TY - BOOK AU - Gillett,R.D. ED - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations TI - Global study of shrimp fisheries T2 - FAO fisheries technical paper, SN - 9789251060537 PY - 2008/// CY - Rome PB - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations KW - Shrimp fisheries KW - Internet resource N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-331); Introduction -- Development of the study -- History and development of shrimp fishing -- Structure of shrimp fisheries -- Shrimp species, catches and fishing effort -- Economic contribution of shrimp fishing -- Trade aspects -- Bycatch issues -- Fuel use in shrimp fisheries -- Profitability of shrimp fishing and resource rent -- Biological aspects of shrimp -- Impacts of shrimp fishing on the bottom habitat -- Interactions between large- and small-scale fisheries -- Management of shrimp fisheries -- Enforcement -- Shrimp fishery research issues -- Data reporting -- Impacts of shrimp farming on shrimp fishing activities -- Conclusions -- Shrimp fishing in Australia -- Shrimp fishing in Cambodia -- Shrimp fishing in Indonesia -- Shrimp fishing in Kuwait -- Shrimp fishing in Madagascar -- Shrimp fishing in Mexico -- Shrimp fishing in Nigeria -- Shrimp fishing in Norway -- Shrimp fishing in Trinidad and Tobago -- Shrimp fishing in the United States of America; Also available on the Internet N2 - Shrimp is now the most valuable internationally traded fishery commodities. This report summarizes the results of an FAO commissioned global study focusing on social, economic and environmental impacts, and also contains studies representative of various geographic regions and of a variety of important shrimp fishery conditions: Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Kuwait, Madagascar, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States of America.--Publisher's description UR - ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/i0300e/i0300e.pdf ER -