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A simple spreadsheet model to incorporate seasonal growth into length-based stock assessment methods
Type: Journal Article
The paper describes a method by which seasonal growth can be incorporated into length-converted catch curves and cohort analyses using a spreadsheet. The method is based on calculating the length of fish using seasonal ...
Guideline on how to plan Capacity Development Activities (CDAs) through the MEL platform
Type: Presentation
This is an illustrated guideline created to facilitate the Fish Research Planning, with specific reference to the planning of the Capacity Development Activities (CDAs). The guideline is primarily aimed at scientists with ...
Genetic improvement of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) with special reference to the work conducted by the WorldFish Center with the GIFT strain
Type: Journal Article
We mainly (but not exclusively) draw on research and development work carried out by The WorldFish Center (WorldFish). We review in detail the current state of development of a selection program that has had a main focus ...
Using the sustainable livelihoods framework to identify constraints and opportunities to the development of freshwater prawn farming in southwest Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
A conceptual framework, drawn from an approach to poverty reduction known as the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA), is applied to understanding the role of freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, farming in gher ...
Marine Biodiversity, Ocean Based Economy and Fishermen Welfare
Type: News Item/Press Item
WorldFish Bangladesh and DoF jointly organized a virtual roundtable discussion with the Daily Prothom Alo the most widely circulated national daily newspaper on August 6, 2020 at 3PM. The topic of discussion was “Marine ...
Trends in the farming of the snakeskin gourami (Trichogaster pectoralis) in Thailand
Type: Journal Article
The production of snakeskin gourami (Trichogaster pectoralis) from wild stocks and traditional culture systems has been declining in central Thailand, although they are on the increase in modern culture practices adopted ...
Large fish seed for small-scale aquaculture
Type: Journal Article
Details are given of trials conducted in Thailand using the "hapa" system for nursing fish fry to fingerlings of the desired size for use in small scale aquaculture operations.
Hen Mpoano, our Coast, our Future. Western Region of Ghana. Building capacity for adapting to a rapidly changing coastal zone: Lessons learned
Type: Report
Our Coast, Our Future: Western Region of Ghana was the first major product of the Hen Mpoano initiative, published in 2010. It made the case that a process is needed which is grounded in the belief that a fresh approach ...
Integrating water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutrition interventions to reduce child soil-transmitted helminth and Giardia infections: a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Kenya
Type: Journal Article
Helminth and protozoan infections affect >1 billion children globally. Improved water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutrition could be more sustainable control strategies for parasite infections than mass drug administration ...
Notes on the occurrence of Amphiprion (Perciformes: Pomacentridae) in Peninsular Malaysia
Type: Journal Article
Amphiprion sp represent the largest complex of anemonefish with approximately 25 species ranging all over the Indo-West Pacific region. It often varies morphologically due to ontogenic, geographic, melanistic, hybridization, ...