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    • Phytoplankton 

      (BulletinToday, February 5, 1986, on page 1)
      Making the fish feed on the natural food organisms in the aquatic environment is the least expensive way of rearing. In Laguna de Bay, as much as 4.5 kilograms of algae accumulate in cages after two weeks. Diatoms (navicula, ...

    • Pond planning 

      (BulletinToday, September 2, 1985, on page 28)
      Water supply is the most important factor to consider in determining the sustainability of the fishpond site. It should be adequately supplied and available the whole year round. Water should be moved in and out of the ...

    • Pond planning - II 

      (BulletinToday, September 9, 1985, on page 27)
      Soil is an important factor in fishpond productivity because of its ability to absorb and release the plant nutrients needed by phytoplankton which is the natural food of fish. It is the main and most economical source of ...

    • Post-harvest techniques 

      (BulletinToday, December 11, 1985, on page 22)
      In the Asia-Pacific region, the leading milkfish producers are the Philippines and Indonesia. The Philippines showed particularly impressive gains in production over Indonesia. The nation has exported frozen milkfish since ...

    • Prawn exports to Japan negligible 

      (BulletinToday, July 22, 1985, on page 24)
      How does the Philippines compare with other countries in the export markets for frozen shrimps and prawns? A market research conducted by the aquaculture department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center ...

    • Prawn hatchery 

      (BulletinToday, September 16, 1985, on page 1)
      It is ideal for hatcheries to be near the source of wild prawn spawners and broodstock. You have to know the seasonality and volume of prawn catch in the prospective area. Fishermen in the locality can help you determine ...

    • Prawn larvae 

      (BulletinToday, November 27, 1985, on page 1)
      The growing interest of fish farmers in the culture of prawn and the recent development on improved farming have increased the demand for prawn fry. The fry from the wild alone is inadequate to meet the needs of the prawn farmers.

    • Prawn nursery cage 

      (BulletinToday, October 7, 1985, on page 1)
      Seafdec researchers have developed a technique for intensive post-larval rearing of prawn using a floating nursery cage. This is much easier to manage compared to nursery ponds. It is also cheaper in terms of materials ...

    • Prawn's feeding habits 

      (BulletinToday, January 8, 1985, on page 1)
      Unlike fish, prawns are nibblers and slow eaters. They take the food with their pinchers and bring this to their mouth and slowly chew on the food. If the feed is small enough they would throw the whole piece into the mouth.

    • Raising milkfish, crabs 

      Fernandez, Rudy A. (BulletinToday, December 4, 1984, on page 10)
      Milkfish and mudcrabs are not strange bedfellows. They can be raised in the same pond with encouraging results, as found in a trial conducted by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department in ...

    • Seafdec course scheduled 

      (BulletinToday, November 15, 1985, on page 20)
      The aquaculture department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec-AQD) announced the holding of its first aquaculture course for scientists on Nov. 20-Dec. 19 this year at its main station in Tigbauan, ...

    • Seafdec training program set 

      (BulletinToday, February 10, 1986, on page 1)
      The aquaculture department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec-AQD) launched recently its training program for 1986. Intended for those who are engaged in fish farming, who wish to be updated on ...

    • Seafdec-AQD pushes research on milkfish 

      Antonio, Tony (BulletinToday, January 8, 1985, on page 1)
      With the ablation technique for prawns already refined and widely used by fishfarmers, aquaculture scientists are now examining the thesis that a similar manipulation of the sex glands (gonad) of milkfish could speed up ...

    • Seaweeds 

      (BulletinToday, April 19, 1986, on page 1)
      The culture and processing of seaweeds, also known as Eucheuma, have now becomes a very profitable business. In fact, the seaweed industry is now a dollar earner for the country. In the past, seaweeds were exported in ...

    • 'Shrimp food' technology assures industry's growth 

      Antonio, Tony (BulletinToday, July 15, 1985, on page 27)
      The aquaculture department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec-AQD) announced yesterday that it has eliminated one big obstacle to the full development of shrimp farming into a major export industry. ...

    • Social laboratory 

      (BulletinToday, September 23, 1985, on page 28)
      In its relentless pursuit of foreign exchange, aquaculture research has, to a lesser degree bypassed the immediate needs of the grassroots population of the country which needs protein and cannot afford the high priced ...

    • Study cites ways to make prawn, shrimp culture more profitable 

      (BulletinToday, December 11, 1985, on page 22)
      Prawn and shrimp production utilizing recently-developed brackishwater fishpond culture techniques performs better in terms of profitabilities per unit area compared with rice and corn production. This was one of the more ...

    • Tilapia cage farming 

      (BulletinToday, September 30, 1985, on page 1)
      The presence of abundant natural food in the water partly ensures a good growth of the fish even without supplemental feeding. During the fry-to-fingerling stage, Nile tilapia feed on plankton - tiny free-floating plants ...

    • Tilapia cage farming 

      (BulletinToday, September 30, 1985, on page 34)
      It is extremely important to investigate the suitability of a site for tilapia cage farming. In choosing a site, consider the following: natural food, natural hazards, bottom soil, size.

    • Tilapia hatchery 

      (BulletinToday, October 16, 1985, on page 1)
      Production of tilapia nilotica (Oreochromis niloticus) is highly influenced by environment and hereditary traits of the stock. High-quality fingerling can ensure the successful production of marketable tilapia in 90 to 120 ...