CRSP Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture : CRSPs

Fry and Fingerling Production

Abstract: Tilapia production from aquaculture worldwide has grown rapidly, increasing from 241,681 metric tons (MT) in 1986 to 472,969 MT in 1992 (FAa, 1994). This growth […]

Date of Publication: 1997
Author(s): Bartholomew W. Green; Karen L. Veverica; Martin S. Fitzpatrick
Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Region: Global
Topic: Productivity

CRSP: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture

Database: Publication

Attributes of Tropical Pond-Cultured Fish

Abstract: Food fish culture may be described as environmental management for growth of an edible product. The environment is managed contingent on a complex interaction of […]

Date of Publication: 1997
Author(s): David R. Teichert-Coddington; Thomas J. Popma; Leonard L. Lovshin
Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Region: Global
Topic: Food Security, Productivity

CRSP: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture

Database: Publication

Economic Considerations

Abstract: An important benefit of the PD/A CRSP is the positive economic and social impact that results from farmers adopting new technologies. CRSP researchers in collaboration […]

Date of Publication: 1997
Author(s): Carole R. Engle; Revathi Balakrishnan; Terry R. Hanson; Joseph J. Molnar
Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Region: Global
Topic: Food Security, Productivity

CRSP: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture

Database: Publication

Secchi disk visibility and chlorophyll a relationship in aquaculture ponds

Abstract: The application of Secchi disk visibility measurements (SDV) in modeling phytoplankton productivity and management in aquaculture ponds requires a quantitative treatment of the relationship between […]

Date of Publication: 1997
Author(s): Daniel M. Jamu; Zhimin Lu; Raul H Piedrahita
Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Region: Global
Topic: Food Security, Productivity

CRSP: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture

Database: Publication

Masculinization of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by single immersion in 17a-methyldihydrotestosterone and trenbolone acetate

Abstract: The production of single sex populations offers several advantages in tilapia aquaculture, including enhanced growth and prevention of unwanted reproduction. A number of androgens have […]

Date of Publication: 1997
Author(s): Wilfrido M. Contreras-Sanchez; Martin S. Fitzpatrick; Ruth H. Milston; Carl B. Schreck
Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Region: Global
Topic: Food Security, Productivity

CRSP: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture

Database: Publication

A strategic assessment of the potential for freshwater fish farming in Latin America

Abstract: Marine and many inland fishery resources are heavily exploited or overexploited, and although there is potential for increasing production from inland fisheries through intensification, development […]

Date of Publication: 1997
Author(s): James McDaid Kapetsky
Type of Document: Research Report

Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Topic: Food Security, Productivity

CRSP: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture

Database: Publication

Experimental and commercial culture of tilapia in Honduras

Abstract: In 1983 the USAID-funded Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program (PD/A CRSP) was initiated in Central America, focusing on increasing natural productivity and fish yields […]

Date of Publication: 1997
Author(s): David R. Teichert-Coddington; Bartholomew W. Green
Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
Topic: Markets

CRSP: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture

Database: Publication

Dynamics of Pond Aquaculture

Abstract: The culmination of over a decade’s worth of research by the Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP), Dynamics of Pond Aquaculture not only explains […]