haur Hezkuntzan zientziaren ikaskuntzarako baliabide aberasgarrienetako bat irteerak dira, hauek beharrezkoak baitira haurraren garapen integralerako. Horretarako, irteerak eskolaren parte izan behar dute eta irakasleek bisitaldiak proposatu behar dituzte. Hainbat toki daude bisitak egiteko HHko haurrekin eta lan honetan Armañongo Interpretazio Zentroaren hezkuntza eskaintza aztertuko da, adin txikiko umeen kasuan bertako baliabideen eragina ikusi ahal izateko. Zentroaren arduradunen iritziak ezagututa eta HHko haurren bisitaldia aztertuta, emaitzak eta ondorioak aterako dira.

Urte biko gelako gatazkak: izaera eta esku-hartzea

[EUS] Ikerketa lan honen helburua urte biko gela batean ematen diren egoera gatazkatsuak eta horietan burutzen diren esku-hartze mota desberdinak aztertzea izan da. Horretarako, bi alditan banandu da ikerketa honen zeregina: fase esploratzailean eta fase zientifikoan, hain zuzen. Lehenengoan, gaiari buruzko hausnarketa teoriko sakon bat gauzatzearekin batera, ikerketaren behaketa esparruak zehaztu dira, hala nola, zer, noiz, non eta nola behatuko den. Orduan, goizeko une gatazkatsuenak behatzea erabaki da; saio kolektiboa, txokoak eta batzeko unea, hain zuzen. Ondoren, fase zientifikoan, hiru esparru horietan behatutako datu guztiak bildu eta hainbat taula eta grafiko eratu dira. Lortutako emaitzen arabera, argi gelditu delarik eskolan biolentzia erabiltzea nahiko ohikoa dela; autoritarismoa, diziplina inposaketa eta boterearen erabilera bortitza. Hori dela eta, batetik garatutako lan enpirikoan eta bestetik Pikler-Lóczy eskolatze goiztiarraren hezkuntza-eredu arrakastatsuan oinarritutako hausnarketa egin da, gatazka egoeretan erabili daitezkeen baliabide nahiz esku-hartze mota kalitatezko eta egokiagoak eskaintzeko asmotan.

A economia política do agronegócio no Brasil: o legado desenvolvimentista no contexto da democratização com liberalização

O objetivo central desta tese foi analisar em que medida, no contexto das décadas de 1990 e 2000, o agronegócio, ao mitigar desajustes nas contas externas e contribuir para o esforço de estabilização dos preços, recebeu incentivos públicos e também benefícios privados, para isso valendo-se da intermediação política de seus representantes em atividade no Congresso Nacional. Inspirada em trabalhos dedicados ao estudo da distribuição de recursos necessários à modernização da produção agrícola, a análise explora explicações possíveis para dados recentes da distribuição do crédito rural subsidiado com base em variáveis de concentração da propriedade de terras e outras, com destaque para aquelas referentes à localização geográfica das propriedades rurais, ao nível educacional dos seus gestores e ao grau de organização dos mesmos. São ainda analisados debates no Congresso que revelam como a escassez de recursos fiscais pode ter acirrado disputas que trouxeram à tona a preocupação diferenciada dos chamados deputados ruralistas com o apoio governamental de que a agricultura empresarial ainda se faz dependente. As mudanças observadas no crédito rural brasileiro desde os anos 1980 revelam uma semitransição no sentido da maior participação de recursos privados e de uma concentração menor de recursos controlados entre grandes produtores. Porém, o processo não eliminou efeitos da capacidade de captação de recursos financeiros de grandes proprietários, que nela parecem ter encontrado compensações em um ambiente hostil criado por políticas de ajuste macroeconômico. Em perspectiva mais ampla, o arcabouço institucional da economia política do agronegócio constitui uma das variáveis básicas para uma caracterização do modus operandi do capitalismo brasileiro. A dependência do setor em relação a recursos controlados e subsidiados pelo Sistema Nacional de Crédito Rural põe em questão a retórica que outrora associava ao Estado apenas as mazelas do da economia e nenhuma de suas virtudes. sendo paradigmático o caso do agronegócio no Brasil, tratado muitas vezes como exemplo de sucesso exclusivo da aliança entre o espírito de empresa do setor privado e as vantagens comparativas do País em termos de recursos naturais. Ao mesmo tempo, a centralidade da intervenção do Estado no desenvolvimento econômico observado no Brasil é o elemento que mais fortemente questiona tentativas de detectar correspondências dominantes com economias liberais tipicamente anglo-saxônicas ou economias tipicamente eurocontinentais.

Assessment of the impact of aquatic resources research by ICLARM: scope and methodologies

The importance of quantifying the economic returns to investments in aquatic resources research together with the social, environmental and institutional impacts of such investments is widely recognized among ICLARM's donors, trustees and beneficiaries. As with other Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) centers, ICLARM is being asked to provide specific accounts of the outputs of its research and their impact on farms and on fisheries, including their socioeconomic impact. Such impact information has become a necessary, though not sufficient, basis for setting priorities and allocating resources for research for the CGIAR centers. This paper discusses the types and methods of impact assessment relevant to ICLARM's work. A three-pronged assessment approach is envisaged to capture the full range of impacts: 1) ex ante assessment for research priority setting; 2) assessment prior to dissemination or adoption along with monitoring and evaluation; and 3) ex post impact assessment. It also discusses the objectives and scope for operational impact assessment of ICLARM's research.

The Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department of SEAFDEC

The Marine Fishery Resources Development and Management Department of SEAFDEC (Malaysia), its objectives and activities are briefly presented.

Community management of Mekong River resources in Laos

The Mekong River is one of Asia's greatest rivers. It is the lifeblood of millions of small-scale farmers and fishers in China, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. In the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), the river is particularly important because for the landlocked country, the Mekong is the Sea of Laos. In southern Lao PDR, fisheries for native fish species constitute an extremely important source of subsistence protein and income for local people. It has been estimated that wild-caught fish constitute at least 90% of the protein for lowland Laotians living next to the Mekong. Despite the extreme importance of fish to the diets and economics of communities along the Mekong, the resource, and the people who depend upon it, are in danger.

Marine reserves: they enhance fisheries, reduce conflicts, and protect resources

Marine fishery reserves, its fishery and non fishery benefits are discussed. Problems with marine fishery reserves are also pointed out.

Impact pathway analysis for research planning: the case of aquatic resources research in the WorldFish Center

In line with its mandate of poverty reduction and sustainable development, the WorldFish Center is orienting its research towards high impact scientific activity. Identifying such activities is the task of prospective impact assessment, in turn based on impact pathway analysis. The paper describes a framework for analyzing benefits from aquatic resources research, the relevant research categories, pathways to impact by category, and indicators along each pathway that can be estimated in order to quantify probable research impact.

Integrated resources management, integrated agriculture-aquaculture and the African farmer

Despite the expenditure of huge amounts of money and human effort, the Green Revolution has largely failed to benefit the vast majority of the rural poor in Africa: those smallholding farmers who sell little, if any, of what they grow and rely almost entirely upon natural soil fertility, rainfall and traditional broodstock and seed varieties. New approaches on food production and income generation in the rural areas must be found if this sector of agricultural community is to be assisted. Integrated resources management (IRM) in general, and integrated agriculture-aquaculture (IAA) in particular, may offer some solutions in cases where the classical methods of improving farm output have failed and/or been unsustainable.

Community management of coastal resources, southern Thailand

The involvement of communities with the assistance and support of government and non government organizations on the management of the coastal resources in Southern Thailand are discussed. The 3 most important resources, mangrove, seagrass and coral, create a complex coastal ecology. Several man-made activities causing the deterioration of this resources are also presented.

Assessing and managing the resources available to the Senegalese small-scale fisheries

A brief account of the evolution and structure of the marine fisheries of Senegal, West Africa, is presented, with emphasis on the small-scale subsector and on the major recommendations of an international symposium/workshop on this topic, held on February 1993 in Dakar.

Problems for the conservation of freshwater fish genetic resources in India and some possible solutions

Many interconnected problems involved for the conservation of freshwater fish genetic resources of India are enumerated. Some possible solutions to the problems are also discussed.

Economic seaweed resources and their management in eastern Indonesia

The article focuses on the economic seaweed resources and production in eastern Indonesia and how the fishers in the country adjust their system in managing the resources. Particular attention is given to seaweed which can be used as materials for producing carageenan and agar; most carrageenophyte species explored in eastern Indonesia belong to the genera Kappaphycus and Eucheuma; and seaweeds that produce agar belong to families Gelidiaceae and Gracilariaceae.