Editorial

• Climate change: Adaptation and mitigation.
  Simon Wilkinson

Sustainable aquaculture

• Peter Edwards writes on rural aquaculture: Changes in traditional inland aquaculture in West Java, Indonesia.
• Mussel farming initiatives in North Kerala, India: A case of successful adoption of technology leading to rural livelihood transformation.
  Laxmilatha, P., Thomas, S., Asokan, P.K., Surendranathan, V.G., Sivadasan, M.P., and Ramachandran, N.P.
• Selective study on the availability in indigenous fish species having ornamental value in some districts of West Bengal.
  Panigrahi, A.K., Dutta, S. and Ghosh, I.
• Aquaculture livelihoods service centres in Aceh, Indonesia: 
  A novel approach to improving the livelihoods of small scale fish farmers.
  Ravikumar, B. and Yamamoto, K.

Research and farming techniques

• e-Sagu Aqua - an innovative information and communication technology model for transfer of technology for aquaculture.
  Vimala, D. D., Ravisankar, T., Mahalakshmi, P., and Kumaran, M.
• Freshwater pearl crop: an emerging enterprise in the Indian subcontinent.
  Misra, G., Jena, J. and Kumar, K.

Genetics and biodiversity

• Preliminary risk assessment of Pacific white leg shrimp (P. vannamei) introduced to Thailand for aquaculture.
  Senanan, W., Panutrakul, S., Barnette, P., Chavanich, S., Mantachitr, V., Tangkrock-Olan, N., and Viyakarn, V.
• Farmer profile.

Aquatic animal health

• Asian fish health experts visit Australia
  Olsen, L. and Ingram, B.
• Black gill disease of cage-cultured ornate rock lobster Panulirus ornatus in central Vietnam caused by Fusarium species.
  Nha, V.V., Hoa, D.T. and Khoa, L.V.

Marine Finfish Aquaculture Network

• Effects of the partial substitution fish oil by soybean oil in the diets on muscle fatty acid composition of juvenile cobia (Rachycentron canadum).
  Hung, P.D. and Mao, N.D.
• Growth response of cobia Rachycentron canadum (Pisces: Rachycentridae) under the hypersaline conditions of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
  Yousif, O.M., Kumar, K.K. and Abdul-Rahman, A.F.A.

NACA Newsletter

• Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture.
• Twelfth Regular Session of Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
• Training of trainers programme will strengthen small scale farmer competitiveness in ASEAN.
• Workshop on development of better management practices for catfish farming in the Mekong Delta organised in Vietnam.
• Vulnerability & adaption of climate change impacts on catfish farming - case study Can Tho, Vietnam.
• NACA welcomes Dr Nigel Abery, Coordinator of the Adaption of aquaculture to climate change project.
• EU supports better management practices for responsible aquaculture.
• Myanmar delegation visits CIFA to study aquaculture.