Sustainable aquaculture: Recent submissions
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Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture: country case study: development and status of freshwater aquaculture in Bangladesh
(2008)Type: Working PaperThis report is an output of the project “Determination of high-potential aquaculture development areas and impact in Africa and Asia”. This monograph is the case study for Bangladesh. Written in three parts, it describes ... -
Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture: country case study: development and status of freshwater aquaculture in Malawi
(2008)Type: Working PaperThis monograph is a result of a 3-year project to produce a decision-support toolkit with supporting databases and case studies to help researchers, planners and extension agents working on freshwater pond aquaculture. The ... -
Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture: country case study: development and status of freshwater aquaculture in Cameroon
(2008)Type: Working PaperThis report is an output of the project “Determination of high-potential aquaculture development areas and impact in Africa and Asia”. This monograph is the case study for Cameroon. Written in three parts, it describes the ... -
Adoption and farm-level impact of genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) in the Philippines
(2008)Type: Conference PaperOver the last four decades, the aquaculture sector especially in developing countries has experienced dramatic growth. The increase in aquaculture production is a combination of area expansion and technological change ... -
Proceedings of a Workshop on the Development of a Genetic Improvement Program for African Catfish Clarias gariepinus
(2008)Type: Conference ProceedingsThis proceedings include papers present at the workshop held from 5 to 9th Nov 2007 in Accra, Ghana. The areas cover 1)the present state of the catfish industry in Africa 2)Catfish reproductive management and grow out ... -
Le Projet des grands nombres
(2008)Type: BriefLe Projet des grands nombres est une activité conjointe menée par la FAO, la Banque mondiale et le WorldFish Center en collaboration avec des partenaires nationaux. Le projet est financé par le biais de PROFISH, le programme ... -
El Proyecto Big Numbers
(2008)Type: BriefEl Big Numbers Project (“Proyecto Gran Números”) es un esfuerzo en conjunto entre la FAO, Banco Mundial y el WorldFish Center, y se desempeña en colaboración con contrapartes nacionales. El Proyecto esta financiado por ... -
Recommendation domains for pond aquaculture
(2008)Type: Working PaperThis publication introduces the methods and results of a research project that has developed a set of decision-support tools to identify places and sets of conditions for which a particular target aquaculture technology ... -
Supply and demand issues affecting fisheries and aquaculture in the Philippines
(2008)Type: BriefThis brief, which is based on a three-year project report of sustaining fisheries and aquaculture production of nine Asian countries, outlines issues relating to the supply and demand of the Philippines fishery industry ... -
Echinacea as immunostimulatory agent in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) via earthen pond experiment
(2008)Type: Conference PaperThe study aimed to investigate the effect of Echinacea on survival and growth rates of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), its immunostimulatory and disease control effects via changes in various hematological and ... -
Public-private partnerships for fisheries and aquaculture: getting started
(2008)Type: Working PaperPublic-private partnership (PPP) is becoming increasingly important for furthering development goals. But deciding when a PPP is suitable and what PPP arrangement is best is difficult. Many options exist for such partnership ... -
Influence of fertilizers' types and stocking density on water quality and growth performance on Nile tilapia African catfish in polyculture system
(2008)Type: Conference PaperThe effects of fertilizer types and stocking density were investigated on water quality parameters that expected to affect growth performance of the polyculture of Nile tilapia <i> (Oreochromis niloticus) </i>, African ... -
Photobacteriosis in some wild and cultured freshwater fishes in Egypt
(2008)Type: Conference PaperTwo hundred and seventy wild and cultured fishes were collected from Alexandria, and investigated for the isolation of Photobacterium. The recovered bacteria were studied for the virulence, pathogenicity and antimicrobial ... -
Demand for fish in Asia: a cross-country analysis
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleFish demand patterns in nine Asian countries were investigated using a multistage budgeting framework allowing a disaggregated approach to analysing fish consumption. This paper highlights the heterogeneity of fisheries ... -
Have fish catches been declining in the Mekong River Basin?
(2008)Type: Book ChapterThis book chapter sets out to test the hypothesis that fisheries production has declined in the Mekong Basin. Despite the lack of clear evidence of a decline in the overall production of the Mekong fish catches in the past, ... -
Genetic improvement of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus): present and future
(2008)Type: Conference PaperWe mainly (but not exclusively) draw upon research and development work carried out by The WorldFish Center (WorldFish). We review the current state of development of selection programs that have had a main focus on growth ... -
Prevalence of Aeromonas hydrophila infection in wild and cultured tilapia nilotica (O. niloticus) in Egypt
(2008)Type: Conference PaperThis paper aims to study the seasonal prevalence of <i>Aeromonas hydrophila</i> in naturally collected and cultured <i>O. niloticus</i>.Results showed that prevalence of the infection was higher in cultured fish during the ... -
Total replacement of fishmeal with soybean meal in diets for Nile tilapia in pre-fertilized ponds
(2008)Type: Conference PaperThis study was conducted to investigate the effect of replacing fishmeal with soybean meal in diets with different levels of dietary protein on the production economics of Nile tilapia. The results demonstrate that soybean ... -
Effect of garlic on the survival, growth, resistance and quality of Oreochromis niloticus
(2008)Type: Conference PaperStudy was conducted to evaluate the efficiency of the garlic in improving the immune response, survival, growth and disease resistance in Nile tilapia <i>(O. niloticus)</i>. The effects on quality and shelf life of fish ... -
Transgenic fish: risks and benefits
(2008)Type: Journal ArticleAdvocates of transgenesis consider it an effective means of improving the productivity of aquatic animals. Opponents see it as a threat to both the environment and human health. This is a challenging area because important ...
