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Shrimp culture and mangroves: Brunei Darussalam.
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
Brunei Darussalam is a coastal state located in the north-western portion of Borneo island within latitudes 5o 05’ N and 4o 00’ N and longitudes 114o 04’ E and 115o 22’ E. The country has a land area of 5765 km2 (576,400 ...
Verification of semi-intensive shrimp culture techniques: Myanmar.
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
In the year 2000, the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries reinforced and encouraged many potential investors to be involved in the shrimp aquaculture development in the country. At the same time, the Union of Myanmar formed ...
Verification of semi-intensive shrimp culture techniques: Vietnam.
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
Vietnam has about 260,000 ha devoted for shrimp culture in early 1999. The total production was estimated at about 80,000 tons in 2000, so that productivity was about 300 kg/ha only. In 1990–1997, vast areas of mangroves ...
Mitigation plan on the use of mangroves for aquaculture: Thailand.
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
Mangrove forest is one of the important coastal natural resources of Thailand, however, mangrove forests have deteriorated very rapidly at a rate of more than 50% of the mangrove loss during 1961–1996. The utilization and ...
Nutrient cycles: Nutrient dynamics in culture ponds.
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
The general over-development of aquaculture had profound disturbance on the surrounding ecosystem, affecting, not only fisheries, but aquaculture itself through release of effluent loaded with nutrients into open waters ...
Mangrove plantation for enhancing food web in water recycling shrimp farms.
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
Environmental deterioration in ponds and costal waters has been a common evidence after each intensive shrimp culture due to the accumulation of organic wastes and occurrence of eutrophication processes. Mangrove is a ...
Studies on sustainable production systems of aquatic animals in brackish mangrove areas.
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in 2001 for the promotion of fisheries ...
Environment-friendly schemes in intensive shrimp farming.
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
International environmental pressure groups call for shrimp importing countries to impose a trade embargo against farmed shrimps produced in a manner considered deleterious to the environment. In fact, Europe had banned ...
Mitigation measures of effluents from shrimp farms on mangrove and coastal resources.
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
More than 80 % of shrimp production of Phuket comes from small-scale intensive farms. Most of shrimp farms use direct supply of seawater from the open sea and released effluents to canals. The effect of the unlimited ...
The use of mangroves for aquaculture: Philippines
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2004)
According to the National Forest Resource Inventory (NFRI), the estimated remaining area of mangrove forests in the Philippines in 1988 is 139,100 ha (DENR 1994). Of the total 139,100 ha mangrove forests, 78,593 ha are ...