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Fisheries, aquaculture and stock enhancement in Lao PDR
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2006)
Fisheries development in Lao PDR is confined to inland fisheries development and sustainable freshwater aquaculture including culture-enhanced capture fisheries and fishery-enhanced aquaculture. Given the potential of ...
Socioeconomics of responsible aquaculture in Asia
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2001)
Aquaculture provided 20% of global fisheries production and 29% of food fish in 1996. Much of the production was from low income food-deficit countries (LIFDCs). Between 1990 and 1996, the average expansion rate of aquaculture ...
The use of chemicals in aquaculture in Indonesia
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
Aquaculture systems in Indonesia have developed toward intensive culture. As a result of intensification of fish culture, increased outbreaks of disease have occurred. Various chemotherapeutic agents like antibiotics and ...
The use of chemicals in aquaculture in Malaysia and Singapore
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
Aquaculture is an increasingly important force in both the Malaysian as well as the Singaporean economies. In recent years, Singapore has focused on the aquarium fish trade, making it one of the largest ornamental fish ...
The use of chemicals in aquaculture in Taiwan, Province of China
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
Aquaculture in Taiwan has a history of more than three centuries. To satisfy consumer preferences, a wide variety of aquatic species, 71 in 1993, are being cultured in Taiwan. It is difficult to control diseases when many ...
Use of Chemicals in Aquaculture in Asia: Proceedings of the Meeting on the Use of Chemicals in Aquaculture in Asia, 20-22 May 1996, Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
The use of chemicals is common in various aquaculture systems, as it is in many agricultural practices. However, with growing worldwide awareness of the need for responsible practices in aquaculture, governments and ...
Indonesia: Mangrove-friendly aquaculture
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
The paper describes the mangrove forests in Indonesia, the most extensive in the world. It also describes the causes for their destruction, and the government intervention for aquaculture development ("tambak") and mangrove ...
Viet Nam: Mangrove-friendly aquaculture
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
Malaysia: Mangrove-friendly aquaculture
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
The paper describes some mangrove-friendly aquaculture activities that are practiced in Malaysia. Among these are the culture of cockle and oyster, semi-intensive culture of tiger prawn, fish cage culture, and pen culture ...
Government regulations concerning the use of chemicals in aquaculture in Japan
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2000)
In Japan, fisheries research activity is of a very diversified nature and is overseen by the national and prefectural governments. Regarding the use of chemicals in aquaculture, various regulations exist to protect the ...