This study presents a model of an individual factory trawler conducting fishing operations off the west coast of North America in the Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) fishery. The model is used to explore several concepts that provide new insight into fishing behavior. A central theme of the model is the role of decisionmaking at different spatio-temporal scales. Decision-making occurs at tw...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to prove, whether the intracutaneous skin closure with self made fishing line suture is equivalent to commercial sutures. DESIGN It was a randomised blinded animal study. SETTING The study was performed in December 2002 at the Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences in Dar-es-salaam. SUBJECTS Both German surgeons from Mannheim, and Tanzanian sur...

The swordfish now ranks as one of the Mediterranean's most vulnerable species, the EU announced last month, proposing new measures to protect diminishing stocks. As well as continuing a swordfish fishing ban for two consecutive months each year — October and November this year — the EU wants to prevent the 'by-catch' of swordfish by vessels that are supposed to be fishing for other species. Thi...

This study provides a global, detailed, and complete energy-saving map of strong ocean currents from the absolute geostrophic velocities calculated from satellite altimetry data, with the focus on the strong Western Boundary Currents (WBCs) in the global ocean. Theoretically, the WBCs with speeds of 2–3 knots can reduce fuel consumption by 25–50% for vessels at a sailing speed of 6 knots. The f...

BACKGROUND Work-related injuries in commercial fishing are of concern internationally. To better identify the causes of injury, this study coded occupational injuries by working processes in commercial fishing for fresh market fish. METHODS A classification system of the work processes was developed by participation in fishing vessel trips where observations and video recordings of the work o...

In the tropical and subtropical coastal zone, were highly diverse fish communities occur, it is important to study the small scale fisheries exploiting these communities. For this study, 219 fishing days were carried out in Bahia de Navidad, Jalisco, Mexico. Four gillnets with different mesh sizes (76.2, 88.9, 101.6 and 114.3 mm) were used for the fishing operations, from April 1994 to March 19...