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Research on crustaceans
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
Crustacean research at the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department during the last three years focused mostly on the tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon. Studies were done along six problem areas: (1) developing spawning techniques for ...
Research on marine and freshwater fishes
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
Most of the fish research at SEAFDEC AQD in 1992-1994 was on milkfish. Studies were conducted on year-round spawning through hormonal or environmental manipulation; optimum lipid and protein levels and ration size for ...
Shrimp culture and the environment
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
This paper reviews the interactions between shrimp culture and the natural environment. It considers and gives details of the effects of shrimp culture on the environment and the effects of environmental change on shrimp ...
Coastal aquaculture in Thailand
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
Coastal aquaculture in Thailand has expanded rapidly in both area and production in the last decade. The important cultured species are the shrimps (Penaeus monodon and P. merguiensis), sea bass Lates calcarifer, groupers ...
Recent developments in aquaculture in Japan
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
Aquaculture production in Japan in 1993 was 1,351,000 tons, 15.6% of the total fisheries production. About 93.6% came from mariculture and 6.4% from freshwater aquaculture. The per cent contribution of aquaculture to total ...
Research on seaweeds and mollusks
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
Research on seaweeds focused on the carrageenan-producing Kappaphycus alvarezii and the agar-producing Gracilaria spp. Growth of K. alvarezii was better on horizontal lines than on vertical or cluster lines from bamboo ...
Recommendations for responsible aquaculture
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
Aquaculture has grown rapidly in Asia. In 1992, out of the 52.8 million tons of total production of aquatic organisms, as much as 17 million tons (32.2%) came from aquaculture. However, unplanned and uncontrolled development ...
Coastal fisheries and mollusk and seaweed culture in Southeast Asia: Integrated planning and precautions
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
Capture fisheries in Southeast Asia are characterized by rampant overfishing, made worse in many areas by problems of overpopulation and by inappropriate management strategies based on misconceptions about tropical fisheries. ...
Recent trends in fish diseases in Japan
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
Losses of cultured marine and freshwater fishes due to diseases averaged about 20,000 tons each year or 6% of the aquaculture production in Japan in 1980-1991. During this last decade, bacterial diseases have been responsible ...
Aquaculture in the Philippines
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
Aquaculture is regarded as the most promising source of protein food in the years ahead. Milkfish and Nile tilapia are the major fishes now produced but groupers, sea bass, rabbitfish, red snappers, carps, and catfishes ...