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The decline of native fishes and fisheries and the rise of aquaculture in lakes and rivers in the Philippines
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center; Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development (PCAMRD), Department of Science and Technology; Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 2001)
This paper reviews historical and recent data on biodiversity, fisheries, exotic fishes, and aquaculture in Philippine lakes and rivers. The country's lakes and rivers are poor in primary freshwater fishes because the ...
Marker-aided genetic stock management: prospects in Philippine aquatic biodiversity conservation and aquaculture
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)
With the advent of DNA marker-based technologies and applications, genetic stock assessment incorporating molecular marker information has become an important tool in managing resources both for aquaculture and stock ...
Abalone aquaculture for stock enhancement and community livelihood project in northern Palawan, Philippines
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)
One of the interventions to feed the poorest of the poor fisheries sector in the country is the provision of livelihood in the form of mariculture of high value marine species. In the Philippines, livelihood in rural areas ...
Inland fisheries resource enhancement and conservation practices in Myanmar
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)
Myanmar has impressive freshwater capture fisheries. Inland freshwater bodies cover 8.1 million ha of which 1.3 million ha are permanent while the rest are seasonally inundated floodplains. There are repeated references ...
Stock assessment of christian crabs (Charybdis feriatus, Linnaeus, 1758) in San Miguel bay
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)
Assessment of the status of swimming crab fisheries in San Miguel Bay with focus on Christian or Crucifix crab, Charybdis feriatus, was undertaken from November 2011 to January 2013. An analytical length-based fish stock ...
The Philippine National Aquasilviculture Program
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2015)
The Philippine National Aquasilviculture Program (PNAP) is a banner program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) being implemented by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). To implement the PNAP, a Memorandum ...
Status of threatened species and stock enhancement activities in the Philippine fisheries
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2006)
The paper provides the lists of fisheries related species perceived to be extinct, rare, threatened and endangered as covered under the CITES, IUCN and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Fisheries ...
Thailand's concerns in endangered species and stock enhancement
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2006)
The paper provides a comprehensive list of endangered freshwater, brackishwater, and marine aquatic species in Thailand. The Thai Department of Fisheries is breeding some of the endangered species under the “Rehabilitation ...
Endangered fish species and seed release strategies in Vietnam
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2006)
World economic growth has led to considerable changes in the ecosystem in many places and has raised concerns on global resource management particularly aquatic animal resources and their living environment. In Vietnam, ...
Community-based stock enhancement of topshell in Honda Bay, Palawan, Philippines
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2006)
In Palawan, Philippines, observed reduction of trochus shell resource in various areas was due to unregulated harvest mainly by compressor (hookah) divers and free diving fishers from other provinces. The latter migrate ...