Effects of stocking density on the growth, production, and economics of all-male tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) were investigated in a rain-fed rice-fish ecosystem for a period of 120 days. Fish were stocked at the rate ...

Slopes and intercepts of length-weight relationships obtained from 37 populations from the rivers Oti, Pru and Black Volta in Ghana were compared using a one way analysis of covariance with fixed effects. Although no ...

The Bangladesh Aquaculture Project is a 5 year transformative investment by USAID in aquaculture, focused on the 20 southern districts in Barisal, Khulna and Dhaka divisions of Bangladesh. The objectives of the project are ...

The Abbassa selection line (developed by selective breeding) and the Kafr El Sheikh commercial strain (widely used in Egypt), both Oreochromis niloticus, were compared at two stocking densities (two and four fish m-2). ...

This poster highlights the benefits of eating Small Indigineous Fish (SIS), how to harvest it, and the benefits of growing them with other fish species. The benefits of the partial harvesting that they don't need to spend ...

Fish and fisheries play an important role in the economy, nutrition and employment, in Bangladesh. In recent years, there has been a decline in per caput consumption of fish, which contributes some 71% of total animal ...

The Sustainable Transformation of Egypt’s Aquaculture Market System (STREAMS) project is a three-year intervention led by WorldFish and funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The project is ...

The slipper oyster (talaba) and the green mussel (tahong) are the only mollusc species farmed in the Philippines. They are farmed for their meat, and consumption is mainly for the domestic market. The Western Visayas region, ...

The ringnet fishery off Davao, southern Philippines, is briefly described. The major species (36%) in the catch is Decapterus kurroides (Pisces, Carangidae), whose growth parameters and mortality rates (natural and fishing) ...

The International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) undertook a major strategic research project known as the "Genetic Improvement of Farmed Tilapias" (GIFT), with funding support from the United ...