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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 ...
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 ...
Selection, transport and acclimation of prawn fry
(U.P. Aquaculture Society, 1988)
The most important criterion among many used by operators for choosing poostlarvae to stock in ponvds, is the stage of development. THe stages considered suitable for stocking (about PL<sub>20</sub>) can be identified by ...
Viral diseases of shrimp in the Philippines
(Research Signpost, 2015)
Shrimp is a high-value commodity and one of the major aquaculture species in the world, including the Philippines. The shrimp farming industry is dominated by the black tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon and the Pacific white ...
Typical prawn diseases - causes, prevention, and treatment
(U.P. Aquaculture Society, 1988)
Diseases of prawn in ponds are caused by microorganisn like viruses, bacteria fungi and protozoans as well as factors such as nutritional deficiency, poor pond conditions and environmental pollutants. Most of these may be ...
Prawn health in aquaculture
(U.P. Aquaculture Society, 1988)
Disease management of intensively-cultured prawns requires an understanding of physiology and disease causation. Maladies result from an interaction of the prawn, disease agents and their environment. In intensive culture, ...
Fate and effects of water-borne heavy metals in Penaeus monodon
(European Aquaculture Society, 1991)
Heavy metals impair the aquaculture of shrimps and the quality of shrimp products. Some heavy metals occur in high amounts particularly in the hepatopancreas and the antennal gland (Gibson and Barker, 1979). This study was ...
Use of immunostimulants in shrimp culture: An update
(Research Signpost, 2015)
Different approaches are used to prevent and control diseases in aquaculture. Immunostimulation is one method that is gaining popularity and is considered a promising development in aquaculture. Immunostimulants were found ...
Biology and ecology
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1988)
A review is made of current information on Penaeus monodon covering various aspects, including taxonomy, morphology, distribution, bionomics and life history. Reproduction, embryonic development, larval stages, spawning, ...
Whole-genome sequencing for identification of bacterial isolates affecting local penaeid shrimp farms: A national survey for the Philippines
(5M Books Ltd, 2022)
The shrimp aquaculture industry is a major economic player in the food and livelihood sectors, both globally and in the Philippines. The development of industrialized shrimp farming methods has led to a rapid increase in ...