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Series: Summary of Proceedings No. 1/2013
The Agusan Marsh and the Agusan River Basin: The need for science-based development and management
(PCAARRD-DOST, 2013)
Marine protected areas in the Philippines: The case of Malalison island in community-based management of reef fisheries
(UNESCO Office, 2004)
The extensive Philippine coastline of more than 22,540 k m provides the natural habitat of a variety of flora and fauna that make the Philippine archipelago one of the centers of marine biodiversity in the world. Resource-use ...
Aquaculture-based restoration and stock enhancement of tiger shrimps in the Philippines
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)
In central Philippines, the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC/AQD), with strong collaboration and support from the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) of ...
Fishery resource enhancement: An overview of the current situation and issues in the southeast Asian region
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)
The total global production from capture fisheries has plateaued since the mid 90s. This stagnation in production or reduced productivity of the world’s coastal and marine wild fisheries is caused by overfishing and ...
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 ...
SEAFDEC/AQD stock enhancement initiatives: Release strategies established
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)
SEAFDEC/AQD’s Stock Enhancement Program started in 2001 with the first stock enhancement initiative on mud crab Scylla spp. funded by the European Commission. This was followed by another stock enhancement program in 2005 ...
Community-based stock enhancement of abalone, Haliotis asinina in Sagay marine reserve: Achievements, limitations and directions
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)
The Sagay Marine Reserve (SMR) under the National Integrated Protected Area System (NIPAS) is one of the many reef areas in the Visayan Sea in the central part of the Philippine archipelago. The SMR covers 32,000 ha or 59% ...
Institutional capacity development for sustainable aquaculture and fisheries: Strategic partnership with local institutions
(Terrapub, 2008)
Many people living in the rural areas in the Philippines, as in other developing countries in Southeast Asia, depend on aquatic resources for their food and livelihood. For the past two decades, the Aquaculture Department ...
Problems encountered in the implementation of a community-based fishery resources management project
(International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, 1994)
The article highlights the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department's (Philippines) Community-based Fishery Resource Management Project activities. Several problems encountered in project implementation and the suggested ways in ...