Magazine and Newsletter Articles by SEAFDEC/AQD Staff: Recent submissions
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Supporting ASEAN good aquaculture practices: Utilization of alternative protein sources for aquafeed to minimize pressure on fishery resources
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)Aquaculture industry of Southeast Asia has been expanding steadily as a result of an increasing demand of food fish in the region as well as in the global scale. Aside from its contribution to the world’s fisheries, the ... -
Supporting ASEAN good aquaculture practices: Preventing the spread of trans-boundary aquatic animal diseases
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)The FAO Fishery Statistics had indicated that Asia is the top producer of fish and fishery products from both capture fisheries and aquaculture. Specifically, Southeast Asia had contributed 9-31% of the total aquaculture ... -
Seaweed production: Farming Kappaphycus in the Philippines
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Tropical abalone culture in Philippines
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DNA markers help manage Nile tilapia stocks
(Global Aquaculture Alliance, 2006)Determining changes in the genetic diversity of selected hatchery stocks through DNA-level polymorphisms analysis provides aquaculturists with a means to monitor inbreeding, control loss of genetic diversity, and achieve ... -
Sandfish: Profitable sea cucumbers also supply bioremediation
(Global Aquaculture Alliance, 2011)Sandfish, a type of sea cucumber, are both a high-value culture species and one that supports the aquaculture of other fish species by cleaning up waste on the bottoms of ponds or sea cages. Hatchery and nursery technologies ... -
Searching for ecological ways to reduce WSSV impact
(Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific, 2014)White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) has brought financial losses to all shrimp farming systems, and lately the “Early Mortality Syndrome” (EMS) or more accurately termed Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND) have ... -
Transforming a coral reef cove into mariculture hub: Igang marine station of SEAFDEC/AQD
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Orchestrating the southeast Asian aquaculture towards sustainability: SEAFDEC initiative
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)Three years after the Philippines became a signatory to the Agreement Establishing the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) in January 1968, the Philippine Government submitted a Position Paper during the ... -
Potentials and prospects of Southeast Asian eel resources for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture development
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2014)The world demand for river eels has been increasing mainly because of the market expansion of some delicacies such as the kabayaki (broiled eel with sweet soy sauce) in East Asia. While most of the world’s eel production ... -
Reducing rural poverty and improving lives through sustainable aquaculture: AQD's 40-year saga of mustering strength and expertise for technology development
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2013)Recognizing the need to promote fisheries development for improving the economies of Southeast Asian countries, the Second Ministerial Conference for the Economic Development of Southeast Asia held in Manila, Philippines ... -
Meeting social and economic challenges in Southeast Asian aquaculture: Targeting rural aquaculture development for poverty alleviation
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2012)In 2010, five Southeast Asian countries led by Vietnam and followed by Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, and the Philippines, have successfully joined the ranks of the world’s top 10 producers of food fish from aquaculture. ... -
Promoting sustainable aquaculture development to increase fish supply and improve livelihoods of rural people in Southeast Asia
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SEAFDEC Regional Fish Disease Program: Safeguarding the quality of aquaculture products and environmental integrity of the southeast Asian region
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The filter net [tangab] fishery in Iloilo Strait, Philippines: Food and livelihood for coastal communities in the midst of waste of non-target fishery resources
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2008)The Philippines is home to a mixed of blessings: an enormous marine biodiversity, a tremendous variety of fishery enterprises, and about 50 million coastal residents who mostly fish and eat fish. So many animals and so ... -
Mangroves or aquaculture? Why not both?
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2008)This article briefly summarizes the techniques developed, verified and/or refined during the implementation of the Project on the Promotion of Mangrove-Friendly Shrimp Aquaculture in Southeast Asia, which was implemented ... -
Sustainable tilapia farming: a challenge to rural development
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2008)The availability of improved Nile tilapia strains is a major factor that has opened up new avenues for renewed growth in the tilapia industry especially in the rural sector. This was hailed as a positive development in the ... -
Science and environment education: Aquaculture in focus
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Towards sustainable aquaculture in the ASEAN region
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Retaining our mangrove greenbelt: Integrating mangroves and aquaculture
(Secretariat, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)Although multilateral agencies in Southeast Asia have long been promoting that mangroves, and other wetlands, are wastelands to be put into better use, such as conversion to ponds. However, there is a need for Mangrove ...