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Achieving sustainable aquaculture in Southeast Asia: A case study on community-based giant freshwater prawn production in Laguna Lake, Philippines
; Aya, Frolan
; ; Ito, Sayaka ; ; (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-10)
The Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC/AQD) implemented the project “Sustainable Aquaculture through Cost-effective Culture Systems, and Prompt and Effective Aquatic Animal ... -
Promoting sustainable aquaculture of freshwater species: The continuous quest for alternative feeds and adoption of feeding strategies
Aya, Frolan; Ito, Sayaka ; ; (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-10)
Among farm inputs, feeds are the highest recurring cost in aquaculture. Indeed, feeds have become even more expensive after the COVID-19 pandemic, undeniably affecting the aquaculture economics. The pressing need to alleviate ... -
Establishing a community-based sea cucumber ranch: Merging science with local knowledge
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2024-07)Sea cucumbers are expensive, but natural wild stocks are overfished, especially in the tropics. This is why sea cucumber farming is increasingly gaining popularity worldwide, aside from the anticipated high economic gains ... -
Boosting the sustainability of aquaculture feed for the lucrative business of mangrove crab grow-out culture
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2023-12)Conventional feeds for mangrove crab (Scylla serrata) are highly fixated on the use of fish-by-products (FBC) and other slaughter wastes. These feeds, however, are highly polluting that can easily cause water quality ... -
Black tiger shrimp revival program stepping up at AQD
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2023-11)As a highlight of its 50th anniversary, the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department (AQD) inaugurated its new Black Tiger Shrimp Broodstock Facility in Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines on 3 July 2023. The biosecure facility was built ... -
A proactive approach on shrimp culture: A farm experience in central Philippines
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Achieving high production of micropropagated seaweed through optimization of the culture protocol
; Faisan, Joseph P., Jr.; (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2023-07)
Kappaphycus and Eucheuma are the two carrageenanproducing red algae extensively cultured and farmed in tropical and subtropical waters. Seaweed production accounted for 5.4 percent of the world’s aquaculture production in ... -
Mussel culture gathers momentum in the Philippines
(Arthur J. Heighway Publications Ltd., 1976-12)Mussels (Mytilus smaragdinus) were posing a threat as fouling organisms in Bacoor Bay, on the south coast of Manila Bay but when attempts were made to market the mussel so much success was achieved that attempts to culture ... -
The lowdown on world shrimp culture - II
(INFOFISH, 2001)This paper introduces some new members of the international shrimp culture club and goes on to discuss some recent technological innovations in the industry, particularly the polyculture of tilapia (mainly Oreochromis ... -
The lowdown on world shrimp culture - I
(INFOFISH, 2001)Based on FAO time series data, in 1984 there were only 33 countries reporting farmed shrimp production. This increased to 51 in 1989 and rose to 60 in 1996. The world total shrimps and prawns production reached 1.114 million ... -
Promoting tropical eel culture in the Philippines: Comparative performance of Anguilla bicolor pacifica and A. marmorata in captivity
Aya, Frolan (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2023-02)
Eel aquaculture is an important activity in Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, Philippines, and Viet Nam. With the decline in the wild fishery stock of cold-water eel species (European eel Anguilla anguilla, ... -
Research breakthrough seen to curb shortage of 'poor man's fish'
(Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA), 2022)A scientific breakthrough at a research center in the Philippines might finally be the long-term solution to the perennial shortage of round scad (Decapterus spp.), known as the “poor man’s fish” in the country. In a ... -
Enhancing the reproductive performance of cultured shrimp: novel information on scent, maturation, and mating
Santander-Avancena, Sheryll (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2022-07)
What are sex pheromones and how do they function in the courtship and mating of shrimps and other crustaceans? Best known as chemical compounds excreted by animals to initiate reproduction-related responses from their ... -
Efficacy of tilapia oral vaccine coupled with a nanocomposite biomaterial as carrier for vaccine delivery
; ; Pakingking, Rolando V., Jr.; Argayosa, Anacleto (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2021-12)
Fish diseases have seriously threatened and hampered the aquaculture industry. Low stress yet effective mass vaccination strategies for disease control and prevention are needed for sustainable aquaculture. Fishvax, a ... -
Influence of water temperature on induced reproduction of milkfish during the off-season
; Mamauag, Roger Edward; (Aqua Research Pte Ltd, 2022)
Scientific studies on milkfish’s induced spawning and larval rearing by increasing water temperature in tanks are very limited. In order to increase the production capacity of milkfish fingerlings, a preliminary experiment ... -
Mitigating the high risks of WSSV and AHPND outbreaks
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Aquaculture seeds and feeds at the core of AQD’s collaboration with the government of the Philippines
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2021-12-15)For almost 50 years, SEAFDEC/AQD has been generating scientific information behind aquaculture technologies applied in Southeast Asia and other parts of the world. Since 2017, AQD and its host country, Philippines, have ... -
Can the Philippines produce enough fish for the multitude?
(Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA), 1997)Philippine fishery statistics classified fish production into 3 major production sources: commercial, municipal and aquaculture. Of these, only commercial fisheries and aquaculture have shown positive growth; municipal ... -
Black tiger shrimp culture rejuvenation: the OPLAN Balik Sugpo of SEAFDEC/AQD
Mamauag, Roger Edward; ; (Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2021)
Back in its glory days, black tiger shrimp was an economic jewel of the Philippines and other countries in Asia that garnered millions of dollars’ worth of earnings from production and export. Until production methods ... -
Towards increased production of milkfish fry in the Philippines: SEAFDEC/AQD technology through the lens
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2021)Although the Philippines has a long coastline and is surrounded by rich waters, its capture fisheries subsector is just second to aquaculture which is the main driver for growth in the fish production industry of the ...
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