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The role of quarantine in preventing the spread of serious pathogens of aquatic animals in Southeast Asia
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
Quarantine, in the strict sense, is the confinement of aquatic animals of unknown or questionable health status in secure facilities such that neither they nor any pathogens they may be carrying can escape into the external ...
Mangroves of Southeast Asia
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
This paper provides an introduction to Southeast Asian mangroves covering taxonomy, distribution and ecological factors; discusses mangrove goods and services and their valuation; and recommends guidelines for mangrove ...
Responsible aquaculture development for the next millennium
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
With the world population doubling in size from 3 to 6 billion people from 1960 to 1999 and currently growing at 1.33% per year (or an annual net addition of 78 million people), and expected to reach 7.3 to 10.7 billion ...
Community-based Fishery Resources Management Project in Malalison Island: Institutional arrangements for fisheries co-management
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
The paper discusses the monitoring mechanism of the SEAFDEC/AQD Community-based Fisheries Resources Management (CFRM) Project at Malalison Island in west central Philippines. The objective of the project was to learn from ...
Biological hazard possibly produced by aquaculture and its control
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
Blooms of Neterocapsa circularisquama, a novel dinoflagellate, have been causing mass mortality of both wild and cultured shellfish in embayments at the western part of Japan since 1988. Physiological and epidemiological ...
Health management for sustainable aquaculture
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
Aquaculture is a dynamic activity. To be successful and sustainable in this business, new techniques have to be continually developed, and adopted by farmers. Over the last decade, sustainability has become a key word ...
Developments in sustainable shrimp farming in Southeast Asia
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
In Southeast Asia, shrimp aquaculture has been practiced for many years and is a traditional coastal farming activity in several countries. The recent trend has been towards more intensive forms of culture resulting in a ...
Community-based coral farming for reef rehabilitation, biodiversity conservation and as a livelihood option for fisherfolk
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
The present condition of marine resources in the Philippines is critical and a majority of coastal communities live below the poverty line. If it continues, the progressive degradation of coral reefs and overexploitation ...
Developments in integrated aquaculture in Southeast Asia
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
Integrated aquaculture is inclusive of interactive utilization of resources and ecosystems in the artificial rearing of aquatic animals and plants. By the nature, purpose and scale of the operation, integrated fish culture ...
Research on freshwater fishes
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
Studies on tilapias focused on the refinement of strain comparison methods, refinement and pilot-testing of broodstock improvement procedure, selective breeding and evaluation of red tilapias, genetic variability determination ...