RECENT PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Nigeria, the country of many rivers, is also rich in lakes, reservoirs and wetlands but many of them had been degraded due to a lot of factors (FGN, 1993). Sustainable fisheries production…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The world production of farm shrimp in 1996 was valued at over $10 billion. In Nigeria, the bulk of producers are also small farmers that operate on average on 15 ha of…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY In all countries actively involved in mud crab aquaculture development, the national government is taking a key role in aquaculture planning to underpin national aspirations and growth targets for their respective industries…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The Aquaculture Compendium is an encyclopedic, multimedia tool that brings together a wide range of different types of science-based information to support sound decision-making in aquaculture and aquatic resource management worldwide. It…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Viral diseases have been seriously impacting the sustainability and economic success of prawn aquaculture as they have been resulting in heavy mortalities (Carr et al, 1996). About 20 different prawn viruses have…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Diversification is the process by which a smallholder increases the diversity (i.e. number) of its income generating activities (Ellis 2000). Often studied in association with adaptation and accumulation, it is a strategy…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Spiny lobsters are of two different species known as Panulirus homarus and Panulirus ornatus with cylindrical shaped body comprising cephalothorax, heavily spined and conspicuously marked by two frontal supra-orbital horns; abdomen smoother,…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Shrimp is the most important export product in fishery sector of most riverside countries of the world. Farming at each level can be profitable and sustainable, as long as biosecurity, productivity, environmental…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY More than 70% of people living in riverine area including the Nigeria Niger Delta derive most of their basic needs from subsistence fishing and agriculture. However, threats to the ability of small-scale…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Inland aquaculture is a technology driven industry which relies heavily on research to develop new and improved species and the appropriate technology for commercial production. At present, inland aquaculture in Nigeria is…