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Series: Aquaculture extension manual No. 45
Fingerling production of hatchery-reared milkfish (Chanos chanos) in earthen nursery ponds
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)
Fingerling production of milkfish in ponds maybe operated as a commercial enterprise or a component of milkfish farming that comprises nursery, transition and rearing or grow-out phases. The fishpond nursery is used to ...
Series: Aquaculture extension manual; No. 46
Intensive culture of sea bass, Lates calcarifer Bloch, in brackishwater earthen ponds
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2010)
An extension manual describing criteria for site selection, monoculture and polyculture operations including feeds and feeding, harvest, common diseases, economic analysis.
Potential of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) meal as an alternative protein source in diets for giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii, de Man 1879)
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)
Growth trials were conducted to evaluate cowpea Vigna unguiculata (L.) meal as a potential protein source in diets for giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man 1879), reared in tank and lake-based cages. ...
Feed formulation for sustainable aquaculture
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)
As aquaculture production of tropical fish and crustacean species becomes more intensified, practical diets need to be formulated to be cost effective and environment-friendly. Ingredients should be included to satisfy the ...
Series: Aquaculture extension manual; No. 57
Intensive culture of milkfish Chanos chanos in polyculture with white shrimp Penaeus indicus or mud crab Scylla serrata in brackishwater earthen ponds
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2014)
A 30-page extension manual describing the biology, site selection, pond management and harvest & post-harvest of milkfish intensive polyculture in earthen pond.
Effect of some physico-chemical factors on the survival and growth of Penaeus monodon postlarvae
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1977)
Growth and survival rates of P. monodon postlarvae were examined at different temperatures, salinities, and nitrite and ammonia concentrations, using one feed level. Condition of postlarvae greatly affected the experimental ...
Nutrient requirements of tropical aquaculture species
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)
Feeding habits and digestive physiology of fishes
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2002)
This chapter provides basic information on the feeding habits and behavior, and physiology of fishes and crustaceans. The mechanisms that control the movement and digestion of food, methods of assessing digestibility of ...
Screening of inexpensive and indigeneous ingredients for use in practical feed for juvile sea bass (Lates calcarifer Bloch)
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1996)
An eight-week feeding experiment with juvenile sea bass (about 15 g) was conducted in 500-1 fiberglass tanks to screen the most cost-effective practical diet for use in ponds and floating cages. Eleven formulations and one ...
Endosulfan: a hidden menace
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2003)
A clean and healthy environment is paramount to human existence. While pesticide use has successfully sustained agricultural and food production in our lifetime as well as safeguarded human health by controlling insect ...