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Economic value of the milkfish industry
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1998)
A brief description is given of the milkfish (Chanos chanos) farming industry in the Philippines. Over the past 20 years, the relative importance of milkfish has declined with the expansion of tilapia, tiger shrimp and ...
Research activities and accomplishments of the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department, 1988-1991
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1993)
Research studies conducted from 1988 to 1991 focused on breeding, seed production, and farming of thirteen aquaculture species of regional importance. Studies aimed at developing economical feeds, as well as disease ...
Brackishwater integrated farming systems in Southeast Asia
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
Integrated aquaculture-agriculture systems are more common in fresh water than in brackish water. Nevertheless, southeast Asian countries already have considerable research and experience in brackishwater integrated farming ...
A review of SEAFDEC/AQD finfish breeding research
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1996)
Recent progress undertaken by SEAFDEC/AQD in the development of broodstock of a variety of cultured fish in the Philippines is reviewed. Spontaneous maturation and spawning has been achieved among captive breeders of ...
Series: Aquaculture extension manual; No. 17
Milkfish hatchery operations
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1990)
The manual is intended primarily for practicing prawn hatchery operators who would like to diversify their operations to include larval rearing of milkfish (Chanos chanos). Only those procedures important in the daily ...
Milkfish, rabbitfish and mullet
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1994)
This paper reviews studies conducted on milkfish (Chanos chanos), rabbitfish (Siganus guttatus), and mullet (Mugil cephalus) at the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department from 1968 to 1991. Milkfish studies focused on hormonal ...
Aquaculture in the Philippines
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
Aquaculture is regarded as the most promising source of protein food in the years ahead. Milkfish and Nile tilapia are the major fishes now produced but groupers, sea bass, rabbitfish, red snappers, carps, and catfishes ...
Biology of milkfish (Chanos chanos Forsskal)
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1991)
An up-to-date account is given of the biology of milkfish (Chanos chanos) under the following chapter headings: Species identity and history; geographic distribution and variation; life history and habitat; food and feeding ...
The culture of seabass
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1997)
Seabass (Lates calcarifer) are raised in ponds and cages in Southeast Asia. Details are given of the 2 phases involved in the pond and culture culture systems -- nursery and grow-out. Both monoculture and polyculture systems ...
Ecological limits of high-density milkfish farming
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1997)
In the Philippines at present, milkfish farming in ponds includes a wide range of intensities, systems and practices. To make aquaculture possible, ecosystems are used as sources of energy and resources and as sinks for ...