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Seaweed tissue cultured of Kappaphycus alvarezii paves for future successes

18/09/2024

Research Institute for Marine Fisheries has successfully created seaweed of Kappaphycus alvarezii plantlet from tissue culture and intensively cultivated it in the coastal area of Ninh Thuan province. ...
Biodiversity in Marine Ecosystems in Vietnam

11/10/2022

Vietnam is a maritime country with an exclusive marine economic zone of over 1 million km2; ranked 27th out of 157 countries with sea. With a favorable geographical position, Vietnam’s sea plays a particularly important role for human life and socio-economic development of the country, ensuring national defense, security and environmental protection. Vietnam’s sea is evaluated as one of the centers of marine biodiversity and one of the 20 seas with the richest marine resources in the world, with high potential for marine conservation. ...
High-density microalgal biomass cultivation highly potential in aquaculture

14/03/2022

(VAN) Nannochloropsis oculata has been produced in high densities by the Research Institute for Marine Fisheries as an important food source for rotifers, some fish larvae and crustaceans. ...
Ministries and Organizations Are Required to Develop Plans to Reduce Plastic Waste Before November 2020

23/12/2020

That is the request of the Prime Minister in Directive 33 / CT-TTg on strengthening management, reuse, recycling, treatment and reduction of plastic waste has just been issued. ...
Initial Success in Exploiting and Developing Genetic Resources of Malabar Grouper

22/12/2020

After 5 years of conducting research on the national level of science and technology task on exploiting and developing the genetic resources of malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) brought the initial results for both economic and social efficiency. ...
Development of a break - through new artificial breeding approach for sea cucumbers using neuropeptides

24/10/2019

Sea cucumbers are important species both ecologically and economically throughout much of the world and have become a favorite food in Asian countries since they are a source of many healthy natural products. Some of these are throught to cure certain cancers, increase sexual drive and even delay the aging process if eaten daily. Unfortunately, wild sea cucumbers are being overfished, leading to their rapid decline. Thus, aquaculture breeding has been implemented in some countries to produce high quality juveniles for their growth and eventual harvest to keep up with demand. However, the breeding of sea cucumbers in aquaculture faces enormous challenges, such as lack of genetic information and reproductive dysfunction, whereby they lose the ability to produce offspring. ...