Mohammad R. Hasan, Michael B. New
This technical paper reviews the current status of on-farm feeding and feed management in aquaculture. It contains a) ten case studies on feeding and feed management practices carried out in seven selected countries of Asia (i.e., Bangladesh, China, India, Thailand, Viet Nam) and Africa (i.e., Egypt...
Md. Mostafa Shamsuzzaman, Mohammad Mojibul Hoque Mozumder, Sabrina Jannat Mitu, Abu Faisal Ahamad et al.
Bangladesh possesses a large wetland area comprising diversified fisheries resources. Fish and fisheries are an integral part of Bangladesh and have earned its importance due to immense export and revenue potential. The objective of this study was to investigate the trend of fish production, export ...
M. S. Hossain, Jasim Uddin, A. N. M. Fakhruddin
Shakuntala H. Thilsted, Nanna Roos, Nehad Hassan
In Bangladesh, only 6% of the daily food intake is animal food of which fish accounts for 50%. Rice is the mainstay, making up 60% of the daily food intake. However, many nutrients such as vitamins A and C, iron, calcium, zinc and iodine are not found in rice and have to be obtained from other sourc...
Md. Abdul Hannan, Abdullah Al Mamun Sohag, Raju Dash, Md. Nazmul Haque et al.
BACKGROUND Marine algae are rich in some unique biologically active secondary metabolites having diverse pharmacological benefits. Of these, sterols comprise a group of functional lipid compounds that have attracted much attention to natural product scientists. PURPOSE This review was aimed to updat...
Mohammad Zahangeer Alam, Lynne Carpenter‐Boggs, Shishir Mitra, Md. Manjurul Haque et al.
Salinity has caused significant negative effects on agricultural production. This research is focused on the vulnerabilities of soil and water salinities on crop, fish, and livestock production across the Kalapara coastal belt of Bangladesh. Several parameters were measured as indicators of salinity...
M. Shahadat Hossain, Nani Gopal Das
Site selection is a key factor in any aquaculture operation, affecting both success and sustainability as well as solving conflicts between different activities and making rational use of the land. The study was conducted to identify appropriate site for the farming of giant prawn, Macrobrachium ros...
Khondker Murshed-e-Jahan, Mahfuzuddin Ahmed, Ben Belton
Fish contribute a significant amount of animal protein to the diets of people in Bangladesh, about 63% of which comes from aquatic animals. In Bangladesh, fish is mainly derived from two sources: capture and culture. Aquaculture has shown tremendous growth in the last two decades, exhibiting by abou...
Hazrat Ali, Andreu Rico, Khondker Murshed-e-Jahan, Ben Belton
The aim of this study is to describe current chemical use practices in the aquaculture sector of Bangladesh and to identify the factors that influence them. A survey on the use of chemical and biological products was conducted between November 2011 and June 2012 using structured questionnaires admin...
Md. Sakhawat Hossain, Brian C. Small, Vikas Kumar, Ronald W. Hardy
Abstract Fishmeals (FM) are the most superior protein sources in aquafeed. World‐wide growing demand and limited supply of FM limit its use as sole protein sources in aquafeed and force fish nutritionists to develop alternate protein‐based aquafeeds. However, increasing alternate proteins over a cer...
Md. Enamul Hoq
Izabela Michalak, Ruchi Tiwari, Manish Dhawan, Mahmoud Alagawany et al.
Natural antioxidants applied as feed additives can improve not only animals' health and overall performance but also increase their resistance to environmental stress such as heat stress, bad housing conditions, diseases, etc. Marine organisms, for example seaweeds - red, brown, and green macroalgae...
Zulhisyam Abdul Kari, Muhammad Anamul Kabir, Mahmoud A.O. Dawood, Mohammad Khairul Azhar Abdul Razab et al.
Md. Abdul Hannan, Raju Dash, Md. Nazmul Haque, Md. Mohibbullah et al.
Beyond their significant contribution to the dietary and industrial supplies, marine algae are considered to be a potential source of some unique metabolites with diverse health benefits. The pharmacological properties, such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, cholesterol homeostasis, protein clearan...
K. C. Jayaram