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Farmer-participatory research approaches towards agriculture-aquaculture integration for sustainable management of natural resources
Type: Report
The direct and indirect effects of recycling can have significant impacts on the ecological sustainabilty of the entire farming system. Indirect effects include the integration of new enterprises that promote recycling as ...
Growth performance of Nigerian fish stocks
Type: Journal Article
Parameters of the von Bertalanffy growth function are presented for 42 fish stocks belonging to 16 families, 22 genera and 27 species. The growth performance index, Phi '(= log K + 2logL sub( infinity )), was computed for ...
The Genetic Improvement of Farmed Tilapias (GIFT) project: the story so far
Type: Journal Article
This issue of Naga features three articles about a project on the Genetic Improvement of Farmed Tilapias (GIFT) and a related article on the trend to genetic deterioration in some carp hatcheries. The first is on the genesis ...
Survival and growth of juvenile fluted giant clams, Tridacna squamosa, in large-scale grow-out trials in the Solomon Islands
Type: Journal Article
Two large-scale experiments were conducted with juvenile Tridacna squamosa at coastal village sites in the Solomon Islands to provide robust estimates of survival and growth during grow-out.
Effect of transportation stress on hepatic glycogen of Oreochromis niloticus (L.)
Type: Journal Article
Oreochromis niloticus was subjected to transportation stress to investigate hepatic glycogen levels and mortality as indices of stress. Mortalities lasted up to three days after transportation, except in highly aerated ...
Mono-and polyculture of silver barb (Puntius gonionotus) in deepwater rice systems in Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
Experiments with fish enclosures were conducted at the Deepwater Rice Farming Systems Research Site at Shuvullah, Mirzapur, Bangladesh. The objective was to study the performance of silver barb (Puntius gonionotus) called ...
Breeding plan for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Indonesia: individual selection
Type: Report
The International Network on Genetics in Aquaculture (INGA) was established in 1993 with the objective to contribute through collaborative research, to the domestication and sustainable performance of tropical finfish ...
Simulation of the effects of oxygen on food consumption and growth of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.)
Type: Journal Article
Fish need oxygen for aerobic generation of energy for body maintenance, locomotion, feeding and biosynthesis. The rate of oxygen uptake of most fish is limited by diffusion through the gills, and gill surface area grows ...
The rural context of giant clam mariculture in Solomon Islands: an anthropological study
Type: Report
Highlights the traditional importance of giant clams, and how participatory farming research can best be carried out within the islands' culture.
Who's working on fishpond aeration
Type: Journal Article
The findings are provided of a literature search conducted on the topic of fishpond aeration, using ASFA for the period 1971-1990 and the ICLARM library and professional staff collection. A total of 97 articles were found. ...