FISHERY AND AQUACULTURE
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Aquarium keeping originated as far back as 1596 when clientele described it as the art of keeping gold fish. The first public aquarium was built at the London Zoological garden in 1953. Recently there is a growing public awareness and interest in aquarium keeping for different purposes. The word aquarium may be […]
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CHAPTER ONE Introduction Heavy metals are any metals exposure to which is clinically undesirable and constitute a potential hazard. The presence of heavy metal in the aquatic environment is the major concern because of their toxicity of animal life, thus disturbing the natural ecological balance (Bhattachary et al., 2008). The occurrence of heavy metals in aquatic
CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study Qua Iboe river is a perennial source of drinking water, fishing, aggregate miming of soft sand and gravel, transportation of timber and agricultural activities to the neighboring communities that inhabit the river coastal parts. The river source is narrow, swift and shallow to allow light penetration to
PROJECT BODY: ABSTRACT This project was aimed at finding out the different microorganism that are associated with the method of processing pathogen free poultry manure, identifying various contaminants that are associated with poultry manure. It is also aimed at comparing the different method of processing pathogen free poultry manure to find out the different contaminants
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PROJECT BODY: CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Plankton is the foundation of the oceans food wed the word plankton comes from a Greek word plankton which means drifting plankton are organism drifting in column of the oceans seas and bodies of fresh water.Plankton are made of both plant origin (phytoplankton) and animal origin (zooplankton) however they
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PROJECT BODY: ABSTRACT This research work was carried out to examine the effect of cold and warm shock on hybridized fish order of Siluriformes (Heterobranchus bidorsalis and Clarias gariepinus) in indoor tanks crossing of two different species is a process called hybridization, with the offspring known as the hybrids. The length of the cold shock, warm shock
PROJECT BODY: ABSTRACT Fish abundance and distribution of three water bodies namely Onah lake, Anwai river and River Niger at cable point was studied. Fish specimens were collected using gill nets, traps, and hook and line between July-December, 2013.. One thousand four hundred and eighty seven fish specimens were collected and brought to the laboratory
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PROJECT BODY: Fish is a major source of food for humans, providing significant portion of the protein intake in the diet of large proportion of the people, particularly so in developing countries. Fish is less tough and more digestible compared to beef, chicken and mutton. Moreover, has little or no religious rejection that gives it
A STUDY ON CONSUMERS ACCEPTABILIY ON FRESH AND SMOKED CATFISH IN AWKA, ANAMBRA STATE. Read More »
CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1.1 Background of the study Aquaculture can be considered as the aquatic complement to agriculture. Specifically, it is the husbandry of fish and/or other aquatic species in a controlled environment (Bardach et al., 1972; Lovell, 1979; Shell, 1983; Lindsay, 1985; Molnar et al., 1987). Molnar reported that the world catch of fish
PROJECT BODY: With global population expansion, the demand for high quality animal protein is rising dramatically (Yisa et al., 2006). Increased aquaculture production is clearly needed to meet this demand, because capture fisheries are showing serious decline due to over fishing, aquatic habitat destruction and pollution (FAO, 2004). World capture fisheries have been in a stable
