Sustainable aquaculture: Recent submissions
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Priorities in aquatic resources research in the Asia-Pacific region
(1999)Type: Conference ProceedingsThis conference proceedings volume consists of 13 extended abstracts of country papers and 4 statements by regional and International Organizations, presented at the First Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Association of ... -
Seinability of four strains of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, in Chinese ponds
(1999)Type: Journal ArticleThe objective of the current experiment was to examine seinability of four strains of Nile tilapia, O. niloticus, GIFT and Egypt 92, Egypt 88 and Sudan 78. The latter two are normally utilized in China. -
Analysis of demand for fish in Bangladesh
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleAn analysis of fish consumption patterns, and how they are likely to change as income and relative price changes, is required to assess the welfare impact of technological and policy changes in the fisheries and aquaculture ... -
Socioeconomics and production efficiency of tilapia hatchery operations in the Philippines
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleWith the recent availability of genetically improved Nile tilapia strain in the Philippines, it is important to look at the existing profile of tilapia hatchery operations in the country to help examine the potential ... -
Technical efficiency of tilapia growout pond operations in the Philippines
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleThe determination of efficient production levels for tilapia growout operations, given the existing technology, is necessary to examine alternative options to increase productivity. If farmers are not making efficient use ... -
Socioeconomics of disseminating genetically improved Nile tilapia in Asia: an introduction
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleThe 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 ... -
Current status of production and consumption of tilapia in selected Asian countries
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleAn assessment of the status of production and consumption of tilapia in five Asian countries was made to provide a baseline for the analysis of the potential benefits of the introduction of a new, improved strain of Nile ... -
Proceedings of review workshop on aquaculture technology
(2000)Type: ReportAquaculture is considered to be one of the major components in farming system in Bangladesh because of the potential role it can play to combat protein malnutrition, employment generation, poverty alleviation and foreign ... -
The evolution of aquaculture in African rural and economic development
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleIn Africa, aquaculture has developed only recently and so far has made only a small contribution to economic development and food security. We review developments and identify constraints to the expansion of aquaculture ... -
FishBase 2000: Concepts, designs and data sources
(2000)Type: ManualFishBase 2000 is the fifth release of ICLARM's comprehensive CD-ROM database on finfish. Contains over 20,000 of the 25,000 known finfish species. It has over 54,000 names; new FAO catch data (1950-1996); aquaculture data ... -
Fish farming through community partiicipation in Assam
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleThe community tanks and ponds in India are seldom used for fish culture. Fish culture as a community based activity has been shown to be economically viable in some parts of the country. This paper describes the success ... -
Length-weight relationship of marine fishes from southern Brazil
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleThe relationship between length (L) and weight (W) was estimated for 80 species belonging to 50 families of marine fishes from the shelf and upper slope of southern Brazil (lat. 28°S - 34°S). Sample sizes (n) for different ... -
Shorter immersion times increase yields of the blacklip pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera (Linne.), from spat collectors in Solomon Islands
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleIn Solomon Islands, "spat" (juveniles) of the blacklip pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera, suffer high levels of mortality while on collectors, presumably due to predation by ranellid gastropods, xanthid and portunid ... -
River-based artificial propagation of the African catfish Clarias gariepinus: an option for the small fish farmer
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleA cheap method of propagating the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus, by incubating the fertilized eggs in a cage placed directly in a flowing river is described. Hatching ranged between 39 and 70%. This is not significantly ... -
Integrating fish and azolla into rice-duck farming in Asia
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleSeveral countries in Asia practice integrated rice-duck farming. On-farm resources such as duck manure and feed waste are not adequately used and recycled in the system. This indicates the potential for research to increase ... -
Commentary: comparing efficiency in aquatic and terrestrial animal production systems
(2018)Type: OtherAquaculture is receiving increased attention from a variety of stakeholders. This is largely due to its current role in the global food system of supplying more than half of the seafood consumed, and also because the ... -
Integration of aquaculture into smallholder farming systems for improved food security and household nutrition
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleAquaculture production techniques based on the culture of low-value herbivorous and/or omnivorous freshwater finfish in inland rural communities, within semi-intensive or extensive farming systems that use moderate to low ... -
Length-weight relationship and relative condition of Heterobranchus longifilis (Valenciennes) from Idodo River, Nigeria
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleLength-weight relationship parameters of Heterobranchus longifilis males, females and combined sexes are given. The samples were collected from Idodo River, with size ranging from 123 mm total length, L, to 936 mm L. The ... -
Length-weight relationships for some important forage crustaceans from South Africa
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleThe diet of marine animals is usually determined by stomach content analysis. Although partially digested prey fragments can often be identified to species level, it is difficult to estimate the original mass of the prey ... -
Influence of nutrient source on specific dynamic action of Pearl Spot, Etroplus suratensis (Bloch)
(2000)Type: Journal ArticleThe magnitude of apparent specific dynamic action (SDA), the maximum rate of oxygen consumption and the length of time that the rate of oxygen uptake remained elevated above the prefeeding level were measured in the Pearl ...
