Fisheries and Aquaculture

Economics and market analysis of the live reef-fish trade in the Asia-Pacific region

Publication Code:

WP63

Price:

$45.00

Author(s):

Brian Johnston (eds)

Proceedings of the second workshop 14-16 March 2006, Penang, Malaysia.

The seaweed industry in the Pacific Islands

Publication Code:

WP61

Author(s):

Dennis J. McHugh

Pacific island governments and communities are constantly seeking to tap new and established international markets for their farm produce.

Economics and marketing of the live reef fish trade in Asia-Pacific

Publication Code:

WP60

The consumption of live reef fish is an important component of overall fish consumption in a number of Asian countries.

A Survey of Marine Trash Fish and Fish Meal as Aquaculture Feed Ingredients in Vietnam

Publication Code:

WP57

Author(s):

P. Edwards, Le Anh Tuan & G L Allen

Aquaculture is an important industry in Vietnam but one of the main constraints on increasing production is the lack of cost-effective feeds and feeding strategies

Mud Crab Aquaculture in Australia and Southeast Asia

Publication Code:

WP54

Author(s):

G Allan & D Fielder (eds)

Mud crab aquaculture has been practised for many years in Southeast Asia, based primarily on capture and fattening of juvenile crabs from the wild

Characterisation of the tuna purse seine fishery in Papua New Guinea

Publication Code:

TR070

Price:

$15.00

Author(s):

Nicol S., Lawson T., Briand K., Kirby D., Molony B., Bromhead D., Williams P., Schneiter E., Kumoru L. and Hampton J.

The tuna fisheries in the western and central Pacific Ocean comprises a variety of fishing activities, the most important of which are the industrial-scale purse seine, longline and pole-and-line fisheries. The analysis reported in this publication focuses on characterising the target and non-target catch of the purse seine fishery in the PNG exclusive economic zone.

Feeds and feeding for inland aquaculture in Mekong region countries

Publication Code:

TR056

Price:

$17.00

Author(s):

P Edwards & G L Allan

Aquaculture of freshwater species in the Mekong regions of Cambodia, Vietnam, Lao PDR and Thailand is an important source of protein and income for small-scale land owners

Coastal shrimp aquaculture in Thailand: key issues for research

Publication Code:

TR047

Price:

$20.00

Author(s):

Paul T Smith (ed)

This report describes the results of a study that was carried out from 1994-1999, a period in which Thailand became the world's leading producer of farmed shrimp but also had to confront new shrimp diseases, trade issues and environmental concerns

Tuna baitfish and the pole-and-line industry in Kiribati

Publication Code:

TR024

Price:

$15.00

Author(s):

N J F Rawlinson, D A Milton & S J M Blaber

OUT OF PRINT The pole-and-line fishery (a low-cost high-employment technique of tuna fishing(requires live baitfish to lure the tuna close to the boat

Allozyme electrophoretic methods for analysing genetic variation in giant clams (Tridacnidae)

Publication Code:

TR023

Price:

$14.00

Author(s):

J A H Benzie, S Williams & J M Macarnao

The analysis of electrophorectically detectable protein variation has revolutionised population genetics and allowed the extent and structure of genetic variation in natural populations to be described

Spiny lobster aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific region

Publication Code:

PR132

Price:

$48.00

Author(s):

Kevin C Williams (ed)

This publication, in the ACIAR Proceedings series, is a compilation of papers presented at the International Symposium on Spiny Lobster Aquaculture that was held at Nha Trang, Vietnam in December 2008.

Spiny lobster ecology and exploitation in the south China sea region

Publication Code:

PR120

Price:

$18.00

Author(s):

Kevin C Williams (Ed.)

Tropical spiny lobsters, and particularly the ornate lobster Panulirus ornatus, are a valuable resource for most countries bordering the South China Sea

Reservoir and culture-based fisheries: biology and management

Publication Code:

PR098

Price:

$25.00

Author(s):

Sena S. De Silva

Reservoirs are a major, and for several Asian countries an expanding, water resource which is very diverse both in terms of size and fisheries potential

Towards sustainable shrimp culture in Thailand and the region

Publication Code:

PR090

Price:

$24.00

Author(s):

Paul Smith (ed.)

Shrimp farming expanded rapidly in Thailand and other countries in Asia in the early 1990s, but productivity plateaued and then went into decline

Inland saline aquaculture

Publication Code:

PR083

Price:

$20.00

Author(s):

B Smith & C Barlow (eds)

ACIAR cosponsored a workshop in Perth, Western Australia in August 1997

Trochus: status, hatchery practice & nutrition

Publication Code:

PR079

Price:

$32.00

Author(s):

Chan L Lee & P W Lynch (eds)

Trochus shell is highly sought after for buttons and costume jewellery

Mud crab aquaculture and biology

Publication Code:

PR078

Author(s):

C P Keenan and A Blackshaw

Until recently, mud crabs have only been reared from stock captured from the natural environment, in those countries where they are being farmed

Fish drying in Indonesia

Publication Code:

PR059

Price:

$20.00

Author(s):

B R Champ & E Highley (eds)

These proceedings examine the issues behind Indonesia's dried fish industry and prospects for improving the quality of dried fish

Tuna baitfish in Fiji and Solomon Islands

Publication Code:

PR052

Price:

$20.00

Author(s):

S J M Blaber, D A Maron, & N J F Rawlinson (eds)

These proceedings are the culmination of a workshop held in Fiji in August 1993, and provide a background to the tuna baitfish industry as well as canvassing management issues, baitfish biology and the current status of baitfishing in the Solomon Islands

The biology and mariculture of giant clams

Publication Code:

PR047

Price:

$25.00

Author(s):

W Fitt (ed.)

OUT OF STOCK These proceedings are the result of research undertaken at giant clam hatcheries throughout the Pacific

Tuna baitfish in the Indo-Pacific region

Publication Code:

PR030

Price:

$15.00

Author(s):

S J M Blaber & J W Copland (eds)

OUT OF STOCK These proceedings arise from a workshop held in Honiara, Solomon Islands in December 1989

Management of wild and cultured sea bass/barramundi (Lares calcarifer)

Publication Code:

PR020

Price:

$20.00

Author(s):

J W Copland & D L Grey

Lates calcarifer, known as sea bass or barramundi, occurs widely and ia prized eating fish in the Indo-Pacific region, but interest in detailed studies of its biology has only arisen recently

Sea cucumber fisheries: a manager's toolbox

Publication Code:

MN135

Price:

$9.00

Author(s):

Friedman K., Purcell S., Bell J. and Hair C.

Outcomes of the ‘Papua New Guinea, Pacific Islands and Northern Australia Sea Cucumber Fisheries Management Workshop’, held at Motupore Island Research Centre, Papua New Guinea, 20–23 March 2006.

Postlarval fish capture and grow-out

Publication Code:

MN127

Price:

$17.00

Author(s):

Cathy Hair, Regon Warren, Ambo Tewaki and Ronnie Posalo

This manual describes a new method for Pacific islanders to catch valuable fish and crustaceans for the aquarium trade. It explains the stages involved in setting up a 'capture and grow-out' operation and will help readers decide if this business is right for them and their community.