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Key problem areas on world aquacultural development
Type: Journal Article
Interest in the large-scale development of aquaculture as a manageable food production system has intensified considerably during the past decade. The escalation of development efforts stems, by and large, from 1) the need ...
A fishing community's response to seaweed farming
Type: Journal Article
The transition of a fishing community of Hingotanan, Philippines, from almost exclusive dependance on capturefishing to extensive involvement in seaweed (Eucheuma species) farming is described.
Tilapia production booms in the Philippines
Type: Journal Article
Tilapia is the second most popular cultured fish in the Philippines. Increased consumer demand is discussed briefly and an account is given of hatcheries, cage culture in lakes and land based grow-out systems. Future ...
Improving fishing incomes when resources are overfished
Type: Journal Article
Despite increased evidence of overfishing of coastal and inland resources in the Indo-Pacific region, government fisheries development programmes, for the most part, retain their 'production' orientation. Using the familiar ...
Research issues in aquaculture economics
Type: Journal Article
With fish protein supplies levelling off in many countries as limits to capture fisheries production are reached, aqua-culture is being viewed as the primary means of achieving the incremental growth in aquatic food supply ...
Resolving multigear competition in nearshore fisheries
Type: Journal Article
This article briefly describes the intensive multidisciplinary 3 year research project conducted by the University of the Philippines and ICLARM to document the conditions of the fisheries and fishing communities of San ...
Traditional fisheries development in the Philippines
Type: Journal Article
Development programmes aimed at raising income levels of the half-million Philippine traditional municipal fishermen have emphasized production-oriented projects designed to up-grade vessels and gear. Review of recent ...
Social feasibility of coastal aquaculture
Type: Journal Article
Issues related to assessing the social feasibility of technology for coastal aquaculture in the tropics are examined. Appropriate community-based aquaculture systems, community participation and co-existence with large-scale ...