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Current status of production and consumption of tilapia in selected Asian countries
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleAn 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 ... -
Current trends in the Asian tilapia industry and the significance of genetically improved tilapia breeds
(1997)Type: Book ChapterTilapia production is increasing rapidly in Asia, and is one of the most popular aquaculture activities in PR China, Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan and Thailand. The most popular farmed tilapia species is still the Nile ... -
Cymatium muricinum and other ranellid gastropods: major predators of cultured tridacnid clams
(1995)Type: ReportThe recent development of technology for the culture of juvenile giant clams (family Tridacnidae) in the South Pacific has brought attention to the predatory activities of a hitherto little studied mesogastropod ... -
Decentralised Nile tilapia seed production
(2007)Type: Book ChapterLocal production of mixed sex Nile tilapia in irrigated rice fields has been introduced, established and then spread through farmer-to farmer contact in Northwest Bangladesh benefiting poor households in a number of ways. ... -
Decision support for water management for integrating aquaculture in small-scale irrigation systems: A case for the Chingale catchment in Malawi
(2013)Type: BriefA three-year project was funded by the BMZ/GIZ to examine the benefits of integrating aquaculture and small scale irrigation by identifying improved water allocation and management strategies under current and future climate ... -
Delineating recommendation domains for small-scale freshwater aquaculture: deploying GIS for decision support
(2007)Type: Book ChapterThis paper highlights Geographical Information System (GIS) applications in an on-going, three-year project to develop spatial decision-support tools for identifying recommendation domains (places and sets of conditions) ... -
Demand for Fish by Species in India: Three-Stage Budgeting Framework
(2005)Type: Journal ArticleThe demand studies for the fish sector are limited by their high degree of aggregation, and the lack of empirical basis for estimating the underlying elasticity of demand. In this study, the three-stage budgeting framework ... -
Demand for fish in Asia: a cross-country analysis
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleFish demand patterns in nine Asian countries were investigated using a multistage budgeting framework allowing a disaggregated approach to analysing fish consumption. This paper highlights the heterogeneity of fisheries ... -
Demand for fish in Asia: a cross-country analysis
(2007)Type: Conference PaperThis study is focused on the estimation of demand, price and income elasticities for major fish groups that are commonly found in Asia. The next section of the paper is devoted to the model used in the analysis of the ... -
Demand for fish in Sub-Saharan Africa: the past and the future
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleThe Sub-Saharan region of Africa accounted for only 5.5% of the world's demand for fish from 1989 to 1991, inspite of comprising 9% of the global population. This study was carried out to determine the future demand for ... -
Detection of Tilapia Lake Virus in Egyptian fish farms experiencing high mortalities in 2015
(2017)Type: Journal ArticleThe aim of this study was to detect potential pathogens in diseased tilapia that might account for the high summer mortalities observed in Egyptian fish farms. To this end, diseased fish were examined from eight farms in ... -
Determination and comparison of bivalve growth, with emphasis on Thailand and other tropical areas
(1992)Type: ReportAn analysis of shell microstructure of Anadara granosa and Perna viridis experimentally cultured in coastal waters of Thailand revealed that the formation of growth lines was closely related to tidal periodicity. It is ... -
Determining high potential aquaculture production areas: analysis of key socio-economic adoption factors
(2006)Type: Conference PaperGlobal aquaculture production increased with an average rate of 10% per year since 1990 and 90% of aquaculture production comes from developing countries thus providing livelihood and income especially to marginal groups ... -
Detritus and microbial ecology in aquaculture
(1987)Type: Conference ProceedingsProceedings of the 1985 Bellagio Conference on Detrital Systems for Aquaculture held in Bellagio, Como, Italy, to analyze and summarize available information on detrital food chains and the means for their manipulation in ... -
Developing aquaculture of Small Native Species (SNS) in Bangladesh: village level agroecological change and the availability of SNS
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleSmall native species (SNS) of fish are important source of protein and income for rural people in Bangladesh. A rapid rural appraisal study was carried out to explore the recent changes in the availability of SNS in relation ... -
Developing Climate Information Services for Aquaculture in Bangladesh: A Decision Framework for Managing Temperature and Rainfall Variability-Induced Risks
Type: Journal ArticleClimate information services (CIS) are increasingly in demand to assist farmers in managing risks associated with climate variability and extremes experienced in food production. However, there are significant gaps in the ... -
Developing countries dominate the shrimp scene
(1985)Type: Journal ArticleOf the 101 shrimp-producing countries listed in the 1983 FAO Yearbook of Fishery Statistics, 70% are developing countries; the 4 leading producers from the Asia/Pacific region were India, China, Thailand, and Indonesia. ... -
Developing-country aquaculture and harmful algal blooms
(1993)Type: Conference ProceedingsToxic algal blooms began to have significant impacts on developing-country aquaculture in the 1970s, including toxic shellfish and mass mortalities of fish and shrimp. Based on the experiences of developed countries, the ... -
Development and management of cockle Anadara granosa culture in Malaysia
(1984)Type: ReportThe main objectives of this project are to provide guidelines for the effective management and development of natural cockle seed resources and their future conservation to supply an expanding cockle industry. To assess ... -
Development and performance evaluation of sludge remover for intensive aquaculture
(2016)Type: Journal ArticleFisheries is an emerging sector in Bangladesh producing about 3.50 million tons of fish annually of which aquaculture accounts for 2.00 million tons. In intensive aquaculture, pond water gets polluted due to high stocking ...
