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TABLE OF CONTENTSACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............. . ............................... iiINTRODUCTION ..... .... .... ......... ............... .. ............ 1PRODUCTION OF JUVENILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3CONTROLLED GROWTH TRIALS ........... . .......................... 7FIELD GROWTH TRIALS ...... . .................................... 22POND CULTURE OF SIGANIDS IN TAIWAN ............................. 25SUMMARy ............................. . ........................ 27LITERATURE CITED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 28
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThis work was supported by a grant from the Pacific Aquaculture Association to S. G.Nelson. Additional financial support, primarily in support of larval rearing, was provided bya grant from the Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture (U.S. Department ofAgriculture number 89-38500-4517). We would like to thank Mrs. Suzanne DeC. Wilkinsand Miss Grace Paloma for their technical assistance. We are grateful to Mr. M. Bauerleinand the staff of the Guam Aquaculture Development and Training Center, where a portion ofthe work was conducted. Mr. D. Tibbits, a visiting student at the University of Guam MarineLaboratory, was helpful in conducting the early growth trials. We are grateful to Mr. GeorgeTsai of Inarajan Aquaculture Enterprises, for allowing us to stock siganids in his milkfishponds and for providing observations of the fish in culture. Mr. Wen-Yu Liu of the TaiwanFisheries Research Institute arranged for an interview with Mr. Hsien-Chung Hsu, acommercial fish fanner at Penghu. Dr. FJ. Tang, of the Department of Zoology at theNational Taiwan University, served as interpreter during the interview. We are grateful toMr. Barry Smith for critically reading this manuscript.11
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Page 9 and 10: TABLE 1. Generalized pattern of dev
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Page 23 and 24: DISCUSSIONComparison of dietsBetter
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Page 31 and 32: LITERATURE CITEDAndrews, 1.W. and 1
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