Issues related to assessing the social feasibility of technology for coastal aquaculture in the tropics are examined. Appropriate community-based aquaculture systems, community participation and co-existence with large-scale ...

An account is given of a development project for the production of cockle seed and subsequent transfer of thetechnology used to the fisherfolk of Kuala Juru for the setting up of hatcheries for bivalve seed production.

Bivalve culture in Thailand is discussed, describing pilot hatchery operations at Prachuap.

The development of marine fish aquaculture in China is discussed; major species cultured include: mullets, tilapias, milkfish, porgies, groupers, flounders and seahorses.

Anadarinids are marine bivalve molluscs harvested commercially and on a subsistence basis in many warm temperate to tropical countries. They are frequently called mangrove cockles, blood cockles or simply cockles, although ...

An account is given of the shrimp fisheries in Bangladesh during the period of 1972 to 1983.

The paper reports on the application to the anchoveta of a newly developed set of methods for the investigaton of exploited fish stocks. the set of methods are incorporated in the ELEFAN (Electronic Length Frequency Analysis) ...

The criteria applied by a development bank in taking investment or financing decisions rely basically upon thesocioeconomic merits of the investment project. Financing projects and mechanisms regarding fisheries andaquaculture ...

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 ...

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.