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Current fish disease problems in the Philippines and their economic impact
(1987)
An account is given of fish disease problems facing the aquaculture industry in the Philippines. The Laguna de Bay fish kills that occurred in December 1985 and February 1986, involving epizootic ulcerative syndrome of ...
Selection, transport and acclimation of prawn fry
(U.P. Aquaculture Society, 1988)
The most important criterion among many used by operators for choosing poostlarvae to stock in ponvds, is the stage of development. THe stages considered suitable for stocking (about PL<sub>20</sub>) can be identified by ...
Culture of invertebrates as food organisms for village-level fish hatcheries
(South China Sea Fisheries Development and Coordinating Programme, 1982)
A review is presented of some practical methods that may be applied by fish farmers in producing food organisms for fish and prawn hatcheries. Organisms involved in the discussion include Moina, chironomid larvae, mosquito ...
Viral diseases of shrimp in the Philippines
(Research Signpost, 2015)
Shrimp is a high-value commodity and one of the major aquaculture species in the world, including the Philippines. The shrimp farming industry is dominated by the black tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon and the Pacific white ...
Handling and rearing of hatchery-produced shrimp postlarvae from small-scale hatchery
(South China Sea Fisheries Development and Coordinating Programme, 1982)
This paper discusses the handling and rearing of hatchery-produced Penaeus post larvae. The survival and growth of hatchery produced fry and wild caught fry are discussed.
Socio-economic impacts of shrimp culture
(International Foundation for Science (IFS), 1998)
Farmed shrimp contributed 27% of total world shrimp production in 1995 with a volume of 712,000 tonnes ('metric tonnes,' t). Undoubtedly, the shrimp culture industry earns valuable foreign exchange for developing countries ...
Economic analysis of prawn (Penaeus monodon) culture in the Philippines, II: Grow-out operations
(Asian Fisheries Society, 1996)
The dramatic fall in prawn (Penaeus monodon) prices coupled with environmental concerns has resulted in a relative stagnation of prawn grow-out operations in the Philippines. Leaders of the Philippine aquaculture sector ...
Contribution of natural food and supplemental feed to the gut content of Penaeus monodon Fabricius in a semi-intensive pond system in the Philippines
(Elsevier, 1998)
Juvenile Penaeus monodon were stocked in grow-out ponds and fed a compound diet at high rates for 19 weeks under semi-intensive conditions. At three stages of the rearing period (weeks 6, 11 and 16), the gut content of the ...
Induction of immunity and resistance to white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in shrimp Penaeus monodon (Fabricius) by synthetic oligodeoxynucleotide and bacterial DNA
(University of the Philippines Los Baños, 2012)
Shrimps like all invertebrates are believed to lack true adaptive immunity but recent evidence indicate that they can be protected against pathogenic organisms by priming their immune system with immunostimulatory substances. ...
Development of broodstock for small-scale shrimp hatchery (with particular reference to Penaeus monodon)
(South China Sea Fisheries Development and Coordinating Programme, 1982)
To be self-sufficient in spawner/larval supply, a small-scale Penaeus monodon hatchery should have the following: 1) broodstock tanks or pens depending on location and other factors; 2) pond sources of broodstock of ...