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From drawing board to dining table: the success story of the GIFT project
Type: Journal Article
As compared to crops and livestock, the genetic enhancement of fish is in its infancy. While significant progress has been achieved in the genetic improvement of temperate fish such as salmonids, no efforts were made until ...
Development of sustainable aquaculture project: progress report (1 April 2004 - 31 June 2004)
Type: Report
The Development of Sustainable Aquaculture Project (DSAP) was authorized and funded by USAID on 28 June 2000. This technical progress report covers activities for the three months of the project, 1 April 2004 through 30 ...
Use of genetically improved and alien species for aquaculture and conservation of aquatic biodiversity in Africa
Type: Conference Proceedings
Aquaculture species are being domesticated and improved through genetic enhancement. Despite the benefits of improved fish in terms of increased production, there are risks associated with conservation of biodiversity when ...
Ecolabelling and fisheries management
Type: Book
National and intergovernmental regulation of fisheries has not prevented many failures of fisheries management around the world. New approaches to improving the environmental sustainability of fisheries have included the ...
Breeding and rearing of the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra in Viet Nam
Type: Report
The aims of this project were to develop large scale breeding and rearing methods for sandfish (Holothuria scabra) for commercial culture and/or restocking. Wild collected sea cucumbers were initially difficult to spawn, ...
Fish fights over fish rights: Philippine case study on conflict over use of municipal water: synthesis of three case studies in the Visayan Sea
Type: Report
To enable an understanding of the dynamics of fishing overcapacity, conflicts and security issues in the Philippines, a case study is drawn of the fisheries conflicts arising from zoning regulations. A semi-structured ...
Strategies and options for increasing and sustaining fisheries and aquaculture production to benefit poorer households in India
Type: Report
Fisheries sector in India has made rapid strides in recent years. Its role in increasing food supply, generating job opportunities, raising nutritional level and earning foreign exchange has been continuously increasing. ...
The future for fish in the food and livelihoods of the poor in Asia
Type: Journal Article
This article is based on the study, “Strategies and Options for Increasing and Sustaining Benefi ts from Fisheries and Aquaculture Production to Benefi t Poor Households in Asia”, carried out under ADB-RETA 5945, and ...
The WorldFish Center in Malawi
Type: Brochure
A brochure to describe the research works in Malawi by the WorldFish center
Effects of rearing conditions on low temperature tolerance of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, juveniles
Type: Conference Proceedings
This paper summarizes the results of two experiments in which the effects of genotype, age, size, condition factor and diet (natural phytoplankton versus formulated protein pellets) on low-temperature tolerance of juvenile ...