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The effects of aquaculture on farm household economy: a case study in Omon District, Cantho Province, Vietnam
Type: Journal Article
A study of the farming systems in the Mekong River Delta (Vietnam) indicate that fish culture brings to the household a higher level of net farm income and family labor use. In general, adoption of fish culture is strongly ...
Promotion of substrate based microbial biofilm in ponds: a low cost technology to boost fish production
Type: Journal Article
Microbial biofilms have been found to increase fish production in ponds by increasing heterotrophic production through periphyton proliferation on available substrates. In this paper, the role of substrate based microbial ...
Effect of different salinity levels on the fertilization and hatching of Heterobranchus bidorsalis
Type: Journal Article
The success of induced spawning for the production of fish seed depends on many factors which affect hatchery conditions. This paper discusses the results of an investigation on the effects of six different levels of ...
Aquaculture potential of seahorses and pipefishes
Type: Journal Article
The characteristics, food and feeding, reproduction and breeding of sea horse and pipefishes (Synanthidae) are presented together with the aspects of syngnathid culture.
Farming fish to save water
Type: Journal Article
Author's comment on the farming of fish as a efficient means in terms of water use.
Rice-fish farming systems research in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: identification of constraints
Type: Journal Article
The need for an increased fish production from rice fields prompted the Can Tho University (Vietnam) and the University of Leuven (Belgium) to initiate a collaborative research project named "Impact Analysis and Improvement ...
Fish farming: the smallholder information needs in Kenya
Type: Journal Article
The article outlines the information needs of small scale fish farmers in Kenya.
Protocols for the development of indigenous species: polyculture of indigenous species under Malawian smallholder conditions
Type: Journal Article
Shire tilapia, Oreochromis shiranus shiranus (Boulenger 1897), was grown in monoculture and polyculture with either straightfin barb, Barbus paludinosus (Peters 1852), or threespot barb, Barhus trimaculatus (Peters 1852), ...
Trends in the farming of the snakeskin gourami (Trichogaster pectoralis) in Thailand
Type: Journal Article
The production of snakeskin gourami (Trichogaster pectoralis) from wild stocks and traditional culture systems has been declining in central Thailand, although they are on the increase in modern culture practices adopted ...
A simple and objective bioeconomic index for choosing species for culture
Type: Journal Article
Details are given of the development of a bioeconomic culture index that may be used to assist in choosing fish for culture. This index takes into account growth performance indexes and mean annual prices of the fish. ...