Editorial

• The Aquatic Commons.
  Simon Wilkinson

Sustainable aquaculture

• Peter Edwards writes on rural aquaculture: Comments on possible improvements to carp culture in Andhra Pradesh.
• Aquaculture and environmental issues in the region of Nai Lagoon, Ninh Hai district, Ninh Thuan province, Viet Nam.
  Nguyen Van Quynh Boi
• Climate change impacts on fisheries and aquaculture.
  Sena De Silva
• New initiatives in fisheries extension.
  H.K. De, G.S. Saha, R. Srichandan and V.P. Vipinkumar

Genetics and biodiversity

• Selection potential for feed efficiency in farmed salmonids.
  Antti Kause, Cheryl Quinton, Kari Ruohonen and Juha Koskela
• Freshwater prawn hatcheries in Bangladesh: Concern of broodstock.
  Nesar Ahmed

Research and farming techniques

• Production of Cirrhinus molitorella and Labeo chrysophekadion for culture based fisheries development in Lao PDR 2: Nursery culture and grow-out.
  Oulaytham Lasasimma and Brett A. Ingram
• Mussel farming: alternate water monitoring practice.
  G. Misra and P. K . Mukhapadhyay
• Benefit-cost analysis for fingerling production of kutum Rutilus frisii kutum in 2005 in Iran.
  Hassan Salehi
• The effects of feeding frequency on FCR and SGR factors of the fry of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss.
  Nasrin Choobkar

Asia-Pacific Marine Finfish Aquaculture Network Magazine

• The use of poultry by-product meals in pelleted feed for humpback grouper.
  Rossita Shapawi, Saleem Mustafa and Wing-Keong Ng
• Production update: Marine finfish aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific region.
  Mike Rimmer
• Crustacean parasites and their management in brackishwater finfish culture.
  K.P. Jithendran, M. Natarajan and I.S. Azad

NACA Newsletter

• Aquaculture certification guidelines development process continues in Beijing, Washington D.C.
• Development of BMPs for catfish farming in Vietnam - survey of management practices.
• NACA extends cooperation with ADB for tsunami rehabilitation in Indonesia.
• International hands-on training programe on molecular biology techniques.
• Cage aquaculture carrying capacity tool now available.
• 6th Regional Grouper Hatchery Production Training Course completed.
• 2008 Forum on Fisheries Science and Technology, 25-27 September 2008, Shanghai, China.
• Aquaculture success stories write shop.
• New publications for free download.