Better management practices

Aquaculture has seen spectacular growth in recent years, and Aqua 2018 celebrated aquaculture’s role as one of the most important food industries worldwide. Held 25-29 August in Montpellier, France, Aqua 2018 brought together scientists, practitioners, students, industry and civil society to highlight the latest global developments in aquaculture research and innovation.

This book, which will be released on 15 May 2018, attempts to capture some of the key elements and practices that have contributed to the success of Chinese aquaculture. The book entails contributions from over 100 leading experts in China, and provides insights into some aquaculture practices that are little known to the rest of the world. This book will be essential reading for aquaculturists, practitioners, researchers and students, and planners and developers. To order the book please use the attached form.

Mahseer in recreational fisheries and ecotourism in India; Small-scale aquaculture of wild fish in Myanmar: A preliminary report from the Bago Region; Current know how and possibility for growout culture of an endangered catfish, Horabagrus brachysoma; Accelerated poverty alleviation of tribal households - cage fish farming by displaced fishers in reservoirs of Jharkhand; Adaptive learning in sustainable aquaculture: Best practices for small-scale shrimp farmers in Thailand; NACA Newsletter.

Early mortality syndrome of the type more accurately known as Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease is causing major losses in marine shrimp in a number of Asian countries. The disease is associated with infection by a strain of the bacteria Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Here we describe a project to reduce the incidence of disease and improve crop outcomes for small-scale farmers in Thailand via an adaptive learning approach, implemented in association with farmer societies and collectives.

This collection contains video recordings of the lectures from the Regional Training Course on Culture-based Fisheries in Inland Waters, held at Nha Trang University, Vietnam. The objective of the course was to provide participants with the skills to assist local communities to plan and manage culture-based fisheries; a relatively simple and low cost technology that can deliver nutritional and economic benefits to rural communities with few livelihood options. The course was sponsored by the United Nations University Fisheries Training Programme.

A discussion of harvesting and marketing strategies to improve economic returns in culture-based fisheries.

A presentation strategies to improve the survival rate of seed in culture-based fisheries.

A discussion of practical measures for stock assessment.

Use of bioenergetic modelling to calculate stocking densities for mitten crab and mandarin fish in culture-based fisheries.

Better management practices for stocking and transport of seed for culture-based fisheries.

A discussion of issues affecting the sustainability of culture-based fisheries development.

A discussion of risk management in the context of culture-based fisheries.

A presentation on mainstreaming gender issues in culture-based fisheries development.

How an entrepreneurship plan facilitated the development of culture-based Fisheries in a Sri Lankan reservoir.

A discussion of the governance issues relevant to culture-based fisheries at local community, provincial and national levels.

People-oriented approaches for engaging communities in culture-based fisheries development.

Harmonising culture-based fisheries with other users and uses of water resources.

A technical presentation on selection of appropriate species in culture-based fisheries.

A presentation on technical assessment of water bodies for culture-based fisheries production potential.

A presentation on assessment of the suitability of water bodies for culture-based fisheries development.