Proceedings of the World Fisheries Congress, Athens, Greece: Fisheries Resource Utilization and Policy

Population dynamics and stock assessment of Institutiuonal aspects of fisheries management; economic information in US fisheries policy - gaps between theory, information and capability; co-operation through international treaties; participation of fishers in fisheries management; subsistence and artisanal fisheries policy - an international assessmentsmall yellow croaker pseudosciaena polyactis in Korean waters; ecological and socio-economic aspects of the expansion of Nile perch in Lake Victoria; implications of multiple-use management strategies on native Southerwestern (USA) fishes; fishing activities and strategies at Buzios Island (Brazil); biological resources of the Northwest Pacific and their fisheries management; a review of the bionomics, population dynamics and management of the Reeves Shad in the Yangtze River; the effectiveness of joint US-Canada management of Pacific halibut; sould scientific advice to fisheries managers be provided by an independent research agency?; fishery research and management - virtues and constraints of symbiosis; verification and standardization of indigenous fish processing technologies in the Bicol Region, Philippines; shrimp bycatch issues in the Gulf of California - options for changes; policy and regulatory measures to control incidental mortality of Pacific halibut in groundfish fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean; recent progress in the development of selective trawls for demersal fisheries; incidental catches of large whales in Newfoundland and Labrador, and a programme to minimize whale mortality and damage to fishing gear; a review of gear and animal characteristics responsible for incidental catches of cetaceans in fishing gear, along with proposed solutions; co-management and legitimacy in corporate fishing assications - the case of the Confraries de Pescadors de Catalunya, Spain; the rise of women in fisheries management - the Marisquadoras of Illa de Arousa, Galicia; exploring the black box - the decision-making process if French Mediterranean fisheries; representational maangement of management of representation? - the place of fishers in Atlantic Canadian fisheries management; foxes and others in the henhouse? - environmentalists and the fishing industry in the US Regional Council system; creating user-group vested interest in fishery management outcomes - a case study; industry and government negotiation - communication and change in New Zealand's individual transferable quota system.