Field Document No. 6

	POTENTIAL OF MILKFISH FARMING DEVELOPMENT IN FIJI
	TABLE OF CONTENTS

by

ESTEBAN DELA CRUZ
Aquaculture Specialist

Prepared for the Fisheries Division,
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forests,
Fiji

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The Food and Agriculture Organization is greatly indebted to the organizations and individuals who assisted in the implementation of the project by providing information, advice and facilities.

August 1997

South Pacific Aquaculture Development Project (Phase II)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

GCP/RAS/116/JPN

Suva, Fiji

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMARY

I.   MILKFISH FRY RESOURCES AND COLLECTION PRACTICES

1.   Introduction

2.   Resource Availability

2.1   Wild Fry
2.2   Objectives of Fry Survey

3.   Materials and Methods

3.1   Fry Identification
3.2   Fry Occurrence
3.3   Site Identification
3.4   Types of Collecting Gear
3.5   Mode of Operation
3.6   Sorting
3.7   Transporting, Acclimatisation and Storage

4.   Constraints on the Survey

5.   Conclusions and Recommendations

6.   References

7.   Photographs: Set A

II.   MILKFISH FARMING PRACTICES

1.   Introduction

2.   Site Identification

2.1   Two Types of Culture Environment

3.   Pond Structure

4.   Pond Culture Operation

4.1   Pond Preparation for Stocking
4.2   Pond Draining, Drying, Leveling and Liming
4.3   Poisoning Unwanted Animals
4.4   Fertilising the Pond
4.5   Growing Natural Food
4.6   Transport of Fingerlings, Acclimatisation and Stocking of Fish
4.7   Pond Management
4.8   Stock Assessment
4.9   Harvesting

5.   References

Acknowledgements

Photographs: Set B

Appendix 1:   Survey Itinerary

Appendix 2:   Cost of Trial Shipment of Milkfish Fry from Kiribati

Appendix 3:   Survey Team Members and Persons Contacted