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Mangrove-friendly aquaculture studies at the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
The SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department studies on mangrove-friendly aquaculture (MFA) can be categorized under two models: a) mangrove filters where mangrove forests are used to absorb effluents from high-density culture ponds, ...
Technology Verification and Extension Program of SEAFDEC AQD
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
Realizing the urgent need to package technologies generated through the years of R&D, the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department (AQD) through the TEchnology Verification and Extension Section (TVES) launched in June 1996, a ...
Markets and marketing trends for aquaculture products in Southeast Asia
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
Despite the fact that Southeast Asian countries are among the main producers and exporters of fish and fishery products in the world, the region has also increasingly become an important market. According to the Food and ...
The SEAFDEC/AQD experience in stock enhancement
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2006)
The Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) started stock enhancement activities in 2000 as part of the Coastal Fishery Management Project in Malalison Is., Culasi, Antique, ...
Fisheries, aquaculture and stock enhancement in Lao PDR
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2006)
Fisheries development in Lao PDR is confined to inland fisheries development and sustainable freshwater aquaculture including culture-enhanced capture fisheries and fishery-enhanced aquaculture. Given the potential of ...
Research on crustaceans
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
Crustacean research at the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department in 1994-1999 focused on two commercially important species: the tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon, and the mud crab Scylla serrata. Research on tiger shrimp dealt with ...
Developments in seaweed farming in Southeast Asia
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
During the last thirty years, seaweed farming has progressed in the region comprising the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Farm production reached a high of 146,500 mt of dried seaweeds in 1997 from an initial ...
An uncertain future for seahorse aquaculture in conservation and economic contexts
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2006)
Seahorses (family Syngnathidae, genus Hippocampus) have set precedents globally. They were among the first marine fishes of commercial importance to be listed on both the IUCN Red List and CITES Appendix II. Overfishing ...
Socioeconomics of responsible aquaculture in Asia
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
Aquaculture provided 20% of global fisheries production and 29% of food fish in 1996. Much of the production was from low income food-deficit countries (LIFDCs). Between 1990 and 1996, the average expansion rate of aquaculture ...
Developments in mollusc farming in Southeast Asia
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
Southeast Asia has a relatively long tradition in mollusc culture. The mollusc species of commercial significance in this region are the blood cockles (Anadara granosa), the green mussels (Perna viridis), the oysters ...