February 2013
Production and marketing systems of farmed tilapia in China
Tilapia has become one of the major species of aquatic products in close link with both domestic and international markets. Nowadays, the demand for fish and fisheries product has being exacerbated by the continued increase in human population the world over. This was due to the fact that global captured fishery was declining following the increased human exploitation for the commercially important...
February 2013
Utilization of the earthworm, Eudrilus eugeniae in the diet of Heteroclarias fingerlings
The earthworm, Eudrilus eugeniae was cultured for 12 weeks and its meal utilized as a replacement for fish meal in the diet of fingerlings of the mud catfish hybrid (♂Heterobranchus longifilis X ♀Clarias gariepinus) called Heteroclarias. Two hundred and seventy adult E.eugeniae were cultured in three substrates: Soil, cellulose, or a mixture of cellulose and soil. The worms...
March 2013
Comparative growth performance of male and female freshwater prawn Macrobrachium tenellum (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) cultured in tropical earthen ponds
The purpose of the present study was to determine the performance growth and yield of male and female Macrobrachium tenellum, cultured in earthen ponds. A total of 6 earthen ponds containing 1,400 ± 50.0 m2 of water and a depth of 0.85 m were used. A total of 19,600 juvenileM. tenellum were introduced into each pond to a stocking density of 14 org m-2. The final length, final weight, specific...
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