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Mangrove conversion and brackishwater pond culture in the Philippines
(Asian Wetland Bureau; Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau, 1992)
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 ...
Tropical shrimp farming and its sustainability
(Academic Press, 1998)
In December 1996, the Supreme Court of India ordered the closure of all semi-intensive and intensive shrimp farms within 500 m of the high tide line, banned shrimp farms from all public lands, and required farms that closed ...
Intensive prawn farming in the Philippines: ecological, social, and economic implications
(Springer Verlag, 1991)
The benefits of intensive farming of the giant tiger prawn Penaeus monodon in the Philippines are discussed in relation to the environmental costs. Ecological effects include mangrove conversion into ponds; use of antibiotics ...
Diel activity patterns in Metapenaeus and Penaeus juveniles
(Springer Verlag, 1995)
Small (5–10.9 mm carapace length), medium (11–15.9 mm), and large (16–20.9 mm) juveniles of Metapenaeus anchistus, Metapenaeus sp., Penaeus monodon and P. merguiensis were stocked individually in glass tanks provided with ...
Series: Developments in Aquaculture and Fisheries Science; 23
Prawn/shrimp culture industry in the Philippines
(Elsevier, 1992)
The Philippines is an archipelago of more than 7,100 islands with 17,460 km of coastline, including mangrove forests which covered about 450,000 ha in the 1920s. Coastal aquaculture began a few centuries ago when earthen ...
Socio-economic impacts of shrimp culture
(International Foundation for Science (IFS), 1998)
Farmed shrimp contributed 27% of total world shrimp production in 1995 with a volume of 712,000 tonnes ('metric tonnes,' t). Undoubtedly, the shrimp culture industry earns valuable foreign exchange for developing countries ...
The environmental effects of aquaculture with emphasis on the intensive prawn farming in the Philippines.
(The Economic Society of Thailand, 1993)
A critical review of shrimp pond culture in the Philippines
(Taylor & Francis, 1993)
The paper reviews and evaluates shrimp pond culture in the Philippines and its ecological and socioeconomic effects. The intertwined histories of the country's mangrove forests and culture ponds are treated in depth; ...
Shrimp farming in the Asia-Pacific: environment and trade issues and regional cooperation
(Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development, 1995)
Production of farmed shrimp has grown at the phenomenal rate of 20-30% per year in the last two decades. The leading shrimp producers are in the Asia-Pacific region while the major markets are in Japan, the U.S.A. and ...
Series: PCAMRD Book Series; No. 10/1991
Aquaculture and the coastal environment
(Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development, 1991)
Philippine aquaculture production mostly comes from pond culture (brackishwater) constituting 47% of the total 1987 production of 560,970 t followed by mariculture of seaweeds, mollusks and finfishes. Fishponds have increased ...