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Farming fish in the sea will not nourish the world
Type: Journal Article
Recent literature on marine fish farming brands it as potentially compatible with sustainable resource use, conservation, and human nutrition goals, and aligns with the emerging policy discourse of ‘blue growth’. We advance ...
Optimisation of mesh enclosures for nursery rearing of juvenile sea cucumbers
Type: Journal Article
Mariculture of tropical sea cucumbers is promising, but the nursery rearing of juveniles is a bottleneck for farming and sea ranching. We conducted four medium-scale experiments lasting 3–6 weeks, using thousands of cultured ...
Coastal Aquaculture Centre
Type: Book
ICLARM established the Coastal Aquaculture Centre (CAC) to redress this problem by developing ways to enhance the productivity of coral reefs, and by transferring the technologies to communities living on coralline coasts ...
Aquaculture and the poor: Is the culture of high-value fish a viable livelihood option for the poor?
Type: Journal Article
This study evaluates the role of high-value fish culture in the livelihoods of coastal households in southern Thailand. The study shows that grouper culture, promoted as an alternative to destructive fishing practices, can ...
The rural context of giant clam mariculture in Solomon Islands: an anthropological study
Type: Report
Highlights the traditional importance of giant clams, and how participatory farming research can best be carried out within the islands' culture.
Potential of grouper hybrid (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus x E. polyphekadion) for aquaculture
Type: Journal Article
The marine grouper species are considered high value food fish in several countries. However, controlled breeding and hatchery production of grouper fingerlings for commercial farming is still in its infancy. Investigations ...
New species for coastal aquaculture in the tropical Pacific - constraints, prospects and considerations
Type: Journal Article
The proximity of many Pacific countries to seafood markets in Asia, the high value of species associated with coral reefs, and the increased demand for marine aquarium species, has prompted many nations in the region to ...
Fish mariculture studies in China
Type: Journal Article
The development of marine fish aquaculture in China is discussed; major species cultured include: mullets, tilapias, milkfish, porgies, groupers, flounders and seahorses.
A review of cage aquaculture: Northern Europe
Type: Book Chapter
Thirty years after the cage aquaculture industry in Europe began, the industry has matured. The main species in northern Europe are the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The majority ...
Captured-based aquaculture of groupers
Type: Report
In order to alleviate the pressure on wild grouper stocks, many nations have promoted aquaculture in the hopes of producing a more sustainable grouper yield. However, full-cycle culture of most grouper species is not yet ...