139 



Wear, R. G. 



1975. 



SEAFDEC aquaculture: a seafood revolution in the Philippines. 



Fish Farming Internatl. 2 (2): 6-11. 



The discussion of plans, budgets, activities and significance of 



the new aquaculture department at the Philippine headquarters of 



the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Centre (SFAFDiiC) 



includes information on efforts to develop the culture of Penaeus 



mcnodon and other penaeid species. Japan provides a reaay export 



market, and shrimp have been harvested as a source of secondary/ 



supplemental income on milkfish (Chanos chanos) farms. 



Experimental cultural techniques are indicated. Information is 



provided on yields, prices, capital and operating costs, along 



with an assessment of possible profitability on the basis of 1-ha 



experimental ponds. With the SEAFD.EC interest and support, 5-ha 



farm ponds are being operated on a cooperative basis with farmers 



to determine if yields, costs and other factors will indicate an 



economically viable situation over a 5-year period. 



Subject descriptors: 



Philippines; R&D role; oiology; economic feasibility; experiment; 



shrimp. 



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Webcer, Harold H. 



1975. 



Crustacean aquaculture in Middle America. 



Mar. Fish. Rev. 37(1): 24-30. 



The author discusses market, culture technology, enterprise 



siting, and business plan aspects of his firm's establishment of 



a large shrimp farm in Central America. The author's general 



scheme of siting criteria is specifically applied (see Webber, 



1972, elsewhere in this bibliography, for the scheme) . Among the 



aspects of the firm's business plan which are discussed are the 



following: capital costs, use of a pilot scale operation (at 



least 3 200-acre modules, horizontally integrated) , vertical 



integration, labor intensive technology, and farm management. 



Economic development benefits include employment, foreign 



exchange, and infrastructure, but not food directly, aue to 



price. 



Subject descriptors: 



Shrimp; economic f easibility ; economies of scale. 



141 



Welsh, James P. 

 1974. 



Mariculture of the crab Cancer magister (Dana) utilizing fish 

 and crustacean wastes as food. 



Humboldt State Univ., Sea Grant Publ., HSU-SG-4, 76 pp. 

 The objective of research reported in this paper was twofold: 

 (1) to investigate the biological feasibility of establishing 



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