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Response to three generations of selection for increased body weight in channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, grown in earthen ponds
(2003)Type: Journal ArticleSelection response for body weight at marketable size was measured for channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, grown in earthen ponds at 7500 fish/ha. Three generations of mass selection for increased body weight in Kansas ... -
Responses to bi-directional selection for frequency of early maturing females in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThe present study was carried out to investigate a simple method for recording the occurrence of early maturing females in Nile tilapia at a fixed time after stocking and to estimate the response to bi-directional selection ... -
Responses to climate change: adaptation pathways to change
(2012)Type: BriefThis project, Responding to Climate Change Using an Adaptation Pathways and Decision-making Approach, funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), aims to strengthen coastal and marine resource management in the Coral ... -
Ressources genetiques en tilapias pour l'aquaculture
(1989)Type: Conference ProceedingsTilapia culture in Asia and other non African countries is practiced on a narrow genetic base. In contrast, African countries, many of which need assistance to develop their own aquaculture sectors, hold the global wealth ... -
Restocking and stock enhancement of coastal fisheries: Potential, problems and progress
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleThe demand for fish is expected to rise substantially by 2020. Although aquaculture must provide much of the additional fish, it remains to be seen whether restored or enhanced capture fisheries can also help fill the ... -
Restocking the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra: sizing no-take zones through individual-based movement modelling
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleThe valuable sea cucumber Holothuria scabra, known as ‘sandfish’, has potential for restocking. However, there is little information available to determine the size of the no-take zones (NTZs) needed to protect the released ... -
Restocking, stock enhancement, and sea ranching: arenas of progress
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleThere are concerns about the sustainability of the world’s capture fisheries at the current total level of ~96 million tons per year. The warning signals are an increase in the proportion of depleted or recovering stocks, ... -
Restoring small-scale fisheries for tropical sea cucumbers
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleOverfishing threatens to extinguish local fisheries for valuable tropical sea cucumbers by reducing population densities to the point where reproductive success trails behind natural mortality (known as depensation or the ... -
Results of bottom trawl surveys carried out in Vietnamese waters (20-200 m) in 1996-1997
(2002)Type: Journal ArticleBottom trawl surveys were conducted in the southwest monsoon season in 1996 (survey 1) and in the northeast monsoon season in 1996-97 (survey 2) throughout Vietnamese waters. The surveys mainly covered the depth zone 50-200 ... -
Retail prices of fishes in five regions of Bangladesh
(2001)Type: Working PaperThis working paper gives the (1) market prices of different species, and (2) seasonal price variations of carp fishes of Paikan Bazar, Sonkanda Bazar, Monirampur, Mahilara Bazar and Chandmuha hat Bazar, for the year January ... -
Rethinking agriculture in the Greater Mekong subregion: how to sustainably meet food needs, enhance ecosystem services and cope with climate change
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleNations of the Greater Mekong Subregion need to ‘rethink’ their agricultural industries to meet future food needs, given the social shifts and climate changes that are forecast for the coming decades. With better farming ... -
Rethinking environmental leadership: The social construction of leaders and leadership in discourses of ecological crisis, development, and conservation
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleLeadership is heralded as being critical to addressing the "crisis of governance" facing the Earths natural systems. While political, economic, and corporate discourses of leadership have been widely and critically ... -
Rethinking irrigation modernisation: realising multiple objectives through the integration of fisheries
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleIrrigation has been, and will remain, instrumental in addressing water security (Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6), food insecurity (SDG 2) and poverty (SDG 1) goals. However, the global context in which irrigation ... -
Retrieving taxa names from large biodiversity data collections using a flexible matching workflow
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleIn the domain of biological classification there are several taxon name matching services that can search for a species scientific name in a large collection of taxonomic names. Many of these services are available online, ... -
Reuse of fish pond sediments as fertilizer for fodder grass production in Bangladesh: Potential for sustainable intensification and improved nutrition
(2016)Type: Journal ArticleIntensive aquaculture systems (e.g. pangasius farming) make important contributions to food security in developing countries, including Bangladesh, but are associated with a variety of negative environmental impacts, ... -
A review of access and benefit-sharing measures and literature in key aquaculture-producing countries
(2021)Type: Journal ArticleCountries increasingly use access and benefit-sharing laws as a tool for the conservation and sustainable use of biological resources and associated traditional knowledge. These laws generally require the recipient of ... -
Review of aquaculture and fish consumption in Bangladesh
(2011)Type: Working PaperFish play a crucial role in the Bangladeshi diet, providing more than 60% of animal source food, representing a crucial source of micro-nutrients, and possessing an extremely strong cultural attachment. Fish (including ... -
A review of aquafeed business models and the feed value chain in Zambia and Malawi
(2021)Type: Internal ReportOver the last decade, the aquaculture sector in Zambia and Malawi has tremendously grown. The availability of commercial feed companies producing complete commercial feed diets in Zambia has been one of the key factors ... -
Review of breeding and propagation techniques for grey mullet, Mugil cephalus L
(1980)Type: ReportThis review is a compendium of most of the available biological and engineering knowledge relevant to the breeding and mass propagation of the Mugilidae species, particularly the grey mullet Mugil cephalus Linn. -
Review of environmental impact assessment and monitoring in aquaculture in Asia-Pacific
(2009)Type: Book ChapterThis review is prepared as part of the FAO Project “Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and monitoring in aquaculture”. The review provides a compilation, review and synthesis of existing EIA and environmental monitoring ...
