Farming of Eucheuma in the south Pacific islands of Fiji

Luxton, D. M.; Robertson, M.; Kindley, M. J.

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“…Because the growth rates obtained at the three study locations were above 3.5%, which is considered to be adequate for commercial farming (Parker 1974; Braud & Perez 1978; Liu & Zhuang 1984; Adnan & Porse 1987; Luxton et al . 1987; Ask & Azanza 2002), commercial cultivation is feasible and may be taken up either by NGOs or Self Help Groups to facilitate development of the rural coastal areas on the one hand and to improve the living standards of the coastal rural people on the other.…”

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“…Commercial cultivation of K. alvarezii originated in Philippines during the latter half of the 1960s (Doty 1973; Parker 1974; Doty & Alvarez 1975). Current sources of cultivated eucheumatoids seem incapable of meeting its growing market demand of carrageenan (Ask & Azanza 2002), and in order to meet the demand the cultivation of Kappaphycus species has expanded to other regions of Philippines and also to other countries like Japan and Indonesia (Adnan & Porse 1987; Luxton 1993), Tanzania (Lirasan & Twide 1993), Kiripati (Luxton & Luxton 1999), Fiji (Luxton, Robertson & Kindley 1987), Hawaii (Glenn & Doty 1990) and South Africa (Braud & Perez 1978; Lirasan & Twide 1993). Experimental cultivation of this seaweed has been accomplished successfully in Madagascar (Mollion & Braud 1993), Vietnam (Ohno, Nang & Hirase 1996) and China (Qian, Wu, Wu & Xie 1996).…”

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Feasibility of cultivation of Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty at different localities on the Northwest coast of India

Rao

Kumar

Ganesan

et al. 2008

Aquaculture Research

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Kappaphycus alvarezii was cultivated at three places, viz. Mithapur, Okha and Beyt Dwarka on the Northwest coast of India. The biomass and growth rates were measured at 15-day intervals up to 45 days and varied di¡erently for di¡erent growth periods at these places. Thus, at 15, 30 and 45 days, the biomass (fresh wt) varied from 182.0 AE 19.96 to 435.0 AE 23.66 g, from 366.0 AE 118.09 to 1096.0 AE 61.43 g and from 530.5 AE 50.95 to 1537.0 AE 43.54 g, respectively, with respective daily growth rates (%) from 3.95 AE 0.78 to 9.80 AE 0.63, from 3.64 AE 0.01 to 13.98 AE 3.07 and from 3.69 AE 0.23 to 6.07 AE 0.06. The seawater temperature, salinity, nitrate and phosphate ranged from 19.3 to 26.9 1C, from 30.81 to 36.83%, from 11.60 to 19.75 mmol L À 1 and from 2.37 to 5.0 mmol L À 1 respectively. The growth rate between the culture months was signi¢cantly di¡erent at Okha at Po0.01. Further, it was signi¢cantly correlated to salinity at Mithapur while at Okha and Beyt Dwarka, the same was signi¢cantly correlated to nitrate and seawater temperature. Based on this study, commercial cultivation at these localities is quite feasible.

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Feasibility of cultivation of Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty at different localities on the Northwest coast of India

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Kumar

Ganesan

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Aquaculture Research

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“…Meanwhile, Fiji Island has begun developing K. alvarezii aquaculture in their surrounding waters since 1970. Cultivation K. alvarezii are simple with poles and ropes and then develop to date using the longline method [9,10]. Tuvalu has begun developing the cultivation of seaweed since 1977 [11], while Malaysia has developed cultivation since 1978 [4].…”

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Floating Cage: A New Innovation of Seaweed Culture

Kasim¹,

Balubi²,

Mustafa³

et al. 2020

Emerging Technologies, Environment and Research for Sustainable Aquaculture

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Eucheumatoid cultivation continues to expand with a variety of methods that can increase production. This chapter will discuss an innovation in seaweed cultivation of the genus Eucheuma, which is the prime marine commodity in the tropical regions of the world. Research conducted during 2015-2017 and 2019 in Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, provided an overview of the use of floating cage that showed very significant growth results. The research result showed that the growth rates of Eucheuma denticulatum and Kappaphycus alvarezii in floating cage seemed faster and resulted in better thallus morphology. Daily production of E. denticulatum and K. alvarezii that were cultivated in floating cage was higher than daily production of E. denticulatum and K. alvarezii cultivated on longline. Specific growth rate (SGR) of E. denticulatum and K. alvarezii cultivated by using floating cage method was also higher than E. denticulatum and K. alvarezii cultivated by using longline method. Moreover, the cultivation by using floating cages produces good growth rates with no effect of herbivore attacks.

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Rapid survey technique using socio-economic indicators to assess the suitability of Pacific Island rural communities for Kappaphycus seaweed farming development

Namudu

Pickering

Eighteenth International Seaweed Symposium

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Farming of Eucheuma in the south Pacific islands of Fiji

Cited by 29 publications

References 4 publications

Feasibility of cultivation of Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty at different localities on the Northwest coast of India

Feasibility of cultivation of Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty at different localities on the Northwest coast of India

Floating Cage: A New Innovation of Seaweed Culture

Rapid survey technique using socio-economic indicators to assess the suitability of Pacific Island rural communities for Kappaphycus seaweed farming development

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