Editorial

• Probiotics: Snake oil or modern medicine?
  Simon Wilkinson

Sustainable aquaculture

• Asian Development Bank study on aquaculture and poverty.
• New ACIAR projects to commence in Indonesia. Assessing the consequences of converting to organic shrimp farming.
  David McKinnon and Jes Sammut
• Recycling water and making money.
  Hassanai Kongkeo and Simon Wilkinson

Asia-Pacific Marine Finfish Aquaculture Network

• Advances in the seed production of Cobia Rachycentron canadum in Vietnam.
  Le Xan
• Australian success with barramundi cod.
  Shannon McBride
• Brief overview of recent grouper breeding developments in Thailand.
  Sih-Yang Sim, Hassanai Kongkeo and Mike Rimmer
• Application of probiotics in rotifer production systems for marine fish hatcheries.
  Tawfiq Abu-Rezq and Charles M. James

Research and farming techniques

• Contract hatchery systems: A practical approach to procure quality seeds for aquaclubs of small-scale farmers in India.
  Arun Padiyar
• Recirculation systems: Sustainable alternatives for backyard shrimp hatcheries in Asia?
  Thach Thanh, Truong Trong Nghia, Mathieu Wille and Patrick Sorgeloos
• Rainbow trout culture in Iran: Development and concerns.
  Hussein Abdulhai and Mohammad Kazem Seiedi Ghomi
• Large-scale growout of spotted Babylon, Babylonia areolata in earthern ponds: Pilot monoculture operation.
  S. Kritsanapuntu, N. Chaitanawisuti, W. Santhaweesuk and Y. Natsukari
• Cage cum pond fish production using mixed sex nile tilapia in Nepal.
  A.K. Rai, M.K. Shrestha and S. Rai