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Overview of the mud crab industry in the Philippines
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)
Mud crab farming has long been established in the Philippines and the country is the second top producer in the world. Except for Scylla paramamosain, the three other species, S. serrata, S. tranquebarica and S. olivacea ...
Pilot scale production of pellets suitable for mud crab Scylla serrata
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)
Studies were conducted towards the pilot scale production of stable and nutritionally adequate pellets suitable for mud crab Scylla serrata to help in efforts to increase mud crab production in the Philippines. Preliminary ...
Strategies to reduce disease incidence in mud crab culture
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)
Mud crab hatchery suffers from low survival due to susceptibility to bacterial infection in the early larval stages among many causes. Despite food safety issues, antibiotics continue to be used in the absence of effective ...
Development of immunostimulant for mud crab, Scylla serrata
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)
Non-specific immune activitation is considered a potential prophylactic approach in the prevention of disease outbreaks in crustacean aquaculture. The present investigation evaluates the dietary supplementation of bacterial ...
Handling, storage and transport conditions of mud crabs in trading centers
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)
This study aims to improve the handling, storage and transport conditions of mud crabs. The usual practice of the crab growers in the Philippines is to bring the market size crabs to middlemen, brokers or operators of small ...
Defects in the handling, storage and transport of mud crab
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)
Consumers prefer to buy live mud crabs (Scylla). Moribund and dead crabs have very low market value. Immediately after harvest, the crabs are tied to render their claws immobile. The time between harvest and arrival of ...
Updates on the larviculture of mud crab at SEAFDEC/AQD
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)
Although the mud crab (Scylla serrata) hatchery technology has been developed, issues such as high cost of production due to the need for additional facilities and labor for natural food culture, inconsistent survival rate ...
Mud crab production trials at the College of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Aklan State University, New Washington, Aklan
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)
Two hatchery and nursery trials have been conducted at the College of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Aklan State University (ASU) for the Multi-species Hatchery and Fishfarm Project from August to September 2014 and April ...
Mud crab Scylla serrata hatchery operation
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)
The initial exposure of the Santos family in aquaculture was the culture of milkfish (Chanos chanos) and mud crab (Scylla serrata) in brackishwater pond in Quezon. The milkfish fry were obtained from our own milkfish ...
High throughput RNA sequencing reveals temperature tolerance mechanisms in Scylla serrata
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)
The effects of increasing temperature from global climate change threaten the sustainability and production of mud crabs from farms and wild populations in mangroves. Adaptation of mud crab populations to temperature stress ...