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Participatory research in giant clam farming
Type: Journal Article
Research into developing farming methods for giant clams at the ICLARM Coastal Aquaculture Centre in the Solomon Islands has proceeded in parallel with a program of village-based trials. This program is an attempt to involve ...
The seafood gap in the food-water nexus literature--issues surrounding freshwater use in seafood production chains
Type: Journal Article
Freshwater use for food production is projected to increase substantially in the coming decades with population growth, changing demographics, and shifting diets. Ensuring joint food-water security has prompted efforts to ...
Wastewater use in aquaculture: research in Peru
Type: Journal Article
Use of wastewater is an issue gaining importance throughout the (developing) world, as water sources become scarcer and competition for them increases. In Peru, research has shown the technical, economic and social feasibility ...
Fisheries and aquaculture research capabilities and needs in Africa: studies of Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Mauritania, Morocco, and Senegal
Type: Journal Article
This Technical Report contains the results of 2 missions. One mission deals with the state of fisheries andaquaculture research as well as research needs in 4 countries in Southeastern Africa: Kenya, Malawi,Mozambique an ...
Research priorities in Subsaharan smallholder freshwater aquaculture
Type: Journal Article
Subsaharan Africa is an enormously diverse region. To generalise about aquaculture development across this huge environmental and cultural expanse is virtually impossible. In addition, the available fish species, climatic ...
Potential for the development of aquaculture in Africa
Type: Journal Article
Aquaculture production in Africa has remained low despite the huge potential that exists on the continent. In order for this potential to be realized, it is necessary to refocus the direction of aquaculture development. ...
Contribution of fisheries and aquaculture to food security and poverty reduction: Assessing the current evidence
Type: Journal Article
This paper evaluates the existing evidence of how and to what extent capture fisheries and aquaculture contribute to food security and poverty reduction. In doing so the authors evaluate the quality and scientific rigor ...
An assessment of chemical and biological product use in aquaculture in Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
The aim of this study is to describe current chemical use practices in the aquaculture sector of Bangladesh and to identify the factors that influence them. A survey on the use of chemical and biological products was ...
Genetic and non-genetic indirect effects for harvest weight in the GIFT strain of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
Type: Journal Article
The main objective of this study was to quantify the heritable variation for growth rate of GIFT, and the contribution of IGEs to this heritable variation. Here we describe the experiment conducted for this purpose, and ...
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 ...