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Kuwait's finfish catch three times more shrimp than its trawlers
Type: Journal Article
Assessments made of shrimp catches in Kuwait and available stocks indicate that finfish eat a large majority of theshrimp available. Management measures to be taken in order to reduce this predation problem are considered.
Catching and rearing postlarval cleaner shrimp for the aquarium trade: results from a WorldFish Center project in Solomon Islands
Type: Journal Article
Between 1999 and 2003, the WorldFish Center in Solomon Islands conducted research into the feasibility of a new fishery based on the capture and culture of postlarval coral reef fish for the live fish trade. The work was ...
Integration of crustacean aquaculture with coastal rice farming in Vietnam
Type: Journal Article
Some examples are given of integration of crustacean aquaculture into coastal rice farming in Vietnam. Freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii ) and marine shrimp culture integrated with coastal rice farming and crab ...
Improvement of traditional shrimp culture in the Mekong Delta
Type: Journal Article
Improvements to traditional brackishwater shrimp culture in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam are discussed. A technical support program has been implemented based on a so-called improved extensive shrimp culture method, as ...
Development of giant freshwater prawn broodstock
Type: Journal Article
The commercial success of a giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) hatchery depends upon the uninterrupted supply of the desired quantity and quality of broodstock. This study was an attempt to develop the ...
Diet composition of fish species from the southern continental shelf of Colombia
Type: Journal Article
The diet composition of 30 fish species belonging to 16 families from the Pacific Coast of Colombia is described. Benthic crustaceans (37.5%) and bony fishes (23.7%, chiefly demersal) were the most important food items for ...
Grow-out of sandfish Holothuria scabra in ponds shows that co-culture with shrimp Litopenaeus stylirostris is not viable
Type: Journal Article
We examined the potential for producing the large numbers of sandfish (Holothuria scabra) needed for restocking programmes by co-culturing juveniles with the shrimp Litopenaeus stylirostris in earthen ponds. Our experiments ...
Growth, mortality and length-weight parameters for some Kuwaiti fish and shrimp
Type: Journal Article
As a (small) contribution toward reestablishing communication between Kuwait-based fishing research and other research conducted elsewhere in the tropics, the growth parameter estimates and the "a" and "b" values ...
Impacts of fish sanctuaries on production and biodiversity of fish and prawn in Dopi beel, Joanshahi haor, Kishoregonj.
Type: Journal Article
The impacts of sanctuary on fish production and fish biodiversity were investigated in Dopi beel in Joanshahi haor over a period of two years from January 2004 to December 2005. Broadly two different types of materials ...
The marine fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago
Type: Journal Article
The marine fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago are mainly artisanal and involve about 8,000 fishers. The main fishing gear used are the gillnets, the troll, the shrimp trawl, the fishpot and the industrial longline. Landings ...