Aquaculture
According to the World Resources Institute, aquaculture—or fish farming—has grown rapidly to meet world fish demand, more than doubling production between 2000 and 2012. New research shows that aquaculture production will need to more than double again between now and 2050 to meet the demands of a growing population. Resources available in this sub-theme include aquaculture development strategies, country-wide aquaculture project reports, and institutional practices for aquaculture strengthening, among other resources that support improving aquaculture globally.
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Nitrogen Input, Primary Productivity and Fish Yield in Fertilized Freshwater Ponds in Indonesia
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July 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
Twelve 0.2 ha ponds in West Java were fertilized weekly with four levels of chicken manure during a 149 day grow out experiment for Nile tilapia production. Laboratory leaching experiments for measuring dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) release from chicken manure showed that nitrogen was released...Read more
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Indonesia, East Asia and PacificImportance of Mangroves in Sustaining Fisheries and Controlling Water Quality in Coastal Ecosystems: Progress and Data Report
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January 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
Mangroves are forested wetlands that inhabit the intertidalzone of tropical and subtropical estuaries. It has beensuggested that these wetlands provide both food and habitat for a diverse fishery, and that the yields of some commerciallyimportant species are dependent on the area of this vegetation...Read more
Aquaculture Research and Development in Rural Africa
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April 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
Aquaculture development in Africa has lagged far behind that in other developing regions while human needs for additional protein are just as urgent. This volume reports results from an international conference convened in Zomba, Malawi, that reviewed the progress of the first three years of ICLARM...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaReservoir Fisheries and Aquaculture Development for Resettlement in Indonesia
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January 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
This technical report describes a success story in reservoir aquaculture and fisheries research and development in the Saguling and Cirata Reservoirs in West Java, Indonesia. The project was undertaken on behalf of farmers and fishermen displaced by the reservoir development and involved fruitful...Read more
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Indonesia, East Asia and PacificFisheries Stock Assessment: a Search for New Methods in Fisheries Stock Assessment
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January 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
Small scale fisheries are an important source of food and employment in many coastal regions of the world, and represent a significant source of protein for domestic consumption in developing countries. Fisheries stock assessment techniques employed by third world countries often do not provide...Read more
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United States, North AmericaAccuracy of Some Length-Based Methods for Fish Population Studies
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January 1, 1990U.S. Agency for International Development
Length-based methods have lately found widespread use for the estimation of growth in fish populations, especially in tropical areas, because of the various disadvantages presented by "ageing" techniques such as otolith or scale examinations or tagging experiments. recent methods for the...Read more
Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Data Reports -- Volume Six, Number Three, Honduras Project: Cycle III of the CRSP Global Experiment
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December 21, 1989U.S. Agency for International Development
The Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture CRSP has been studying the dynamics of tilapia production ponds in the tropics subjected to differing nutrient additions since the initiation of field experiments in January 1984. A low level of phosphorus, as triple-superphosphate, was added to ponds during the rainy...Read more
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Honduras, Latin America and the CaribbeanHatchery Techniques for Egg and Fry Production of Clarias Batrachus (Linnaeus)
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December 1, 1989U.S. Agency for International Development
Egg hatching, and fry growth and survival of the walking catfish, Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus),were investigated under hatchery conditions in West Java, Indonesia. Spawning was environmentally induced in a specialized breeding pond. Gravid females utilized nests containing kakaban, a fibrous...Read more
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Indonesia, East Asia and PacificAge Determination and Growth for Two Corvinas, Cynoscion Stolzmanni and Cynoscion Squamipinnis in the Gulf of Nicoya
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September 1, 1989U.S. Agency for International Development
Age determination and growth for two corvinas, coliamarilla (Cynoscion stoltzmanni) and aguada (Cynoscion quamipinnis), was studied. Validation of age determination on otoliths was carried out by the analysis of length-frequency analysis using the method of Macdonald and Pitcher (1979) and the...Read more
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Costa Rica, Latin America and the CaribbeanHydroacoustic Assessment of Fish Stocks in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica
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September 1, 1989U.S. Agency for International Development
The Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica is a relatively shallow, tidally influenced estuary that supports a substantial artisanal fishery on various stocks, primarily corvinas. However, little is known about the population size or productivity of these stocks. While hydro acoustic techniques have been...Read more
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