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Sandfish (Holothuris scabra) with shrimp (Penaeus monodon) co-culture tank trials
Type: Journal Article
Seven tank trials were undertaken involving the co-culture of sandfish and shrimp on sand. Sizes, stocking densities, feeding and other conditions were all varied. Results indicated that powdered sargassum did not support ...
A comparative study of two seasonal floodplain aquaculture systems in Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
This paper presents a comparative analysis of the technical and economic parameters of two community led approaches: the semi-closed water bodies and the floodplain water bodies based systems in Bangladesh. The two approaches ...
Genetic diversity and selective breeding of red common carps in China
Type: Journal Article
China has a very rich genetic diversity in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and the red common carp plays an important role in Chinese aquaculture and genetic studies. Selective breeding, particularly crossbreeding has been ...
Aquaculture - food and livelihoods for the poor in Asia : a brief overview of the issues
Type: Journal Article
The last three decades have witnessed dramatic changes in the supply of and demand for fish. Global demand for fish has risen rapidly with rising populations and increasing per capita fish consumption. The rise in demand ...
Genetic improvement of the herbivorous blunt snout bream (Megalobrama amblycephala)
Type: Journal Article
Selection experiments with the herbivorous blunt snout bream or Wuchang bream (Megalobrama amblycephala) were started in 1985. Mass selection for size and length/depth ratio resulted in a significant increase in growth and ...
Fitting growth with the von Bertalanffy growth function : a comparison of three approaches of multivariate analysis of fish growth in aquaculture experiments
Type: Journal Article
Three approaches for multivariate analysis of fish growth in aquaculture experiments with Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus niloticus L.) based on the von Bertalan¡y growth curve are presented and compared. The approaches ...
Ethnic women in aquaculture in Nepal
Type: Journal Article
The Women in Aquaculture project was launched in two districts of central Terai in Nepal jointly by AIT (Thailand) and Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (Nepal). The project has trained five groups of about 150 ...
On-farm trials with rice fish cultivation in the west Kano rice irrigation scheme, Kenya
Type: Journal Article
The viability of integrating rice farming with fish culture was studied in ten (10) rice plots. The onfarm research was done during one rice-growing season starting May 2003. The rice variety used was IR 2793-80-1 while ...
Improving developing country food security through aquaculture development - lessons from Asia
Type: Journal Article
This paper provides a framework for examining aquaculture’s linkages to food and nutritional security by elucidating key hypotheses concerning the role of aquaculture in household food and income systems in developing ...
Effect of varying density and water level on the spawning response of African catfish Clarias gariepinus: Implications for seed production
Type: Journal Article
The development of a reliable methodology for spawning of African catfish, Clarias gariepinus without the use of hormone injections would greatly improve the prospects of aquaculture in Africa. Earlier work has shown that ...