Productivity and Efficiency
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, water efficiency is the smart use of our water resources through water-saving technologies and simple steps. Using water efficiently will help ensure reliable water supplies today and for future generations. Topics addressed in this theme provide insights, lessons, and guidance on how diverse stakeholders are working to improve water management and reduce water use.
Productivity and Efficiency Resources
Hydroacoustic Assessment of Fish Stocks in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica
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September 1, 1989U.S. Agency for International Development
The Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica is a relatively shallow, tidally influenced estuary that supports a substantial artisanal fishery on various stocks, primarily corvinas. However, little is known about the population size or productivity of these stocks. While hydro acoustic techniques have been...Read more
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Costa Rica, Latin America and the CaribbeanImportance of Mangroves in Sustaining Fisheries and Controlling Water Quality in Coastal Ecosystems [: Progress Report]
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July 1, 1989U.S. Agency for International Development
The goal of this research program is to investigate specific mangrove properties under different types of geomorphology. Predictions of ecosystem function based on models of mangrove processes are presently restricted to specific environmental settings. Thus the application of mangrove management...Read more
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Latin America and the CaribbeanAssessment of The Present Status, Competitive Position, and Long-Term Potential of The Belizean Shrimp Industry
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June 1, 1989U.S. Agency for International Development
The Government of Belize (GOB) has determined officialthat their development strategy is to promote exports asthe engine of growth, to diversify exports away from a single product orientation, and to develop import substitutesin an economically efficient manner. RDA International, Inc. (RDA) was...Read more
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Belize, Latin America and the CaribbeanSignificance of Physiologically Structured Models for Fish Stock Dynamics
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April 1, 1988U.S. Agency for International Development
The present working document contains the initial papers of a series whose ultimate purpose is to provide a realistic basis for a fresh appraisal of both the surplus production and the dynamic pool approaches to fishery yield analysis. The main idea is to tighten the conceptual framework of the...Read more
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Costa Rica, Latin America and the CaribbeanThe Use of Stationary Hydro acoustic Transducers to Study Diel and Tidal Influences on Fish Behavior
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October 1, 1987U.S. Agency for International Development
Diel and tiday conditions are two important factors that influence fish behavior. Many fisheries, such as the Corvina fishery in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica, take advantage of these influences. This study applied stationary transducer arrays that allowed complete coverage of the water column...Read more
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Costa Rica, Latin America and the CaribbeanThe Peruvian Anchoveta and Its Upwelling Ecosystem: Three Decades of Climate Change
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January 1, 1987U.S. Agency for International Development
The anchoveta fish (family Engraulidae) occurs exclusively along the turbulent coasts of Peru and Chile. This book, the fruit of a collaborative effort among research institutions on three continents - IMARPE in Peru, GTZ in West Germany, and ICLARM in the Philippines - presents a comprehensive...Read more
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Peru, Latin America and the CaribbeanCooperatively Managed Panamanian Rural Fish Ponds
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December 1, 1986U.S. Agency for International Development
Major empirical results are presented of studies conducted to measure the impact on 22 rural Panamanian communities of a pilot project to integrate livestock and other agricultural activities with a communal approach to aquaculture. Successive chapters discuss: (1) the project's technical...Read more
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Panama, Latin America and the CaribbeanInitial Investigation Into the Problems and Prospects of the Irrigation of Fruit and Vegetables on the Belize Commercialization of Alternative Crops Project
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September 30, 1986U.S. Agency for International Development
Results of an initial survey for the Belize Commercialization of Alternative Crops Project of the prospects for irrigated fruit and vegetable farming in Orange Walk and Corozal Districts are reported. General investigation of natural rainfall, local irrigation experience and expertise, water...Read more
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Belize, Latin America and the CaribbeanTrip Report: USAID Fisheries Cooperative Agreement
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January 1, 1986U.S. Agency for International Development
This report is a summary of a two-week visit to Ecuador made during the period of October 19 to November 1, 1986. The purpose of the visit determined research project material; presented seminars related to fishery losses; and identified possible sources of funding for projects in the field.Read more
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Ecuador, Latin America and the CaribbeanCaribbean Fishermen Farmers: A Social Assessment of Smithsonian King Crab Mariculture
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January 1, 1986U.S. Agency for International Development
This is an assessment of the social and cultural factors that potentially will influence the transfer of Caribbean King Crab or Mithrax mariculture as it has been developed in two West Indian project sites. The projects are located in Nonesuch Bay, Antigua, and Buen Hombre, Dominican Republic. The...Read more
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