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Comparative strategies in community-based mangrove rehabilitation programs in the Philippines
(United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation; Japanese Man and the Biosphere National Committee; Mangrove Ecosystem Research Centre, 1997)
Philippine Mangroves have decreased from around 500,000 ha at the turn of the century to 132,000 ha in 1990. Given the varied and important socioeconomic and ecological functions of mangroves including harvest of forestry ...
Sustaining aquaculture by developing human capacity and enhancing opportunities for women
(FAO; NACA, 2012)
People are at the heart of sustaining aquaculture. Development of human capacity and gender, therefore, is an important human dimension. Human capacity development (HCD) was a major thrust of the 2000 Bangkok Declaration ...
DNA amplicons using arbitrary primers distinguish polymorphic loci among mangrove thraustochytrid genomes
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2007)
Thraustochytrids - lightly-pigmented estuarine and marine microheterotrophs, taxonomically aligned with heterokont algae - are of great biotechnological interest because they produce substantial amounts of polyunsaturated ...
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 ...
Evaluation of fish protein concentrate and lactic yeast as protein sources for shrimp feeds.
(Asian Fisheries Society, 1994)
Protein sources, hydrolyzed fish protein concentrate and plasmolyzed lactic yeast, were used to partially replace fish meal and soybean meal, respectively, in a basal diet (diet 1) at these levels; 5% fish protein concentrate ...
Series: FAO fisheries and aquaculture proceedings; 31
Resiliency of small-holder fishfarmers to climate change and market prices in selected communities in the Philippines
(FAO, 2013)
A rapid assessment of the resiliency of small-holder fishfarmers in selected communities in the Philippines was conducted to gather the fishfarmers’ observations and insights about climate change and market prices, and the ...
Studies on breeding and seed production of the new species of fish with high commercial value
(Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences, 2001)
Aquaculture contributes significantly to food production and provides the means to generate increased revenue for countries in Southeast Asia. As the catch from the capture fisheries stagnate and population growth rate in ...
Series: ACIAR Proceedings; No. 90
Shrimp aquaculture: the Philippine experience
(Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 1999)
An overview is presented of the shrimp farming industry in the Philippines, noting that it was established as brackish-water aquaculture as early as 1521, although it took until the 1970s to take off, blooming during the ...
Parasitic caligid copepods of farmed marine fishes in the Philippines
(Fish Health Section, Asian Fisheries Society, 2011)
Recently, heavy infestation of caligid copepods occurred among farmed rabbitfish Siganus guttatus, pompano Trachinotus blochii and sea bass Lates calcarifer in the Philippines. In S. guttatus broodstock, Caligus epidemicus, ...
Egg quality of grouper Epinephelus coioides fed different fatty acid sources
(American Fisheries Society, Physiology Section, 1996)
Quality of eggs spawned by Epinephelus coioides fed fish by catch (control). Cod liver oil-enriched fish by catch (TFC), and commercial HUFA A-enriched fish by catch (TFS) was monitored. Monthly egg production, spawning ...