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Mud crab culture
(John Wiley and Sons, 2000)
Mud crabs are one of the most widely sought crustacean species that inhabit the estuarine areas and tidal rivers and creeks of the Asian and Indo-Pacific regions. Hailed as "food for the gods," the mud crab is recognized ...
The yellow mangrove: its ethnobotany, history of maritime collection, and needed rehabilitation in the central and southern Philippines
(University of San Carlos Publications, 2000)
Most mangrove reforestation program in the Philippines and elsewhere in Asia focus on the genus Rhizophora, hence there is a need to identify and develop planting and harvesting techniques for other mangrove species, ...
Postlarvae density and photoperiod effects on the settlement and metamorphosis of the donkey's ear abalone, Haliotis asinina Linne, 1758
(Phuket Marine Biological Center, 2000)
The effects of photoperiod and density of postlarvae on settlement and metamorphosis of the native abalone, <i>Haliotis asinina</i> were determined in two separate experiments. Abalone larvae were hatched from spontaneously ...
Spontaneous spawning, fecundity and spawning periodicity in the donkey's ear abalone Haliotis asinina Linnaeus 1758
(Phuket Marine Biological Center; Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 21(1), 2000)
Spontaneous group spawning was monitored in wild-caught (WC) and hatchery-bred (HB) abalone broodstock (<i>Haliotis asinina</i>) held in duplicate tanks at 1:3 (male: female) ratio from June 1997 to January 1999. Abalone ...
Recent developments in freshwater and marine cage aquaculture in the Philippines
(Asian Fisheries Society; World Aquaculture Society - Southeast Asian Chapter, 2000)
Fish production from freshwater cages and pens, and marine cages and pens constitute 19% of the total foodfish produced from aquaculture in the Philippines. In 1998, production from freshwater cages and pens contributed ...
Restocking of windowpane shell, Placuna placenta in a depleted bed off Tigbauan, Iloilo, the Philippines
(Phuket Marine Biological Center, 2000)
The Tigbauan coast, Iloilo, the Philippines, has been depleted of the natural population of the windowpane shell, Placuna placenta Linnaeus, 1758, since the early 1980's. To support the declining P. placenta industry of ...
Development and conservation of Philippine mangroves: institutional issues
(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 ...
From triphenyltins to integrated management of the 'pest' snail Cerithidea cingulata in mangrove-derived milkfish ponds in the Philippines
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000)
The potamidid snail Cerithidea cingulata is considered a pest in brackishwater milkfish ponds in the Philippines and has been controlled by the triphenyltin (TPT) compounds Aquatin and Brestan. But TPT is also toxic to ...
Marine leech (Zeylanicobdella arugamensis) infestation in cultured orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides
(Elsevier, 2000)
Heavy infestation of a marine leech occurred among tank-reared juvenile and adult orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides Hamilton, at SEAFDEC AQD, Philippines with a prevalence of 83% and 17%, respectively. The leeches ...
Co-management in marine fisheries in Malalison Island, central Philippines
(Taylor & Francis, 2000)
This study, conducted from November 1995 to February 1996, describes the evolution and impact of fisheries co-management arrangements in a coral reef fishing village at Malalison Island, central Philippines. The island is ...