WorldFish Community: Recent submissions

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    • Medium term plan 2000 - 2002 

      International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) (1999)
      Type: Report
      The International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) presents its Medium Term Plan (MTP) for 2000-2002 for the consideration by TAC and members of the CGIAR. The Plan has been developed in a period ...

    • ICLARM Strategic Plan 2000-2020 

      International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) (1999)
      Type: Report
      Where the previous Strategic Plan was strongly fisheries-oriented, our scope of work today has broadened and has been influenced by equity, sustainability and efficiency considerations. With this Strategic Plan, ICLARM - ...

    • The impacts of El Nino on Philippine fisheries 

      Guerrero III, R.D. (1999)
      Type: Journal Article
      The El Nino phenomenon is an "anomalous climatic condition in the tropical Pacific region which occurs every two to seven years and affects the global climate". There is a greater increase in the water surface temperature ...

    • Analysis of demand for fish in Bangladesh 

      Dey, M.M. (2000)
      Type: Journal Article
      An analysis of fish consumption patterns, and how they are likely to change as income and relative price changes, is required to assess the welfare impact of technological and policy changes in the fisheries and aquaculture ...

    • Socioeconomics and production efficiency of tilapia hatchery operations in the Philippines 

      Bimbao, G.B.; Paraguas, F.J.; Dey, M.M.; Eknath, A.E. (2000)
      Type: Journal Article
      With the recent availability of genetically improved Nile tilapia strain in the Philippines, it is important to look at the existing profile of tilapia hatchery operations in the country to help examine the potential ...

    • Technical efficiency of tilapia growout pond operations in the Philippines 

      Dey, M.M.; Paraguas, F.J.; Bimbao, G.B; Regaspi, P.B. (2000)
      Type: Journal Article
      The determination of efficient production levels for tilapia growout operations, given the existing technology, is necessary to examine alternative options to increase productivity. If farmers are not making efficient use ...

    • Socioeconomics of disseminating genetically improved Nile tilapia in Asia: an introduction 

      Dey, M.M.; Gupta, M.V. (2000)
      Type: Journal Article
      The International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) undertook a major strategic research project known as the "Genetic Improvement of Farmed Tilapias" (GIFT), with funding support from the United ...

    • Current status of production and consumption of tilapia in selected Asian countries 

      Dey, M.M; Bimbao, G.B.; Yong, L.; Regaspi, P.; Kohinoor, A.H.M.; Pongthana, N.; Paraguas, F.J. (2000)
      Type: Journal Article
      An assessment of the status of production and consumption of tilapia in five Asian countries was made to provide a baseline for the analysis of the potential benefits of the introduction of a new, improved strain of Nile ...

    • Proceedings of review workshop on aquaculture technology 

      Grover, J.H.; Islam, M.A.; Mazid, M.A.; Hussain, M.G. (eds.) (2000)
      Type: Report
      Aquaculture is considered to be one of the major components in farming system in Bangladesh because of the potential role it can play to combat protein malnutrition, employment generation, poverty alleviation and foreign ...

    • The evolution of aquaculture in African rural and economic development 

      Brummett, R.E.; Williams, M.J. (2000)
      Type: Journal Article
      In Africa, aquaculture has developed only recently and so far has made only a small contribution to economic development and food security. We review developments and identify constraints to the expansion of aquaculture ...

    • FishBase 2000: Concepts, designs and data sources 

      Froese, R.; Pauly, D. (eds.) (2000)
      Type: Manual
      FishBase 2000 is the fifth release of ICLARM's comprehensive CD-ROM database on finfish. Contains over 20,000 of the 25,000 known finfish species. It has over 54,000 names; new FAO catch data (1950-1996); aquaculture data ...

    • Fish farming through community partiicipation in Assam 

      Goswami, M.; Sathiadhas, R. (2000)
      Type: Journal Article
      The community tanks and ponds in India are seldom used for fish culture. Fish culture as a community based activity has been shown to be economically viable in some parts of the country. This paper describes the success ...

    • Length-weight relationship of marine fishes from southern Brazil 

      Haimovici, M.; Velasco, G. (2000)
      Type: Journal Article
      The relationship between length (L) and weight (W) was estimated for 80 species belonging to 50 families of marine fishes from the shelf and upper slope of southern Brazil (lat. 28°S - 34°S). Sample sizes (n) for different ...

    • Shorter immersion times increase yields of the blacklip pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera (Linne.), from spat collectors in Solomon Islands 

      Friedman, K.J.; Bell, J.D. (2000)
      Type: Journal Article
      In Solomon Islands, "spat" (juveniles) of the blacklip pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera, suffer high levels of mortality while on collectors, presumably due to predation by ranellid gastropods, xanthid and portunid ...

    • River-based artificial propagation of the African catfish Clarias gariepinus: an option for the small fish farmer 

      Charo, H.; Oirere, W. (2000)
      Type: Journal Article
      A cheap method of propagating the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus, by incubating the fertilized eggs in a cage placed directly in a flowing river is described. Hatching ranged between 39 and 70%. This is not significantly ...

    • Integrating fish and azolla into rice-duck farming in Asia 

      Cagauan, A.G.; Branckaert, R.D.; van Hove, C. (2000)
      Type: Journal Article
      Several countries in Asia practice integrated rice-duck farming. On-farm resources such as duck manure and feed waste are not adequately used and recycled in the system. This indicates the potential for research to increase ...

    • Commentary: comparing efficiency in aquatic and terrestrial animal production systems 

      Tlusty, M.; Tyedmers, P.; Ziegler, F.; Jonell, M.; Henriksson, P.J.G.; Newton, R.; Little, D.; Fry, J.; Love, D.; Cao, L. (2018)
      Type: Other
      Aquaculture is receiving increased attention from a variety of stakeholders. This is largely due to its current role in the global food system of supplying more than half of the seafood consumed, and also because the ...

    • Integration of aquaculture into smallholder farming systems for improved food security and household nutrition 

      Prein, M.; Ahmed, M. (2000)
      Type: Journal Article
      Aquaculture production techniques based on the culture of low-value herbivorous and/or omnivorous freshwater finfish in inland rural communities, within semi-intensive or extensive farming systems that use moderate to low ...

    • Length-weight relationship and relative condition of Heterobranchus longifilis (Valenciennes) from Idodo River, Nigeria 

      Anibeze, C.I.P. (2000)
      Type: Journal Article
      Length-weight relationship parameters of Heterobranchus longifilis males, females and combined sexes are given. The samples were collected from Idodo River, with size ranging from 123 mm total length, L, to 936 mm L. The ...

    • Length-weight relationships for some important forage crustaceans from South Africa 

      Richardson, A.J.; Lamberts, C.; Isaacs, G.; Moloney, C.L.; Gibbons, M.J. (2000)
      Type: Journal Article
      The diet of marine animals is usually determined by stomach content analysis. Although partially digested prey fragments can often be identified to species level, it is difficult to estimate the original mass of the prey ...