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Survey on the use of natural food and supplemental feed in commercial milkfish farms on Panay, Philippines
(Stuttgart University, 2000)
This study evaluated the feed intake of the milkfish (Chanos chanos Forsskål) in commercial brackishwater ponds under different management regimes. Feed intake and growth were compared between a rather intensive culture ...
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 ...
Aquasilviculture trials in mangroves in Aklan province, Panay Island, central Philippines
(Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, 2000)
To integrate production of crabs and shrimp with mangrove conservation, the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department initiated studies on Mangrove-Friendly Aquaculture (MFA). Culture pens and ponds in old growth and newly regenerating ...
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, ...
Illuminated-cage nursery of the Asian sea bass, Lates calcarifer Bloch, (Centropomidae): effects of initial body size and stocking density
(Asian Fisheries Society; World Aquaculture Society - Southeast Asian Chapter, 2000)
This study was conducted to determine the appropriate initial body size and the corresponding stocking density of sea bass, Lates calcarifer, during nursery rearing in illuminated cages. Hatchery-produced sea bass fry of ...
Development of larval diets for milkfish (Chanos chanos)
(Blackwell Publishing, 2000)
This study aimed to develop nutritionally balanced and costeffective processed diets for milkfish larvae (Chanos chanos). Two larval diets (feed A and feed B) were formulated and prepared to contain 45% protein and 10% ...
Runt-deformity syndrome in cultured giant tiger prawn Penaeus monodon
(Crustacean Society, 2000)
A total of 24 morphological abnormalities associated with the Runt-Deformity Syndrome (RDS) is reported for the first time in 17- to 18-mo old F<sub>3</sub> generation <i>Penaeus monodon</i> (>40 mm CL) belonging to ...
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 ...
Hatchery management for the window-pane shell, Placuna placenta Linnaeus, 1758
(Phuket Marine Biological Center, 2000)
To relieve pressure on wild stock population, a hatchery technique for the window-pane shell, Placuna placenta Linnaeus has to be developed. A study was conducted to determine the suitable algal diet for P. placenta during ...
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 ...