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Series: JIRCAS Working Report No. 56
Effects of arachidonic acid supplementation on larval and survival and reproductive performance in rabbitfish, Siganus guttatus
(Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, 2007)
Fry of tropical marine fish needed for aquaculture still comes mostly from the wild. Thus, fry availability is a major constraint in the development and extension of aquaculture, especially in rural areas of developing ...
Viral nervous necrosis (VNN) as a critical infectious disease of orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides, in the Philippines
(Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, 2007)
Orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides, is a valuable commodity in the Philippines. In 2001, mass mortality occurred in the grouper larvae at Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center ...
Arachidonic acid distribution in seaweed, seagrass, invertebrates and dugong in coral reef areas in the Philippines
(Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, 2007)
Arachidonic acid (ArA) was not a minor component, and ArA distributes widely in coral reef organisms. Seagrass had high linoleic acid and linolenic acid levels with low Ara, EPA and DHA levels, while some species of seaweed ...
Development of transgenic fish: scientific background
(CABI, 2007)
This chapter highlights some of the important examples of transgenic fish development. An overview of important steps in fish transgenesis is given. The status of development in the case of transgenic carp, tilapias, ...
Series: JIRCAS Working Report; No. 56
Development of farming schemes following disease occurrences in monodon shrimp farming using intensive method in three Southeast Asian countries
(Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, 2007)
All three countries experienced major progress in intensive shrimp farming at different ties. Intensive farming of monodon shrimp (Penaeus monodon, an indigenous species) was first launched by the Philippines, followed by ...
Analysis of small-scale coastal aquaculture in the Philippines
(Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, 2007)
We studied the influence of the development of aquaculture in the Philippines on the local economy, focusing on coastal fishers in two towns in Capiz and Iloilo, Panay Island, Philippines. Coastal residents in the two towns ...
Series: JIRCAS Working Report; No. 54
Changes in farm management and production systems: Response to shrimp culture problems in the Philippines
(Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, 2007)
Series: JIRCAS Working Report; No. 56
Comparative analysis of pattern of fishcage culture using marine/brackish water in three Southeast Asian countries
(Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, 2007)
Production by fishcage culture using marine/brackish water has increased drastically since the mid-1980s, when the technology for developing sea bass hatchery fry was established. In the 1990s, it grew further, due to the ...
Series: JIRCAS Working Report; No. 56
Comparative analysis of small-scale aquaculture industry in three Southeast Asian countries
(Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, 2007)
In many Southeast Asian countries, coastal fishing villages are increasingly encouraging their inhabitants to start small-scale aquaculture as a way of reducing the labor involved in fishing and diversifying their sources ...