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Giant shellfish hatchery begins production in Mexico
Type: Journal Article
In Mexico, the Direccion de Fomento Pesquero of the State Government of Sonora has financed a project for a shell fish hatchery and nursery complex at Bahia Kino on the Gulf of California which began production in January ...
Assessment of Pterocaesio Pisang (Bleeker, 1853; family Caesionidae) at APO and Sumilon Islands in central Visayas, Philippines
Type: Journal Article
An analysis is made of length-frequency data of Pterocaesio pisang for the period March 1982-April 1983 in order to assess the stock at APO and Sumilon islands.
Estimation of natural mortality rates from selectivity and catch length-frequency data
Type: Journal Article
In conventional catch curves, the logarithms of the relative abundances of successive age groups are plotted against age, in order to obtain an estimate of the total instantaneous mortality rate, Z, from the slope of the ...
Effects of protective management on coral reefs in the Philippines
Type: Journal Article
Details are given of a project undertaken in the central Philippines concerning various factors affecting coral reefsand the protective management of the coral reefs.
Yields from coral reef fisheries
Type: Journal Article
An examination is made of the fish production potential of coral reef areas and techniques used to estimate possibleyields.
Growth, reproduction and mortality of the sea hare Dolabella auricularia (Gastropoda: Aplysiidae) in the Central Visayas, Philippines
Type: Journal Article
The growth parameters W infinity and K of the von Bertalanffy growth equation were estimated from size-frequency data of the sea hare D. auricularia using an objective, computer-based method. The results obtained from two ...
Financing fisheries and aquaculture development: the bank's viewpoint
Type: Journal Article
The criteria applied by a development bank in taking investment or financing decisions rely basically upon thesocioeconomic merits of the investment project. Financing projects and mechanisms regarding fisheries andaquaculture ...
Red tide: a growing problem in the Indo-Pacific region
Type: Journal Article
Red tide is the name given to blooms or population explosions of certain tiny planktonic organisms, usually in coastal waters. The organisms become so dense that the water becomes discolored, taking on a brown, red, yellow ...
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 ...
Tropical aquaculture: need for a strong research base
Type: Journal Article
The authors argue that tropical aquaculture could make a significant contribution to the world fish supply, but is hindered by the absence of an adequate research base. They outline the history of aquacultural research, ...