Information and Communications Technology
Information
is vital in the learning of many. Lack of access to information limits the
knowledge of many people specially those in the remote areas. According to
Wikipedia, ICT refers to the convergence of audio-visual and telephone networks
with computer networks through a single cabling or link system.
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Computer networking |
Fisheries Industry
The
fisheries sector is one of the rapidly growing sectors in the food industry. In
fact, it is one of the promising sectors to meet the increasing demand of food. Increasing human population pushes for the aquaculture
sector to provide more fish for food consumption. However, stocks from the wild are
being depleted and the increasing demand for food caused by human population
cannot be supported mainly by catch from the wild. Moreover, there is an
increasing demand for marine fishes of high value. But even if coastal
resources are utilized for aquaculture purposes, production is much
lower compared to the rapid increase in human population.
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Red Tilapia |
Significance of ICT in Fisheries
Information
dissemination in fisheries is important to address the above-mentioned problem
of failure in culture operations. the use of ICT is of big help to provide solution to this problem. In addition, there are only few extension
workers available to disseminate new informations. With the use of ICT in
fisheries, information dissemination can become faster, helping starters to
have higher percentage of attaining success. And even with limited extension
workers, it is possible to reach out most or all farmers engaged in fisheries.
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A research conducted |
In addition
to the above-mentioned importance, ICT is also important in conducting
researches. ICT can be helpful to provide factual issues that will support the
result of a research project. Moreover, to initiate a research project, many
researchers base their ideas on previous researches which are mostly published
online.