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The decline of native fishes and fisheries and the rise of aquaculture in lakes and rivers in the Philippines
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center; Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development (PCAMRD), Department of Science and Technology; Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2001)
This paper reviews historical and recent data on biodiversity, fisheries, exotic fishes, and aquaculture in Philippine lakes and rivers. The country's lakes and rivers are poor in primary freshwater fishes because the ...
Milkfish ponds from mangroves
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1998)
Fundamental study on the behavior of milkfish fry for the evaluation of the efficiency of traditional fry collecting gears in the Philippines
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1980)
The response of Chanos chanos fry to moving and stationary nets of different mesh size and colour, underwater visibility of the nets and water filtration were studied. Results indicate that milkfish fry may be driven by ...
Results of drift card experiments and considerations on the movement of milkfish eggs and larvae in the northern Sulu Sea
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1979)
For a period of one year beginning December 1977, drift card experiments were conducted off the western and southern coasts of Panay Island to determine the surface currents in the area. Of a total 2,384 drift cards released ...
Ecology and farming of milkfish
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1999)
This book is a reader-friendly illustrated account of the life history of milkfish (Chanos chanos) in nature and in aquaculture. It describes the different farming systems and status of the milkfish industry, and recommends ...
Marine biodiversity at the SEAFDEC/AQD research stations in Iloilo and Guimaras, Philippines
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)
Species inventories were recently made in and around the research stations of the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department to facilitate subsequent monitoring. AQD s Tigbauan Main Station (TMS, since 1973) faces the deep open waters ...
Series: Technical report / SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department; no. 6
A study on the milkfish fry fishing gears in Panay Island, Philippines
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1980)
This study was conducted to obtain information for evaluating the present fry fishing practices and for understanding the behaviour of the fry. A description of the milkfish, Chanos chanos, fry fishing gears is presented. ...
Nature parks for environment education and biodiversity in the Philippines
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1997)
Economic value of the milkfish industry
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1998)
A brief description is given of the milkfish (Chanos chanos) farming industry in the Philippines. Over the past 20 years, the relative importance of milkfish has declined with the expansion of tilapia, tiger shrimp and ...
Ecological limits of high-density milkfish farming
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1997)
In the Philippines at present, milkfish farming in ponds includes a wide range of intensities, systems and practices. To make aquaculture possible, ecosystems are used as sources of energy and resources and as sinks for ...