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Review of national fisheries situation in Sri Lanka
(2003)Type: Book ChapterFisheries are an important source of protein and employment for Sri Lanka’s population. The declaration of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in 1976 gave the country a water area larger than its land area. The coastal ... -
Review of social science literature on risk and vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in fishing communities in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2009)Type: ReportThe WorldFish Center and FAO are implementing a regional programme entitled "Fisheries and HIV/AIDS in Africa; investing in sustainable solutions", funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) ... -
Review of the history, status and prospects of the black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) hatchery sector in Bangladesh
(2016)Type: Journal ArticleCulture of shrimp, mainly Penaeus monodon, makes an important contribution to Bangladeshs aquaculture industry. Shrimp hatcheries are the foundation on which the shrimp industry is built. Hatchery performance and management ... -
A review of the performance of fish seed systems in Africa
(2021)Type: Internal ReportGlobally, fish is one of the most important sources of animal protein and a key source of livelihood. In Africa, fish production has significantly increased in recent years, but the proportion of fish production relative ... -
Review of training for the period 1999-2009: WorldFish Aquaculture Research and Training Center, Abbassa, Egypt
(2011)Type: BriefThe WorldFish Aquaculture Research and Training Center is located outside Abbassa, a typical village in Egypt's Nile delta. The WorldFish Center launched its regional research and training activities in 1998. Courses were ... -
Review of tropical reservoirs and their fisheries: The cases of Lake Nasser, Lake Volta and Indo Gangetic Basin reservoir
(2011)Type: ReportFreshwaters contribute 15 percent of the world's reported fish catch, or about 10.1 million tonnes in 2006, most of which comes from tropical systems. The true contribution of tropical inland fisheries is likely to be ... -
Review on community-based fisheries management studies in eastern Indonesia
(1997)Type: ReportCommunity-based fisheries management (CBFM) may be viewed as a process by which fishers are given the opportunity and responsibility to manage their own resources; define their needs, goals, and aspirations, and make ... -
Reviving the Bais City oyster industry
(1983)Type: Journal ArticleBais City with its two bays on the southeastern coast of Negros Island is historically the main source of shellfish in Negros Oriental, Philippines. Indigenous oyster species include the large, desirable Crassostrea iredalei ... -
Reviving the Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) fishery in Vembanad Lake, India
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleIn Vembanad Lake and its confluent rivers (Kerala, India), the catches of Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) were reported to have dwindled to a mere 39 t in the 1980s from average landings of 300 t during the 1960s. This ... -
RGCA_Establishment of a Satellite Nucleus of the GIFT Strain at Rajiv Gandhi Center for Aquaculture (RGCA), India Phase II_ Annual Report April 2019 - March 2020
Type: Donor ReportPhase II of the collaboration (2019-2023) is to continue to improve the genetic performance of the GIFT strain in India, and aims to further develop viable dissemination models that can facilitate the long term delivery ... -
RGCA_Establishment of a Satellite Nucleus of the GIFT Strain at Rajiv Gandhi Center for Aquaculture: Second Year Annual Report - April 2020 to March 2021
Type: Donor ReportRajiv Gandhi Center for Aquaculture (RGCA), India, and WorldFish have been collaborating since August 2009 that led to the establishment of GIFT satellite breeding nucleus and breeding program in India. Phase I of the ... -
Rhinella Marina. Predation by a Philippine crocodile
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleRHINELLA MIRANDARIBEIROI. PREDATION. Rhinalla mirandaribeiroi is a medium-sized bufonid belonging to the R. granulosa group found in the Cerrado Biome and in Cerrado enclaves in the Amazon. Here, we report predation of R. ... -
Rhizons improved estimation of nutrient losses because of seepage in aquaculture ponds
(2005)Type: Journal ArticleSeepage represents one of the largest water losses in static ponds accounting for about 30-70% of total pond water losses. This short communication describes a novel method in which a similar principle as in Masuda and ... -
Rice field fisheries: a resource for Cambodia
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleSmall-scale fisheries in and around rice fields in the lowland areas of Cambodia are greatly underestimated and undervalued. Their contribution to the protein requirements of the poor rural households is significant. In ... -
Rice field fisheries: wild aquatic species diversity, food provision services and contribution to inland fisheries
(2020)Type: Journal ArticleCambodia's rice field fisheries contribute to national fisheries production and fish consumption in farming-fishing households. As irrigation development is underway to expand the (currently 17%) rice field area irrigated, ... -
Rice fields to prawn farms: a blue revolution in southwest Bangladesh?
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper examines freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) farming in southwest Bangladesh where a large number of farmers have converted their rice fields to export oriented prawn farms, locally known as gher. The ... -
Rice research, technological progress, and poverty: the Bangladesh case
(2007)Type: Book ChapterThis case study assesses the impact on poverty of the technological changes in rice cultivation made by IRRI and its national partners in Bangladesh. Modern varieties (MVs) with higher yield potential were first introduced ... -
Rice terraces and fish: integrated farming in the Philippines
(1982)Type: Journal ArticleA brief account of rice fish culture in the Ifugao Province, northern Luzon, Philippines was presented. -
Rice-fish culture
(2020)Type: BrochureThis extension leaflet provide details for farmers on how to convert a rice field into a rice-fish production system to integrate the culture of fish together with rice in a combined environmentally friendly production system. -
Rice-fish culture (Burmese version)
(2019)Type: BrochureThis single page leaflet in Myanmar language, details how farmers can grow fish simultaneously with rice to increase household income and nutrition from the same land area, in environmentally friendly manner.
