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Aquaculture and risk: a development perspective
(2013)Type: ReportAquaculture is needed to meet future demand for fish and other seafood, but sustainable growth requires we better understand and manage risks. Risks are aplenty in aquaculture, some of which we are only now beginning to ... -
A practical guide for ex-ante impact evaluation in fisheries and aquaculture
(2013)Type: ManualThis guide provides a framework for ex-ante evaluation of fisheries and aquaculture projects in developing countries. Ex-ante impact evaluations check the potential of a project or program to deliver benefits from proposed ... -
Striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus, Sauvage, 1878) aquaculture in Bangladesh: an overview
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleFarming of the striped catfish, Pangasianodon hypophthalmus, is a major aquaculture activity in Bangladesh, particularly in the district of Mymensingh. However, pangasius farm management practices and the socio-economic ... -
A bright future for fish farming
(2013)Type: Book ChapterIt is highly unlikely that wild capture fisheries will be able to produce higher yields in future. For aquaculture the opposite is the case. No other food production sector has grown as fast over the past 20 years. Aquaculture ... -
Feed the future aquaculture project: Draft quarterly progress report. Jan-March 2013
(2013)Type: ReportThe Feed the Future Aquaculture project is a five year transformative investment in aquaculture focused on 20 southern districts in Barisal, Khulna and Dhaka divisions, Bangladesh, which started in October 2011. This report ... -
Wastewater treatment for land-based aquaculture: improvements and value-adding alternatives in model systems from Australia
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleSettlement ponds are used to remove particulate and dissolved nutrients in Australian land-based aquaculture wastewater. At best, marine and brackish water settlement ponds reduce total suspended solids by 60%, but their ... -
Improving aquaculture feed in Bangladesh: From feed ingredients to farmer profit to safe consumption
(2013)Type: Working PaperUse of manufactured feeds in aquaculture in Bangladesh has grown rapidly over the last five years. More than 1 million tonnes of commercially formulated feeds and 0.3-0.4 million tonnes of farm-made feeds were produced in ... -
AAS program update April
(2014)Type: NewsletterLatest newsletter on the progress of AAS activities and programs. -
Assessment of agrobiodiversity resources in the Borotse flood plain, Zambia
(2014)Type: Working PaperConcerns about perceived loss of indigenous materials emerged from multiple stakeholders during consultations to plan and design the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems for the Borotse hub in Zambia's ... -
Aquaculture options for alternative livelihoods: Experience from the Agriculture and Nutrition Extension Project in Bangladesh and Nepal
(2014)Type: BriefFollowing two decades of work on aquaculture technologies for smallholder farmers, WorldFish is leading the aquaculture component of the Agriculture and Nutrition Extension Project (ANEP), targeting poor farmers in Bangladesh ... -
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Cage-pond integration of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) and Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) with carps
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleCage-pond integration system is a new model for enhancing productivity of pond aquaculture system. A field trial was conducted using African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) and Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in cages ... -
Institutional Profiles from the Tonle Sap Lake Region: Findings from Informant Interviews
(2014)Type: ReportThis report is based on key informant interviews conducted in 6 of the 12 villages in the Tonle Sap Lake Region where the WorldFish-led CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) proposes to work with ... -
PmPPAF is a pro-phenoloxidase activating factor involved in innate immunity response of the shrimp Penaeus monodon
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleOne of the major steps in the innate immune response of shrimp includes the activation of serine proteinases of the pro-phenoloxidase pathway by the prophenoloxidase activation enzyme (PPAF). In this study, the cDNA encoding ... -
Individual growth monitoring of European sea bass larvae by image analysis and microsatellite genotyping
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleThe aims of the present study were to develop non-lethal methods to identify individual fish larvae and post-larvae before tagging and accurately follow their growth characteristics. European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) ... -
Comment on Water footprint of marine protein consumption -- aquacultures link to agriculture
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleIn their article Freshwater savings from marine protein consumption (2014 Environ. Res. Lett. 9 014005), Gephart and her colleagues analyzed how consumption of marine animal protein rather than terrestrial animal protein ... -
Improving productivity and environmental performance of aquaculture
(2014)Type: Working PaperFish--including finfish and shellfish--are an important item in the human food basket, contributing 17 percent of the global animal-based protein supply in 2010. They are an especially valuable food source in developing ... -
Effect of female weight on reproductive performance of nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
(2014)Type: Conference PaperThe present study aimed to investigate the effect of broodstock size on the reproductive performance of Nile tilapia and to see whether this identifies possible broodstock management strategies that may be adopted by ... -
Response to selection for growth in an interspecific hybrid between Oreochromis mossambicus and O. niloticus in two distinct environments
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleThe development of a saline tolerant tilapia strain able to grow fast is of importance in the Philippines, where 240 000 ha of brackish water ponds are available. To this end, founder hybridization between Oreochromis ... -
Genetic improvement of Israeli blue (Jordan) tilapia, Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner), through selective breeding for harvest weight
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleGenetic parameters and selection responses were obtained for harvest body weight of blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus) from data collected over three generations in a selected population. A total of 18 194 records representing ...
