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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 ...
Enzyme electrophoresis in Tilapia zillii: a pattern for determining biochemical genetic markers for use in tilapia stock identification
Type: Journal Article
A variety of tissues from T. zillii was examined by horizontal starch gel electrophoresis to identify isozymes of potential use as genetic markers for stock identification. Techniques were assessed for 30 enzymes coded for ...
Genetic considerations on acquisition and maintenance of reference populations of tilapia
Type: Journal Article
The maintenance of reference populations of Tilapia is discussed, examining genetic considerations to be taken into account to conserve the gene pool to prevent genetic drift and prevent detrimental levels of inbreeding. ...
Philippine tilapia broodstock project
Type: Journal Article
The background to the setting up of the project is summarized and an outline of the project given. The 4 tilapiaspecies currently available are Sarotherodon mossambicus, S. niloticus, S. aureus and Tilapia zillii . The ...
Suggestions for developing improved strains of tilapia
Type: Journal Article
Suggestions for controlling the domestication of tilapia improved strains are given regarding: 1) the population that serves as foundation stock; 2) the breeding system employed; and 3) the process used for selecting ...
Preliminary tests of an aerated tank system for tilapia culture
Type: Journal Article
A simple tank system, using artificial aeration to supply oxygen and incoming water to dilute metabolic by-products and other wastes, was tested. Blue tilapia, Oreochromis aureus, were grown under a wide range of loads, ...
Outstanding yields and profits from livestock-tilapia integrated farming
Type: Journal Article
Despite setbacks that included typhoons and floods, and experimental animals that once ate precious data sheets, the most intensive research on integrated farming in Southeast Asia was successfully concluded at the end of ...
The Second International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture
Type: Conference Proceedings
Proceedings of the symposium held in 1987 in Bangkok, Thailand, by tilapia scientists to discuss strategies for future research and development in the tilapia industry worldwide. Contains 82 full papers, 17 poster abstracts ...
Summary report of the PCARRD-ICLARM Workshop on Philippine Tilapia Economics
Type: Conference Proceedings
Contains abstracts of 17 presented papers and reports of four working groups of this workshop, held on 10-13 August 1983 at Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, which brought together Philippine researchers who conducted an ...
Tilapia marketing tests in Kuwait
Type: Conference Paper
In 1982, live tilapia (Oreochromis ) were introduced into the Kuwait markets for the first time as part of a project to determine their aquaculture potential in Kuwait. Further market tests were held in 1983, 1984 and 1985. ...