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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Aquaculture Resources

On The Statistical Distribution of The Largest Lengths of Fish

Published: 
January 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper is a further attempt at finding an estimate forL8, that is independent of the assumed underlyingdeterministic equation governing the growth of fish.Read more

Triennial Review of the Title XII Fisheries Stock Assessment Collaborative Research Support Program

Published: 
January 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
The fisheries management problems of developing countries are exacerbated by the lack of suitable stock assessment techniques. Most stock assessment techniques were developed for temperate or boreal, single species, industrial fisheries. The stock assessment CRSP is aimed at developing the...Read more

Fisheries Technologies for Developing Countries

Published: 
January 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
Of the 200 million people dependent on small-scale fisheries in the developing world, many are locked into economic systems that result in relative poverty. According to this report, the economic status of Third World fisheries could be improved through technology exchange both among developing...Read more

Tilapia Genetic Resources for Aquaculture: Proceedings of the Workshop on Tilapia Genetic Resources for Aquaculture, 23-24 March 1987, Bangkok, Thailand

Published: 
January 1, 1988
U.S. Agency for International Development
Tilapia are African fish that are used in warm water aquaculture throughout the world. Some species, such as the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), are highly versatile, herbivorous-microphagous feeders well suited to low technology farming systems. However, tilapia culture outside of Africa...Read more
Regional focus: 
Sub-Saharan Africa

Aquaculture Research and Support

Published: 
December 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
Project, follow-on to 9311314, to upgrade LDC's capacities to manage their fisheries and improve fish distribution and marketing systems. Auburn University's International Center for Aquaculture (AU/ICA) will implement the project's research, technology transfer, training, and...Read more

Fisheries Stock Assessment Title XII Collaborative Research Support Program: Empirical Analysis and Modeling, Annual Report 1986-1987, Work Plan 1987-1988 -- Multispecies Field Structure, Annual Report 1986-1987, Work Plan 1987-1988

Published: 
October 20, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
This report contains annual reports and work plans for Empirical Analysis and Modeling as well as Multispecies Field Studies done at the University of Rhode Island between 1986 and 1988.Read more
Regional focus: 
PhilippinesEast Asia and Pacific

The Use of Stationary Hydro acoustic Transducers to Study Diel and Tidal Influences on Fish Behavior

Published: 
October 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
Diel and tiday conditions are two important factors that influence fish behavior. Many fisheries, such as the Corvina fishery in the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica, take advantage of these influences. This study applied stationary transducer arrays that allowed complete coverage of the water column...Read more
Regional focus: 
Costa RicaLatin America and the Caribbean

Fisheries Stock Assessment, Title XII Collaborative Research Support Program: Annual Work Plan, 1987-1988

Published: 
September 30, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
The Fisheries Stock Assessment CRSP is developing stock assessment technologies for use by fisheries managers in developing countries. Objectives include: production of a stock assessment hand book for fishery managers in tropical countries, testing of existing methodology for stock assessment,...Read more
Regional focus: 
South East Asia

Grant to Implement "The Impounding-Net System as a Method of Fish Rearing in Lake Toba, North Sumatra"

Published: 
September 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International Development
Grant is provided under the PVO Co-Financing II project (4970336) to Yayasan Indonesia Sejahtera (YIS) to introduce a program of appropriate technology to increase fish yields at Lake Toba, in North Sumatra. YIS, working with a sub grantee, Lembaga Studi Pemgembangan Wilayah (LSPW), will install...Read more
Regional focus: 
IndonesiaEast Asia and Pacific

Community Participation in Irrigation Management: Case Study of Solma Irrigation Project in East Nepal

Published: 
August 1, 1987
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentWinrock International
This report covers hill irrigation in Nepal. Nepal has a high ratio of people to cultivable land. The mountainous terrain forces farmers to use marginal lands on steep slopes that are difficult to irrigate, and yet an increasing population demands intensive farming method, for which irrigation is a...Read more
Regional focus: 
NepalSouth East Asia

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