SEAFDECINSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY
    • English
    • ไทย
    • 日本語
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Burmese
    • Filipino
    • Khmer
    • Lao
    • Tiếng Việt
  • English 
    • English
    • ไทย
    • 日本語
    • Bahasa Indonesia
    • Bahasa Melayu
    • Burmese
    • Filipino
    • Khmer
    • Lao
    • Tiếng Việt
  • Login
View Item 
  •   SEAFDEC Institutional Repository (SIR)
  • 04 SEAFDEC Secretariat Publications
  • 12 Journals/Magazines
  • Fish for the People
  • Fish for the People Vol.15 No.1
  • View Item
  •   SEAFDEC Institutional Repository (SIR)
  • 04 SEAFDEC Secretariat Publications
  • 12 Journals/Magazines
  • Fish for the People
  • Fish for the People Vol.15 No.1
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Development of a sustainable mangrove crab industry through science-based research

Thumbnail
View/Open
PDF Preview
SP15-1mangrove crab.pdf (782.6Kb)
Downloads: 2,504
Date
2017
Author
Quinitio, Emilia T.
Parado-Estepa, Fe D.
Page views
501
Metadata
Show full item record

Share 
 
Abstract
Farming of mangrove crab (or mud crab) species, e.g. Scylla serrata, S. tranquebarica and S. olivacea has long been established in the Philippines although the preferred species for growing is S. serrata. The Philippines’ total production of mangrove crab from aquaculture in 2013 was estimated at 16,160 metric tons valued at PhP 5.2 billion, making the country the second top producer of mangrove crab in the world (FAO, 2015). The sources of crab seeds for farming are from the wild and in recent years, a small percentage from hatcheries. Degradation of the natural habitat and uncontrolled collection of all sizes of crabs have resulted in the depletion of the natural population of mangrove crab. As a stopgap measure, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) together with the provincial and municipal government issued ordinances that prohibit the gathering and selling of crablets (≤3 cm) outside the municipality of origin to reduce not only the volume of harvest from the natural habitat but also the collection and trading of ovigerous (berried) females. This has resulted to increased acceptability of hatchery-reared crab juveniles by crab growers. Through the R&D efforts of the Philippine-based SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department, dissemination of sustainable management of mangrove crab culture to the region has been intensified for a sustainable mangrove crab industry in Southeast Asia.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/1008
Suggested Citation
Quinitio, E. T., & Parado-Estepa, F. D. (2017). Development of a sustainable mangrove crab industry through science-based research. Fish for the People, 15(1), 47-51. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12066/1008
Subject
aquaculture development ASFA; aquaculture economics ASFA; aquaculture regulations ASFA; brackishwater aquaculture ASFA; commercial species ASFA; crab culture ASFA; culture effects ASFA; cultured organisms ASFA; environmental degradation ASFA; fishery regulations ASFA; marine crustaceans ASFA; resource management ASFA; seed production ASFA; sustainable aquaculture ASFA; sustainability ASFA; Scylla serrata; South East Asia; Philippines; hatcheries AGROVOC
Collections
  • Fish for the People Vol.15 No.1 [7]

Related items

Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

  • Thumbnail

    Sustainable aquaculture development for food security in Southeast Asia towards 2020. Proceedings of the Regional Technical Consultation on Sustainable Aquaculture Development in Southeast Asia Towards 2020 

    Acosta, Belen O.; Coloso, Relicardo M.; de Jesus-Ayson, Evelyn Grace T.; Toledo, Joebert D. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2011)
    This publication represents the proceedings of the Regional Technical Consultation (RTC) on Aquaculture held in Bangkok, Thailand last 17-19 March 2010. The RTC was convened by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development ...
  • Thumbnail

    Aquaculture development and sustainability in Southeast Asia 

    Kutty, M. N. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
    Countries in Southeast Asia still display a vivid spectrum of developmental stages in aquaculture, the most and the least developed seen in contiguous areas despite geographic similarities. The Network of Aquaculture Centres ...
  • Thumbnail

    Towards sustainable aquaculture in Southeast Asia and Japan : proceedings of the Seminar-Workshop on Aquaculture Development in Southeast Asia, Iloilo City, Philippines, 26-28 July 1994 

    Bagarinao, Teodora, U.; Flores, Efren Ed C. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1995)
    Documents the presentations at ADSEA '94, the 3rd Seminar-Workshop on Aquaculture Development in Southeast Asia. ADSEA '94 includes reviews of the status of aquaculture development in Southeast Asia and Japan and of the ...

© SEAFDEC 2023
Contact Us
 

 

Browse

All of SIRCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

LoginRegister

Statistics

View Usage Statistics
Related Links
SEAFDEC/TD IRSEAFDEC/AQD IRSEAFDEC/MFRDMD IRSEAFDEC/IFRDMD IR

© SEAFDEC 2023
Contact Us
 

 

DOWNLOAD