SEAFDEC/TD: Recent submissions
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Country Report of Vietnam
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2005)Coastal resources management initiatives in Vietnam are presented in the paper. The use of artificial reefs in the country is given emphasis. -
Development of Fisheries Refugia through Closed Seasons and Areas in the Gulf of Thailand
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)Marine capture fisheries of Thailand had been in the top ten fisheries production countries in the world. Indo Pacific mackerel (Rastrelliger brachysoma) is one of the country's most important pelagic species, particularly ... -
Identification and Establishment of Fisheries Refugia: Experience in the Philippines
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)The process of identifying and establishing fisheries refugia is discussed in this paper, where 'fisheries refugia' is an approach that integrates fisheries and habitat management to improve fisheries management in terms ... -
Establishment of Marine Refugia in Malaysia: Conservation and Protection of Wild Penaeid Shrimp Stock in Baram, Sarawak and Wild Lobster Population in Tanjung Leman, Johor
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)The Department of Fisheries Malaysia (DOFM) has taken initial steps in ensuring that natural resources are not threatened with extinction by introducing the concept of special refugia for two commodities, such as the penaeid ... -
Effectiveness of Blood Cockle Refugia in Community Fisheries Prey Nub 2, Sihanoukville, Cambodia
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)Blood cockle is one of the major marine products in the community but the resource is encountering the risk of stocks degradation mainly due to destruction of the fisheries habitats from rampant illegal fishing by dredgers ... -
Artificial Reefs Contribute to Marine Resources Enhancement
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)When there are things such as sunken vessels in sea bottoms, Japanese ancient people knew by experience that various fishes gather near these sunken vessels. The function of sunken vessels is the same as natural reef. ... -
Environmental Survey Studies on Artificial Reefs in Rayong Province, Thailand: Technical Assistance in a Pilot Site for Suitable Designs of Resource Enhancement Practices
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)The series of environmental survey studies on artificial reefs carried out in Rayong Province, Thailand by SEAFDEC Training Department was part of the pilot project and capacity building on rehabilitation of fisheries ... -
Aquaculture-based Enhancement and Restoration of Many-colored Abalone Resources (Haliotis diversicolor Reeve, 1846) in Bach Long VI National Marine Protected Area, Vietnam
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)Many-colored abalone (Haliotis diversicolor) is high commercial species in Vietnam. Meanwhile, these resources have been over-exploited, thus, artificial breeding was implemented to restore natural abalone resources. After ... -
Royal Initiative Project: Coastal Fishery Resource Rehabilitation in Pattani and Narathiwat Provinces, Thailand
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)The Royal Initiative Project on Coastal Fishery Resource Rehabilitation in Pattani and Narathiwat Provinces of Thailand has been implemented during 2002-2015. Five (5) types of materials are used for ARs, i.e. 707 concrete ... -
Aquaculture-based Enhancement and Restoration of Giant Clam in Thailand
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)Giant clams are protected species under Thailand's Wildlife Conservation and Protection Act of B.E. 2535. Natural stock of giant clams has been declining to scarcity in almost every natural distribution area. Among three ... -
Aquaculture-based Restoration and Stock Enhancement of Tiger Shrimps in the Philippines
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)In central Philippines, the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC/AQD), with strong collaboration and support from the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) of ... -
Approaches in Rebuilding Sea Urchin and Sea Cucumber Populations in the Philippines
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)Sea urchins and sea cucumbers are among the most valuable and overexploited fishery resources. Culture and release of juvenile Tripneustes gratilla and Holothuria scabra have been undertaken to rebuild depleted populations ... -
Stock Enhancement of Portunid Crabs in Japan
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)Portunid crabs such as swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus, blue swimming crab P. pelagicus and mud crab species Scylla paramamosain and S. serrata are one of the most important fishery resources in Japanese coastal ... -
SEAFDEC/AQD stock enhancement initiatives: Release strategies established
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)SEAFDEC/AQD's Stock Enhancement Program started in 2001 with the first stock enhancement initiative on mud crab Scylla spp. funded by the European Commission. This was followed by another stock enhancement program in 2005 ... -
Current Status of Fish Stock Enhancement in Thailand
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)Aquatic animals from natural waters have long been exploited by rural poor as cheap protein food. Natural waters including rivers, canals, swamps, lakes, large reservoirs, and small water bodies are significantly exploited ... -
Success of Fish Stock Enhancement and Restocking in Inland Waters of Indonesia
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)Stock enhancement and restocking of fish in inland waters of Indonesia has been practiced for a long time. Since 1999, the stock enhancement and restocking practices were based on scientific evidence which include limnological ... -
Potentials and Limitations of Stock Enhancement Programs in Japan
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)In Japan, a lot of stock enhancement programs have been carried out in the last fifty years. Such programs have been successful in terms of cost-effectiveness as well as stocking efficiency. Seeds of 85 species of fishes, ... -
Community-based Stock Enhancement of Abalone, Haliotis asinina in Sagay Marine Reserve: Achievements, Limitations and Directions
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)The Sagay Marine Reserve (SMR) under the National Integrated Protected Area System (NIPAS) is one of the many reef areas in the Visayan Sea in the central part of the Philippine archipelago. The SMR covers 32,000 ha or 59% ... -
Fishery Resource Enhancement: An Overview of the Current Situation and Issues in the Southeast Asian Region
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)The total global production from capture fisheries has plateaued since the mid 90s. This stagnation in production or reduced productivity of the world's coastal and marine wild fisheries is caused by overfishing and ... -
Artificial Reefs Management and Development in Malaysia
(Training Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2016)Development of artificial reefs in Malaysia started since 1975 in Kedah. The 1st artificial reefs were made of used tyres. Advancements in technology allowed the development of artificial reefs using other ...
