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Good aquaculture practices (VietGAP) and sustainable aquaculture development in Viet Nam
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)
The shrimp (black tiger and white leg shrimp) and catfish industries in Viet Nam continue to experience increasing growth due to rapid aquaculture development. However, disease outbreaks become a major issue. Moreover, ...
Responsible shrimp culture through ecological approach
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)
Aquaculture is the fastest food-producing sector. It is the farming of aquatic organisms, like crustaceans, fish, molluscs and plants. Culture of aquatic organisms, particularly shrimps, is usually done in earthen ponds ...
Targeting essential gene utilizing RNA interference to protect the ailing shrimp/prawn industry against WSSV
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)
The white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) remains to be the most widespread and devastating infectious agent that has hit particularly the marine shrimp aquaculture industry worldwide. To date, there are no known effective ...
Development of a simple, rapid, cost-effective diagnostic kit for WSSV
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)
Shrimp aquaculture is one of the most important sources of income and livelihood in the Philippines. For the past two decades, the white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) has adversely affected the production of the Philippine ...
Is small-hold tropical aquaculture in a genetic plunge towards extinction?
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)
Tropical shrimp aquaculture is in a disease-induced crisis of lost production. The response to this crisis currently focuses on microbiology and pathology, quarantine, and transboundary transfer of shrimp. The crisis also ...