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Mangroves to aquaculture
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1996)
The paper discusses the recommended strategies regarding the further conversion of mangrove forests to fishponds and the management of existing fishponds for the culture of various aquatic species based on economic feasibility ...
Pathogens after shrimp: A rogue's gallery of the industry's four most destructive adversaries
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1996)
The paper discusses the four most destructive shrimp pathogens, such as MBV, the monodon baculovisrus, IHHNV, the infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus, Vibrio harveyi, the luminous bacteria, and WSBV, the ...
Go slow, check your technology
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1996)
The paper presents the outlooks and experiences of veteran shrimp farmers from Negros, west central Philippines after its collapse in the late 1980s due to the luminous bacteria.
Using bacteria to fight bacteria
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1996)
The paper discusses about probiotics and its possible use in shrimp aquaculture. The paper also provides information on how the probiotics work and presents the preliminary results of the field tests conducted by Southeast ...
Glucans and disease resistance
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1996)
The paper presents the usefulness of beta-glucans as immunostimulants for strengthening the non-specific defense system of a wide range of animals. In Taiwan, researchers tested the effects of beta-glucans on the vibriosis ...
The trouble with antibiotics and pesticides is...
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1996)
The paper discusses the output of the meeting on the use of chemicals in aquaculture in Asia. The effects of chemical use on cultured stocks in the farm, the immediate environment through discharges and effluents, surrounding ...
Integrating effluent management
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1996)
The paper discusses a closed recycle shrimp farm in Thailand which integrates effluent management. The closed recycle system can reduce risk of heavy metals, pesticides, ammonia, and other toxic particles coming in with ...
Shrimp culture and the environment
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1996)
The paper discusses the impacts of shrimp culture to the environment in some countries in Asia.
Specifically, it highlights the land requirements suitable for shrimp farming and the impacts of shrimp
culture on mangroves. ...