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Economic feasibility of community based fish culture in seasonally flooded rice fields in Bangladesh and Vietnam - Community Based Fish Culture in Seasonal Floodplains
Type: Journal Article
During the rainy season in extensive river floodplains and deltaic lowlands, floods lasting several months render the land unavailable for crop production for several months each year. These waters are considerably ...
Genetic variation in lytic activities of blood serum from Nile tilapia and genetic associations with survival and body weight
Type: Journal Article
The objective of the present investigation was to determine the genetic variation in lysozyme activity and SH activity in blood serum from a family material of Nile tilapia (O. niloticus) and to study the genetic associations ...
The EEC fisheries training program
Type: Journal Article
Over the last years, the European Economic Community with its now twelve member states (Belgium, Denmark, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and UK) has ...
Governance interactions in small-scale fisheries market chains: Examples from the Asia-Pacific
Type: Journal Article
Small-scale fisheries are subject to various governing institutions operating at different levels with different objectives. At the same time, small-scale fisheries increasingly form part of domestic and international ...
Fisheries rehabilitation in post-tsunami Aceh: Status and needs from participatory appraisals
Type: Journal Article
The widespread and long-term nature of the tsunami damage in Aceh province, Indonesia has threatened the continued use of coastal and fisheries resources. This article describes the application of the Rapid Appraisal of ...
Progress towards providing Fijian farmers with a better tilapia strain: evaluation of the GIFT fish in Fiji
Type: Journal Article
The relative growth performance of the GIFT strain Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) was compared under integrated and non-integrated conditions with the best performing ‘indigenous’ Fijian tilapia strain, O. niloticus ...
Stock improvement of silver barb (Barbodes gonionotus Bleeker) through several generations of genetic selection
Type: Journal Article
This paper reports stock improvement of silver barb (Barbodes gonionotus Bleeker) using selective breeding techniques and presents the results of three generations of growth performance between selected and nonselected ...
Assessing the Potential for Sustainable Aquaculture Development in Cambodia
Type: Journal Article
Inland capture fisheries are central to livelihoods and food security in Cambodia, but are under threat from growing anthropogenic pressures. Policy discourse in Cambodia increasingly frames aquaculture as a viable alternative ...
Studies on Bacillus subtilis and Lactobacillus acidophilus, as potential probiotics, on the immune response and resistance of Tilapia nilotica (Oreochromis niloticus) to challenge infections
Type: Journal Article
The probiotic activity of two bacteria (<i>Bacillus subtilis</i> and <i>Lactobacillus acidophilus</i>) was evaluated by its effect on the immune response of Nile tilapia (<i>Oreochromis niloticus</i>), beside its protective ...
Rice-fish farming systems research in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: identification of constraints
Type: Journal Article
The need for an increased fish production from rice fields prompted the Can Tho University (Vietnam) and the University of Leuven (Belgium) to initiate a collaborative research project named "Impact Analysis and Improvement ...