Assessment and possible development of the fishery resources of Pedro Bank

Pedro Bank is about 1,300 square miles in extent and lies at the mouth of the Palk Strait close to the mainland, enabling smaller boats to exploit it. Trawl surveys indicated the presence of substantial demersal varieties on the Pedro Bank, but the results of the early commercial operations indicate that a 135-foot trawler may not be operated continuously on the bank without diminishing returns. Subsequent to the commercial operations extensive surveys with smaller boats and various types of gear were carried out. Of the various types of gear tried out, results from bottom long lining and hand lining operations were promising. Trials were carried out to compare these two types of gear. Though not extensive, these trials indicated that at the initial stages of exploitation of the Bank, hand lining, which is extensively practiced in Ceylon, may be better but as exploitation progresses; with more experience, it should be possible to overcome some of the present disadvantages of bottom long lining and eventually bottom long lining should produce better results. The recently introduced mechanised craft are exploiting only the fringe of the bank and it should be possible to exploit its stocks fully with slightly bigger boats with a 35-40 mile range.

Resources of the Wadge and Pedro Banks

Sri Lanka's interest in trawler fishing dates back to 1902 when a Colombo merchant attempted to operate a trawler off Sri Lanka's waters. The next attempt was made in 1907. These attempts did not proceed any further. Between 1920 and 1923 a very comprehensive survey of the littoral waters around the island was carried out. One of the principal aims of the survey was to investigate the possibility of trawler fishing in the seas around. Malpas (1926) and Pearson and Malpas (1926) reporting the results of the survey indicated that the Wadge and Pedro banks were the only areas available for commercial trawler operations and indicated that the fish resources in the two banks could be profitably exploited. Commercial exploitation of the Wadge bank commenced in 1928 and a fishery is now firmly established in the bank. The Marine Biologist and the Director of fisheries in their administration reports and Sivalingam and Medcof (1957) and the author (1965) have reported on the progress of the Wadge bank fishery. Some of the trends indicated by an analysis of the records of the commercial trawling operations are further discussed in this paper.

Avaliação de danos de uma exploração florestal em área de reserva legal no projeto de colonização Pedro Peixoto, Acre.

A Embrapa Acre iniciou, em meados de 1995, um projeto de manejo florestal sustentado para pequenas propriedades, tendo como principal característica a prescrição de uma intervenção de baixo impacto sobre a floresta por meio de "métodos artesanais" de exploração de madeira. Estes métodos consideram os poucos recursos materiais de que dispõem os pequenos produtores.

Manejo florestal sustentado em áreas de reserva legal de pequenas propriedades rurais do PC. Pedro Peixoto-Acre.

Iniciado em meados de 1995, o projeto de manejo florestal sustentado para pequenas propriedades tem como principal característica a prescrição de uma intervenção de baixo impacto sobre a floresta por meio de "métodos artesanais" de exploração de madeira, que consideram os baixos recursos materiais disponíveis pelos pequenos produtores. A primeira parte deste documento apresenta uma descrição sintetizada da metodologia utilizada. A segunda parte apresenta as etapas já executadas e seus respectivos resultados.

C 226 INST-D 2013. 388 Ilustraciones de procesos de talla en madera y trabajo en carpintería.

49 fotografías, cuarenta a color y nueve en tono de grises.

C 232 INST-D 2013. 394 Tallas zoomorfas de productos decorativos elaborados en madera de diversos tipos.

Documento de 76 fotografías, setenta y una a color.

Líquenes epifitos de las sierras de Pedro Ponce y Quipar (Murcia, España)

Resultados fiorísticos de las prospecciones realizadas en las Sierras de Pedro Ponce y Quipar. Supone un primer avance para el catálogo de flora liquénica epifita de la provincia de Murcia; destacamos entre ellas las incluidas en el resumen en inglés.

New wild Brassica oleracea L. germplasm at its western distribution limit in the Iberian Peninsula

An exploration and collection mission for wild Brassica oleracea populations was carried out in spring and summer of 2013. The aim of this collection was to expand the number of accessions of wild Brassica oleracea available for basic and applied research in plant breeding. In this paper we report a new accession of wild Brassica oleracea in an unexplored coastal area of Galicia, NW Iberian Peninsula. Details of population ecology and vegetation, soil, climate and geographic data were recorded for this population. The “Endangered” threat category for the region is proposed, and actions for in situ and ex situ conservation are proposed. Seeds will be added to the germplasm collections of University of Santiago de Compostela and Misión Biológica de Galicia (CSIC) for further research on diverse aspects of the dynamics and ecophysiology of the population along with characterization and evaluation of useful traits.

"Bobok" y "Pedro Páramo", dos narraciones sobre muertos

El presente estudio realiza un análisis comparativo entre la novela del mexicano Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo (1955), y un cuento del escritor ruso Dostoievski que trata también el tema del Más allá, titulado Bobok (1873). Paralelamente, se trabaja con la posibilidad de que el relato ruso hubiese podido ser una más de las fuentes literarias de la novela mexicana, y se trata de determinar las posibles conexiones -directas o indirectas- entre las dos obras. Ambas son puestas en común por su género literario, y a partir de ahí se estudian los elementos constitutivos que tienen en común, sus afinidades y divergencias más llamativas.

La ontología del amor en Pedro Laín y la idea de exterioridad

Este artículo reconstruye la teoría del amor de Pedro Laín Entralgo, en su doble referencia, a la ontología fenomenológica y a la metafísica de Zubiri. El amor representa para Laín el lugar en que se produce la posesión íntima de lo real y, al mismo tiempo, la incursión en el dinamismo y la apertura de la misma realidad. El repaso por las formas y grados que la teoría lainiana distingue en el amor lleva a encontrar en su forma máxima una apertura ontológica de carácter vertical hacia el fundamento metafísico. El artículo esboza finalmente la posibilidad de reinterpretar el amor como relación horizontal con una exterioridad de carácter inmanente.