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Managing environmental impacts in aquaculture
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
The article presents the environmental impacts of aquaculture and the ways to manage them. The environmental impacts include issues of recreation and aesthetics, and the usage of resources and discharge of nutrients and ...
Go for environment friendly aquaculture
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
The article presents environment friendly aquaculture practices such as semi-intensive aquaculture, the culture of native species, the selection of proper sites for aquaculture facilities, the conduct of thorough, honest ...
The value of mangroves
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
The article presents the forestry, fishery and ecological values of mangroves. Studies on the measurement of the economic value of mangroves that were conducted in Thailand, Indonesia and Ecuador are also presented.
Impacts of mangrove conversion
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
The article presents the impact of mangrove conversion on fisheries and on coastal areas. The mangrove areas which serve as nursery grounds for important species of fish and crustaceans are also rich feeding ground for ...
The state of our mangroves
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
The article presents the current state of mangroves in Southeast Asia. In several countries lost mangrove areas were due to the conversion of mangrove forest into aquaculture and other uses. The ecological and socioeconomic ...
What are mangroves?
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
The article presents about mangroves and its value to the ecosystem. The different species in the Philippines and mangroves coping mechanisms to the environment are also presented.
Folk medicine and horticulture
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
The article discusses the uses of marine organisms in folk medicine and in horticulture in the Philippines. Commonly used marine organisms are the different varieties of seaweeds, sea urchin, sea cucumber, turtle, crocodile ...
Some marine toxins
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
The article presents some toxins of marine origin. These are tetrodotoxin from pufferfish, saxitoxins from red microalgae that mussels and shellfish ingest, and palitoxin the most toxic marine product isolated from zoonthurian ...
Toxicity test: Sponge toxin on tilapia fry
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
The research was conducted to determine the toxicity of extracts from five Philippine species of marine sponges on tilapia Oreochromis niloticus fry. It was found out that the most potent was the methanol extract of Dysidea ...
Fish leather, anyone?
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
The article presents two common sources of fish leather, these are shark and barramundi. The processing and market acceptance of the products are also discussed.