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Freshwater fish seed resources and supply: Africa regional synthesis
Type: Book Chapter
The availability and quality of fingerlings for stocking in aquaculture ponds have repeatedly been identified as a key constraint to the development of aquaculture in Africa. Government hatcheries have generally failed to ...
The tabao of Atulayan: communal use of private property in the Philippines
Type: Book Chapter
The purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to describe a low cost, effective fish aggregating device (FAD) technology; second, to examine the factors sustaining the use of this technology without the extensive outside ...
Breeding program requirements in developing countries may differ depending on circumstances
Type: Book Chapter
Aquaculture in developing countries is largely based on unimproved fish strains. There is ample evidence indicating the potential of genetic improvement programs and a range of selection methods may be used. Examples of ...
Does sustainable intensification offer a pathway to improved food security for aquatic agricultural system-dependent communities?
Type: Book Chapter
Sustainable intensification has recently been developed and adopted as a key concept and driver for research and policy in sustainable agriculture. It includes ecological, economic and social dimensions, where food and ...
FishBase and SeaLifeBase: the database structure can manage data and information on aquatic genetic resources for all marine and freshwater organisms
Type: Book Chapter
An overview of FishBase and SeaLifebase was given.
The status of introduced carp species in Asia
Type: Book Chapter
The Asian countries, in particular Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, have vast carp genetic resources that are an important element of their aquaculture production systems. Hence, in recent years, ...
Current trends in the Asian tilapia industry and the significance of genetically improved tilapia breeds
Type: Book Chapter
Tilapia 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 ...
Indigenous species for African aquaculture development
Type: Book Chapter
From the history of introductions and the development of successful aquaculture elsewhere, it appears that the use of exotic species to speed up the rate of aquaculture development in Africa is unlikely to be an efficacious ...
Monsoon induced seasonality in the recruitment of Philippine fishes
Type: Book Chapter
The patterns of recruitment of 112 stocks of Philippine teleost fishes, from 23 families, 34 genera and 57 species, have been studied in detail. The annual recruitment patterns, which were obtained by the backward projection ...
Shrimp farmers in India: empowering small-scale farmers through a cluster-based approach
Type: Book Chapter
The great bulk of shrimp farming in India, as in most of Asia, as well as that of aquaculture in general in the region, is based on small scale farming activities, and in this regard, is no exception to other primary sector ...