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Mangroves, fishponds, and the quest for sustainability
Primavera, Jurgenne 
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005)
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2005)
Aquaculture, the farming of shrimp and other useful aquatic and marine plants and animals in artificially confined and tended ponds, pens, and cages, ranks as a phenomenal success story in global food production. In 1975, ...
Nature's subsidies to shrimp and salmon farming
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Primavera, Jurgenne ; (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1998)
; (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1998)
Although many fisheries stocks have declined precipitously throughout the world, fish farming--and especially shrimp and salmon farming--has boomed. The increasingly large scale of these enterprises is now having unforeseen ...
Mangroves and brackishwater pond culture in the Philippines
Primavera, Jurgenne (Springer Verlag, 1995)
(Springer Verlag, 1995)
Around 50% of mangrove loss in the Philippines can be traced to brackishwater pond construction. The decrease in mangroves from 450 000 ha in 1920 to 132 500 ha in 1990 has been accompanied by expansion of culture ponds ...
Development and conservation of Philippine mangroves: institutional issues
Primavera, Jurgenne (Elsevier, 2000)
(Elsevier, 2000)
The decline of Philippine mangroves from half a million hectares in 1918 to only 120 000 ha in 1994 may be traced to local exploitation for fuelwood and conversion to agriculture, salt beds, industry and settlements. But ...
A survey of chemical and biological products used in intensive prawn farms in the Philippines
Primavera, Jurgenne ; ; ; (Elsevier, 1993)
; ; ; (Elsevier, 1993)
With attractive prawn export prices and the availability of hatchery fry and commercial feeds, Philippine aquaculture has experienced a shift from milkfish to prawn Penaeus monodon and an intensification from traditional ...
Effect of aquaculture on world fish supplies
; ; Primavera, Jurgenne ; ; ; ; ; ; ; (Nature Publishing Group, 2000)
; ; ; ; ; ; ; (Nature Publishing Group, 2000)
Global production of farmed fish and shellfish has more than doubled in the past 15 years. Many people believe that such growth relieves pressure on ocean fisheries, but the opposite is true for some types of aquaculture. ...