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...
Arne Ludwig
Sturgeons and paddlefishes (Acipenseridae) are highly endangered freshwater fishes. Their eggs (sold as caviar) are one of the most valuable wildlife products in international trade. Concerns of overharvesting and the conservation status of many of the 27 extant species of Acipenseriformes led to al...
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...
M. Shahadat Hossain, Sayedur Rahman Chowdhury, Nani Gopal Das, S.M. Sharifuzzaman et al.
Nanna Roos, Md. Abdul Wahab, Mostafa Ali Reza Hossain, Shakuntala H. Thilsted
BACKGROUND: Fish and fisheries are important for the livelihoods, food, and income of the rural population in Bangladesh. Increased rice production and changing agricultural patterns have resulted in a large decline in inland fisheries. Implementation of carp pond polyculture has been very successfu...
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...
Ben Belton, Imke Josepha Mariana van Asseldonk, Shakuntala H. Thilsted
Bangladesh has made considerable progress against human development indicators in recent years, but malnutrition resulting from poor dietary diversity and low micronutrient intakes remains entrenched. Fish is central to the Bangladeshi diet and small fish species are an important micronutrient sourc...
Md. Enamul Hoq
Md. Shahidul Islam, Md. Mahfuzul Haque
Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman, M.C.J. Verdegem, L.A.J. Nagelkerke, M. Abdul Wahab et al.
K. C. Jayaram
Nanna Roos, Torben Leth, Jette Jakobsen, Shakuntala H. Thilsted
Recognising the importance of fish in the Bangladeshi diet, the objective of the present study was to screen commonly consumed fish species for vitamin A content to evaluate the potential of fish as a vitamin A source in food-based strategies to combat vitamin A deficiency. Samples of 26 commonly co...
Craig B. Stanford
Study animal, study site and methods ranging behaviour activity patterns feeding ecology inter-group social behaviour population dynamics, dispersal and inter-group relations.
Melba G. Bondad‐Reantaso
Four of the most important resources to aquaculture, outside human and technological resources, are land, water, seed and feed. Efficient use of these resources are necessary to guarantee optimum production from aquaculture. A project Study and Analysis of Seed Production in Small-scale Rural Aquacu...
MRI Sarder, Kim D. Thompson, David J. Penman, Brendan J. McAndrew
The importance of genetic variation in the non-specific immune responses of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) clones was investigated. Fully inbred clones (IC) of Nile tilapia, produced using gynogenesis and sex reversal, and crosses between these lines (outbred clones) were used in this study...