Browsing College of Agriculture by Subject "Fish culture"
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Introduction to fish culture in ponds
(2019-12-05)
A pond is a body of standing, as opposed to free-flowing, water that is small enough to be managed for fish culture. Fish production in farm ponds can provide protein and profit for farmers. Fish such as oreochromis and ...
Introduction to fish culture in rice paddies
(2019-12-05)
Rice-fish culture is not widely practiced around the world. Most information comes from Asian countries, particularly the Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan, where traditional rice farming methods have been refined over ...
Introduction to intensive cage culture of warmwater fish
(2019-12-05)
Cage culture of fish is a method of raising fish in containers enclosed on all sides and bottom by materials that hold the fish inside while permitting water exchange and waste removal into the surrounding water. Cages are ...
Introduction to Oreochromis niloticus fingerling production systems
(2019-12-05)
Fish culture is an important component of many rural development projects in areas suffering from protein shortages. Oreochromis niloticus is often chosen for its good cultural characteristics. However, an adequate supply ...
Introduction to polyculture of fish
(2019-12-05)
Polyculture is the practice of culturing more than one species of aquatic organims in the same pond. The motivating principle is that fish production in ponds may be maximized by raising a combination of species having ...
Introduction to tilapia culture
(2019-12-05)
Tilapia are native to Africa, but have been introduced in many countries around the world. They are disease-resistant, reproduce easily, eat a wide variety of foods and tolerate poor water quality with low dissolved oxygen ...
Managing Cage Culture Systems
(2004-06)
Managing Flow-Through Systems
(2004-06)
Managing Systems for Tilapia Culture
(2004-10)
Net enclosure system for Oreochromis niloticus fingerling production
(2019-12-05)
Net enclosures can be used in every phase of tilapia culture from fingerling production to growing market size food fish. In Southeast Asia the "hapa" net system for Oreochromis niloticus fingerling production is very ...
Organic fertilizers for fish ponds
(2019-12-05)
Organic fertilizers are usually animal manures or plant wastes and cuttings ("green manure"). Manure from chickens, goats, sheep, ducks, pigs, rabbits, cattle and horses are excellent fertilizers for fish ponds. Other ...
Pond Fertilization
(2002-04)
Production of 1-gram, mixed-sec Oreochromis niloticus fingerlings in earthen ponds
(2019-12-05)
Grow-out ponds stocked with mixed-sex tilapia fingerlings of different ages will yield large numbers of small tilapia at harvest because some of the stocked fish become sexually mature and reproduce soon after stocking. ...
Reproductive biology of Oreochromis niloticus
(2019-12-05)
Oreochromis niloticus are native to most major Northern and Central African river systems and have been distributed widely throughout the tropical world. The number of dorsal fin rays and dorsal spines and the presence of ...
Single pond system for sustainable production of Oreochromis niloticus
(2019-12-05)
Farmers can grow mixed-sex tilapia for food and still produce their own fingerlings in a single pond. The system requires few inputs and works well on subsistence farms. Farmers using this system may no longer need to ...