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Natural spawning of captive milkfish in Taiwan
Type: Journal Article
The culture of milkfish in Taiwan is discussed with respect to work undertaken at the Tung Shin hatchery regardingnatural spawning in captivity. Broodstock maintenance and husbandry techniques used are described.
Introducing the tilapias
Type: Journal Article
The tilapias are a group of African, freshwater herbivorous fish that care for their young. Their name is derived from an African Bushman word simply mean-ing fish. There are about 70 species, most of them native to western ...
Monosex tilapia fry production
Type: Journal Article
A description is given of the technique used at the Gan Shmuel Fish Breeding Center, in Hadera, Israel, for the commercial mass production of sex inversed Oreochromis hybrids using androgen diets.
Tilapia hatcheries: lake or land based?
Type: Journal Article
Following a brief description of lake-based hatcheries and nurseries for tilapias, the advantages as compared to land-based systems are discussed, indicating also some of the disadvantages.
The development of tilapia culture in Taiwan
Type: Journal Article
The recent growth of Tilapia culture in Taiwan is discussed, describing the species involved. The major cultured tilapias are now all-male hybrids and red tilapias.
Aquaculture research and training: Asian Institute of Technology
Type: Journal Article
A account is given of the aquaculture courses available at the Aquaculture Research and Training Asian Institute of Technology, describing also the facilities and research directions which include a scheme to recycle ...
Tilapia: the aquatic chicken
Type: Journal Article
Acombination of technology and genetics has transformed the poultry industry into a highly complex business over the past thirty years. Tilapias are likened to chickens because the latter, unlike other major animal food ...
Giant shellfish hatchery begins production in Mexico
Type: Journal Article
In Mexico, the Direccion de Fomento Pesquero of the State Government of Sonora has financed a project for a shell fish hatchery and nursery complex at Bahia Kino on the Gulf of California which began production in January ...
Assessment of Pterocaesio Pisang (Bleeker, 1853; family Caesionidae) at APO and Sumilon Islands in central Visayas, Philippines
Type: Journal Article
An analysis is made of length-frequency data of Pterocaesio pisang for the period March 1982-April 1983 in order to assess the stock at APO and Sumilon islands.
Estimation of natural mortality rates from selectivity and catch length-frequency data
Type: Journal Article
In conventional catch curves, the logarithms of the relative abundances of successive age groups are plotted against age, in order to obtain an estimate of the total instantaneous mortality rate, Z, from the slope of the ...