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Establishing a mangrove nursery
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
Mangroves play an important role in creating habitats for a diverse community of organisms ranging from bacteria and fungi to fishes and mammals. They grow in intertidal flats, estuaries and offshore islands. In the ...
Mangrove-associated mollusc research at SEAFDEC/AQD
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
Mollusc research at the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center started in 1975 and focused on two commercially important mangrove-associated bivalves, the slipper-shaped oyster (Crassostrea ...
The sargeant fish and the eel
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
The culture of sargeant fish, or cobia (Rachycentron canadum) and eel (Anguilla spp) in the Philippines is discussed. Market potentials for the cultured products are examined.
Chemicals in Asian aquaculture: need, usage, issues and challenges
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
This paper outlines the opening introductory presentation made at the “Expert Meeting on the Use of Chemicals in Aquaculture in Asia,” which was held 20-22 May 1996 at the SEAFDEC facilities in Tigbauan, Iloilo, the ...
The Jamandre bangus hatchery
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
Agiis: a bivalve cultivated as live shrimp feed
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
Live 'agiis' have been proven to be a good feed for shrimp for the past ten years by polyculture fish farmers in the province of Capiz, in the island of Panay, west central Philippines. A brief account is given of culture ...
Mud crab (Scylla serrata) culture in tidal flats with existing mangroves
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
The performance of the mud crab Scylla serrata (Forsskal) in 200 m<sup>2</sup> pens installed in tidal flats with existing mangroves was determined in a factorial experiment with stocking density (0.5 or 1.5/m<sup>2</sup>) ...
Philippines: Mangrove-friendly aquaculture
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
Mangrove areas in the Philippines were once considered vast tracts of wasteland that can be developed into other land uses. The economic "advantages" associated with such exploitation were considered socially "valuable" ...
Human factors in the development and transfer of improved aquaculture technology
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
Pearl: A simple gem, an intricate process
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)