UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMNo. TA 2448


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R E P O R T
to the
GOVERNMENT OF JORDAN
on
INLAND FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT AND FISH CULTURE
CONTENTS


Based on the work

of

K.M. Apostolski
FAO/TA Inland Fishery Biologist (Fish Culture)

FAO UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE) REPORTS ON FISHERIES

This document is Report No. TA 2448 in the series of FAO reports produced under the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Since 1 January 1966, reports produced under the former Expanded Program of Technical Assistance (EPTA) have appeared in the UNDP(TA) series. The numbering of reports in the UNDP(TA) series is unbroken and follows consecutively the numbering of the former EPTA series.

Since 1 January 1962, those reports which concern FAO Technical Assistance in fisheries have been numbered consecutively in a subseries within the general series.

The present report is the one hundred and thirty-fourth report in the TA fishery subseries : FAO Fish.UNDP(TA) Rep., FR/UNDP(TA) 134.

For bibliographic purposes, this document may be cited:

FAO. 1967 Report to the Government of Jordan on inland fishery development and fish culture. Based on the work of K.M. Apostolski, FAO/TA Inland Fishery Biologist (Fish Culture). Rep.FAO/UNDP(TA), (No.2448): 16 p.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1967


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CONTENTS

1.   INTRODUCTION

1.1   Background and Objectives of the Project
1.2   Program Development

2.   ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3.   INLAND FISHERY RESOURCES AND THE FISHING INDUSTRY

3.1   Rivers
3.2   Ponds
3.3   Fish Consumption and Supplies
3.4   Fisheries Administration and Research Work

4.   POSSIBILITIES OF INLAND FISHERY DEVELOPMENT

4.1   Development of Natural Fisheries
4.2   Fish Culture

4.21   Fish culture in ponds
4.22   Running-water fish culture
4.23   Trout culture

5.   EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES

5.1   Improvement of the Wadi Yabis Fish Farm
5.2   Breeding of Common Carp
5.3   Seepage Studies at Faraa and Deir Alla Agricultural Stations
5.4   Stocking of Impoundments
5.5   Running-water Fish Culture
5.6   Trout Culture Experiments

6.   SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

7.   SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS

8.   REFERENCES