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  Series: Aquaculture extension manual; No. 62

  Development and management of milkfish broodstock 

  Reyes, Ofelia S.; de Jesus-Ayson, Evelyn Grace T.; Eullaran, Bernadita E.; Corre, Valeriano L., Jr.; Ayson, Felix G. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)

  The manual provides developed and refined techniques for collection and transport of spawned eggs and larvae, as well as larval rearing. It also describes the necessary facilities for maintaining milkfish broodstock. Guidelines on transporting broodstock, performing biopsy to determine sex of spawners, collecting and cleaning eggs, packing and transporting eggs to hatchery, incubating and hatching eggs, and packing and transporting of larvae are also provided in the manual. The importance of nutritional quality of the diet in relation to the performance of the milkfish broodstock and quality of resulting eggs and larvae is also explained in the manual. Broodstock feeds are enriched with vitamin C, beta-carotene, and other nutrients for better reproductive performance of broodstock and better egg and larval quality. It also offers formula to initially estimate the number of spawned eggs and determine the hatching rate. The manual guides stakeholders and operators who are interested in setting up breeding facilities for milkfish.
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  Series: Aquaculture extension manual; No. 56

  Hatchery production of snubnose pompano Trachinotus blochii Lacepede 

  Reyes, Ofelia S.; de Jesus-Ayson, Evelyn Grace T.; Pedroso, Fiona L.; Cabanilla, Ma. Irene C. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2014)

  A 26-page extension manual describing the biology, broodstock acquisition & management, larval rearing, harvest & transport and prevention of diseases & parasites in hatchery production of pompano.
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  Series: Aquaculture extension manual; No. 59

  Seed production of rabbitfish Siganus guttatus 

  Ayson, Felix G.; Reyes, Ofelia S.; de Jesus-Ayson, Evelyn Grace T. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2014)

  This manual is mainly intended to serve as a practical guide to fishfarmers and other stakeholders interested to venture in operating a rabbitfish hatchery. It details site selection, hatchery design & layout, and protocols in broodstock management, spawning, larval rearing, and harvest & transport. It has also a section on natural food production for rabbitfish larvae.