Sustainable aquaculture: Recent submissions
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Clam farming in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
(1996)Type: Journal ArticleThe Mekong Delta region in southern Vietnam has high potential for coastal aquaculture, including mollusc culture. Many mollusc species are cultured for domestic and export markets including white clam (Meretrix lyrata ... -
Breeding and propagation of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in a floating hatchery, Gabon
(1996)Type: Journal ArticleBased on the encouraging results obtained by earlier workers, the concept for a floating hatchery was developed for producing tilapia for both farming and enhanced fisheries in the freshwater lakes and coastal lagoons of ... -
Effect of planting pattern on shading and phytoplankton photosynthesis in Bangladesh rice-fish farms
(1996)Type: Journal ArticleIn the present study, a Border Planting (BP) pattern recommended by the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council was tested against Regular Planting (RP) to assess the effect, if any, on gross phytoplankton photosynthesis ... -
Breeding plan for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Vietnam: combined multi-trait selection
(1996)Type: ReportTotal freshwater aquaculture production in Vietnam in 1995 was about 300 000 tons and total brackish water aquaculture production was about 115 000 tons. Total tilapia production was about 15 000 tons, mainly produced in ... -
Length-weight relationships of Nigerian coastal water fishes
(1996)Type: Journal ArticleLength-weight relationships (LWR) of 76 fish populations, distributed among 11 families, 18 genera and 22 species, inhabiting coastal (marine/brackish water ) ecosystems in Nigeria were estimated (39 cases) or assembled ... -
Protocols for the development of indigenous species: polyculture of indigenous species under Malawian smallholder conditions
(1996)Type: Journal ArticleShire tilapia, Oreochromis shiranus shiranus (Boulenger 1897), was grown in monoculture and polyculture with either straightfin barb, Barbus paludinosus (Peters 1852), or threespot barb, Barhus trimaculatus (Peters 1852), ... -
Tekshoyi unnoyon e service provision model (Service provision model in sustainable development)
(2019)Type: Training MaterialThis story describes the service provision model introduced by WorldFish through the Improving Food Security and Livelihoods project. The model focuses on local service providers (LSP) and service provider associations ... -
Shomirer upolobdhi (Shomir’s enlightenment)
(2019)Type: Training MaterialThis story describes the impact of agrochemical use in aquaculture. Shomir was spending a lot of money to buy multiple chemicals and medicines recommended by different local sales agents, without knowing why they were ... -
Rajur shofolota (Raju’s success)
(2019)Type: Training MaterialThis story describes Raju’s adoption of best farming practices. He was following conventional farming methods but did not have enough capital to intensify his production and was disappointed with his annual profit. Ali, a ... -
Khokar shopno (Khoka’s dream)
(2019)Type: Training MaterialThis story is about the change in the food intake of a young boy, Khoka, after his family started to grow fish and vegetables in a homestead pond. Khoka’s parents are poor. They do not have land to grow food even for their ... -
Chaaper pona (Overwintered fry)
(2019)Type: Training MaterialThis is the story of fish farmer Azim, who overwintered carp fry on his farm and benefited economically. Farmers often underutilize their ponds in the winter. However, as fry do not eat much food or grow because of the low ... -
Transforming aquaculture in Cambodia through introduction of improved tilapia
(2019)Type: BriefAquaculture production in Cambodia has grown by an average 20% per year over the past decade according to official statistics, increasing from less than 50,000 metric tons in 2008 to 207,443 metric tons in 2017. The National ... -
Comparison of technical and economic performance of fresh and salted fish processors in Lake Nasser
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleThe current study aims to compare the technical and economic performance of salted and fresh fish processing associated with Lake Nasser fisheries. The study concluded that investment cost in slated fish processing is lower ... -
Some heavy metals concentrations in water and tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus) muscles of fish farms supplied by three different water sources
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleThis study was conducted to assess and compare heavy metals contamination in muscle tissues (edible part) of fish cultured in ponds received fresh, agriculture and sewage drainage water which could poses a threat to human ... -
AMFORA: Applying a One Health systems modelling approach to formulate strategies for mitigating the risk to human health of ABR in aquaculture
(2019)Type: PosterAquaculture systems are highly complex and influenced by environmental, biological, cultural, socio-economic and human behavioural factors. The growing importance of aquaculture is fuelling a transition of small-scale ... -
Genetic improvement of carps in Asia: workshop souvenir
(1997)Type: ReportThis report contains essays presented at the Workshop on Genetic Improvement of Carps in Asia, held in Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, on 26-29 July 1997 -
Length-girth relationships of Barbodes gonionotus and Hampala macrolepidota in the Jatiluhur reservoir, Indonesia
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleThe length-girth relationships of Javanese carp (Barbodes gonionotus) and hampal carp (Hampala macrolepidota) in the Jatilujur Reservoir, Indonesia were examined. The equations derived from estimating the maximum girth of ... -
Analysis of RAPD polymorphisms in Rastrelliger kanagurta off India
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleAnalysis of RAPD loci in Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta), as generated by the arbitrary primer OPA 07 (GAAACGGGTG), revealed a maximum within-region genetic variability for samples from the east coast of India. ... -
Culture of prawn in rotation with shrimp
(1997)Type: Journal ArticleA progressive farmer in Tamil Nadu state, India experimented with crop rotation and successfully cultured Penaeus monodon during the dry season and Macrobrachium rosenbergii during the wet season. The details of M. rosenbergii ... -
The complete mitochondrial genome of a Pabdah catfish, Ompok pabda (Hamilton, 1822)
Type: Journal ArticleThe complete mitochondrial genome of Pabdah catfish, Ompok pabda (Hamilton, 1822) was determined by MiSeq platform. The genome was 16,512 bp in length, in which canonical 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNAs, 2 rRNAs, and a ...
