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aquaculture 2 · 2013-02-22
Poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation are inextricably linked in the Sekong Basin of Lao P.D.R., where freshwater fisheries are critical for ensuring food security and the economy. Here fish contributes 61 percent of the protein intake of these communities, and community health and livelihoods are being threatened by a loss of fisheries productiv…
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aquaculture 2 · 2012-09-04
Pond farming has emerged as the biggest source of fish, thanks to a massive expansion of freshwater farming in the past two decades and a fall in fish catching from rivers and other open water bodies. Fish from ponds and ditch now accounts for 41 percent of total yearly production of 30.61 lakh tonnes. A decade ago, its contribution was 34 percent, according…
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usa · 2012-07-08
A few weeks ago, my wife Renee’ and I took a trip to Shepherd Montana, headquarters of Floating Island International Inc. We had been invited to stay on the ranch and to see for ourselves how Bruce Kania and his wife Anne, are growing huge fish fast with a woven matrix of inert substrates called BioHaven, or Floating Treatment Wetlands. I had been in contact…
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Floating treatment wetlands turn phosphorus into harvestable fish Andrea Fox, WEF Highlights Water Environment Federation Researchers at Floating Island International (FII) in Shepherd, Mont., an agricultural region, are fishing nonpoint source nutrients out of 2.6-ha (6.5-ac) Fish Fry Lake. Bruce Kania, FII project development director, uses rod and reel to…
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aquaculture 2 · 2012-04-18
Fine PVC substrate for fry At Fishiding.com we specialize in turning reclaimed PVC into long term products for fish habitat, nutrient removal and producing fish food. The amazing factor in this process is as Green as it gets, with no additional manufacturing or carbon footprint associated with our processes. Our material comes to us through a network of supp…
Read field note →aquaculture 2 · 2012-03-05
Magnet Cove High School learn about aquaculture by raising tilapia MALVERN, Ark (KTHV) Students at Magnet Cove High School are raising tilapia in the classroom. It's all part of a 6 week project for their aquaculture class. See the dozens of unique artificial fish habitat models, fish attractors and fish cover used at fishiding.com, the leader in proven scie…
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