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Ecological effects of the use of chemicals in aquaculture
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
Many aquaculture chemicals are, by their very nature, biocidal, and may be released to the surrounding environment at toxic concentrations either through misuse, or in some cases, even by following generally accepted ...
Marine fishes and coastal resource management: mangrove-friendly development strategies
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
Recent statistics of fishery production in the Philippines reveal outputs that are either declining (municipal fishery) or levelling off (commercial fishery and aquaculture). These trends are, in part, a reflection of the ...
Human health aspects of the use of chemicals in aquaculture, with special emphasis on food safety and regulations
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
Safe and wholesome food is essential for good health. Therefore, when one considers health issues related to unsafe foods, recorded morbidity and mortality as well as economic losses in a population must be included. Due ...
Silvofishery: An aquaculture system harmonized with the environment
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
Mangrove forests are valuable biologically and economically, but these have been decreasing yearly. It is usually converted into human settlement and for brackishwater aquaculture. To arrest the massive decrease of mangrove ...
Japan: Mangrove areas and their utilization
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
Although Japan has large-scale aquaculture, there is no aquaculture development in mangrove areas because the total area is small (553 ha) and strictly protected. Mangroves are preserved in comparatively good condition. ...
The use of chemicals in aquaculture in India
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
A review of the use of chemotherapeutants and other chemicals and drugs in Indian aquaculture is presented. A large number of products are used for various purposes such as soil and water treatments, disinfectants, piscicides, ...
Transferable drug resistance plasmids in fish-pathogenic bacteria
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
Chemotherapeutic agents have been developed for treating bacterial infections and have been widely used for cultured fish for the last 30 years in Japan. The extensive use of chemotherapeutants has resulted in an increase ...
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 use of chemicals in aquaculture in the People's Republic of China
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
Aquaculture in China has developed very rapidly in recent years. Chemicals have become important tools in the control of disease and prevention of losses in various culture systems. The occurrence of diseases stimulated ...
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 ...