An attempt was made to conduct spatial assessment of the pattern and extent of damage to coastal aquaculture ponds along the east coast of Aceh province in Sumatra, Indonesia, resulting from the tsunami event of 26 December 2004. High-resolution satellite imagery, i.e., SPOT-5 multispectral...

To estimate the relative importance of the most common predators of Clarias gariepinus fry, increasing levels of protection were afforded to exclude amphibians, aquatic arthropods and birds. At a stocking density of 10 larvae/m▓ in nursing ponds, fencing off amphibians resulted in a 28 per...

The Green Economy in a Blue World report analyzes how key sectors that are interlinked with the marine and coastal environment (the blue world) can make the transition towards a Green Economy. The report covers the impacts and opportunities linked with shipping and fisheries to tourism,...

In this paper we present livestock breeding developments that could be taken into consideration in the genetic improvement of farmed aquaculture species, especially in freshwater fish. Firstly, the current breeding objective in aquatic species has focused almost exclusively on the improvement of...

A report that present some of the highlights of the 26th year for the WorldFish Center.

A report of the Center's activities during the year. The 2002 annual report contains an overview of the Center's 25 years of scientific achievements.

This report from WorldFish is divided into two sections, with annexes. Section One contains the workshop report, including the workshop results and outputs. Section Two contains summary papers of the workshop presentations with a record of relevant points of discussion. The annexes contain...

This calendar illustrates some of the research in which WorldFish and Department for International Development (DFID) are engaged. The calendar has beautiful pictures of the people we helped, recipes included and facts about fisheries in developing countries.