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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 ...
Initiatives on mud crab culture at the Palawan Aquaculture Corporation
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)
Mud crab (Scylla spp) has long been a prime commodity in both local and global market and is regarded as one of the important high-value crustacean species produced in the Philippines. Decades ago, its culture basically ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Genetic diversity and stock delineation of Philippine populations of the orange mud crab, Scylla olivacea
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)
The orange mud crab, Scylla olivacea, is regarded as an important fishery resource due to high demand and high market value. However, mud crab populations are threatened by over exploitation and habitat degradation, and ...
Identification of mud crab species in coastal areas of Pangasinan
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)
The study was conducted to identify the mud crab species (Scylla spp.) that thrive in 12 coastal municipalities and 2 cities in Pangasinan. Ten mud crab samples were taken from each of the sampling site and classified based ...
Growth, survival, proximate and fatty acid composition of sandworm Perinereis quatrefagesi (Grube, 1878) fed variable feed types
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)
Sandworm Perinereis quatrefagesi has been used as feed for crustacean broodstock due to its reproductive-enhancing properties particularly protein and highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFAs). Juvenile sandworms collected ...
Evaluation of the bioremediation capacity of the polychaete, Marphysa mossambica (Peters, 1854) in pond sediments
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2017)
Marphysa mossambica is commonly found in brackishwater ponds and is an important natural food for cultured stocks particularly mud crabs. To understand the burrowing activity of polychaete, survival and capacity to ...