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Can nitrogen pollution from aquaculture be reduced?
Type: Journal Article
Nitrogen is essential for the normal growth of fish. It is an important ingredient in fish feed but is very expensive. There is evidence that nitrogen loading from feeding and metabolic activities of fish can cause pollution ...
Reducing feed costs in semi-intensive finfish culture: an update on mixed feeding schedules and an idea for enhancing endogenous food supply in ponds
Type: Journal Article
Some interesting ideas on improving the cost-effectiveness of feeding in semi-intensive finfish aquaculture are presented.
Aquaculture and sustainability through integrated resources management
Type: Journal Article
Aquaculture In developing countries can improve the sustainability of small-scale farms provided that It is fully integrated with other enterprises and household activities so as to allow farm families and communities to ...
Biodiversity research and ICLARM
Type: Journal Article
ICLARM's current and medium-term activities on biodiversity research in the fields of fisheries and aquaculture are summarized in this article.
A simple and inexpensive fish tagging method
Type: Journal Article
In many developing countries, availability of suitable tags for use in genetics and aquaculture research has been a problem as they are often expensive and have to be imported from other countries. A simple and inexpensive ...
Low external input sustainable aquaculture for Bangladesh: an operational framework
Type: Journal Article
Like most developing countries, Bangladesh wants to improve the income and nutrition of its rural population most of whom live under uncertain and harsh social and environmental conditions. These rural households farm with ...
The Network of Tropical Aquaculture Scientists (NTAS) : past, present and future
Type: Journal Article
This article reviews the past, present and future activities of the Network of Tropical Aquaculture Scientists (NTAS), an information network for individual scientists working on tropical aquaculture, especially on genetics, ...
Using the growth performance index Phi to choose species aquaculture: an example from Kuwait
Type: Journal Article
Following a brief account of the advantages of using the growth performance index in choosing species for culture purposes, an examination is made of growth parameters of Epinephelus suilis and Acanthopagrus cuvieri chosen ...
Integrated resources management, integrated agriculture-aquaculture and the African farmer
Type: Journal Article
Despite the expenditure of huge amounts of money and human effort, the Green Revolution has largely failed to benefit the vast majority of the rural poor in Africa: those smallholding farmers who sell little, if any, of ...
How can research best serve the needs of aquaculture in subsaharan Africa?
Type: Journal Article
Discussion on whether research is the answer to best serve the needs of aquaculture in SubSaharan Africa is presented. New methods of user-participatory, on-farm research being tested by ICLARM and other agencies in Asia ...