Sentence examples similar to marine catch statistics from inspiring English sources
We applied Marxan [42], [43], a decision support tool that has commonly been used to plan reserves, to spatial catch statistics for 13 commercial marine fisheries in British Columbia, Canada.
The authors of the study, Reg Watson and Daniel Pauly, fisheries scientists at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, noted that the greatest effect of inflated catch statistics was to cause complacency about the state of the world's marine stock and about overfishing.
The regional database is an important regional resource for coastal fisheries management complementing national fisheries catch statistics.
The total marine catch of mollusks is twice that of crustaceans, and the great majority of this is bivalve.
The leading industries are fishing (which accounts for much of Sweden's marine catch), stone quarrying (especially granite), and tourism.
Despite data in the 1970s and 1980s that marine catch numbers were slowly decreasing, the fishing industry grew.
The artisanal fishery, which is highly influenced by mangroves, has been contributing 85%to95%5% of the total coastal and marine catch of Bangladesh.
Catch statistics are far more readily available and do provide information on fishing activities.
Preliminary catch statistics for 2007 indicate slightly weaker catch levels.
According to the AAAS atlas, the world's marine catch increased fivefold between 1950 and 1990, but has remained stagnant ever since.
