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ANNEX 4: PROGRAMS/PROJECTS WITH NACA AS MAJOR PARTICIPANT 1990-2002


The following provides a list of the regional, sub-regional as well as national projects and activities undertaken by the Intergovernmental NACA Organization. The FAO/UNDP Regional Seafarming Project Phase 2 (Jan 1990-Dec 1991) provided assistance to the then newly independent NACA organization.

1. 1990. Regional study and workshop on Fish Disease Control Health Management (with the Asian Development Bank). Established firmly the links between environment and aquatic animal health, quantified economic losses from fish diseases and identified areas for the region and countries to strengthen their capacities at aquatic animal health management.

2. 1992-94. Regional study and workshop on the Taxonomy, Ecology and Processing of red seaweeds, with FAO, the Government of France and Kasetsart University.

3. 1993-94. Assessment of abandoned shrimp culture areas in Thailand, with Coastal Resources Institute, Prince of Songkhla U and National Economic and Social Development Board of Thailand.

4. 1993-95. Two studies on environmental impact assessment of shrimp farming (carried out in two ecological systems, mangrove and crop lands) with the Office of Environmental Policy and Planning, Government of Thailand.

5. 1994. National Workshop on Aquaculture Development and the Environment with Govt of Viet Nam and participation (sourced and arranged by NACA) of FAO's legal office, FAO RAPA, EU-project for returnees in Viet Nam, Mekong River Commission, CP (private sector) and "Feed the Children" Programme.

6. 1994. Capacities and Needs Matching in Sustainable Coastal and Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Management with UNDP and Myanmar.

7. 1994-95. Environmental Assessment and Management of Aquaculture Development, with FAO (A Regional TCP).

8. 1994-95. Regional Study and Workshop of Aquaculture Sustainability and the Environment, with ADB (Regional Technical Assistance).

9. 1994-96. Key Research Issues in Sustainable Coastal Shrimp Aquaculture with ACIAR, CSIRO, Kasetsart University and DOF, Government of Thailand.

10. 1995-97. Master Plan for Coastal Aquaculture Development for Sabah, Malaysia with the Government of the State of Sabah, Malaysia and UNDP.

11. 1995-96. Establishment of Aquaculture Microprojects in Myanmar under the Human Development Initiative Programme of UNDP (with FAO, UNDP and UNOPS).

12. 1995-96. Survey of Aquaculture Development Research Priorities in Asia, with FAO.

13. 1995-96. Survey of Water Pollution Sources and Coastal Aquaculture in Thailand, with the Department of Pollution Control.

14. 1996. Regional Workshop on Aquaculture and Management of Coral Reef Fishes and Sustainable Reef Fisheries with UNDP and Government of Sabah, Malaysia.

15. 1996. Regional Workshop on Health and Quarantine Guidelines for the responsible Movement of Aquatic Organisms (with FAO and AAHRI) and Working Group Meeting on Regional Fish Disease Reporting System with OIE, AAHRI and SEAFDEC AQD.

16. 1996. Regional Workshop on Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Aquaculture in India and SEAsia, with International Law Institute, Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Kasetsart University.

17. 1996-97. Phase 1 of Mangrove Mixed Farming Systems (Socio-economic study of integration of shrimp culture with mangrove ecosystems in the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam) with ACIAR, AIMS and Government of Viet Nam; Phase II was finished in 2002 and developed a programme to extend the research results of Phase 1 through training, information and extension activities.

18. 1997. Epidemiological study of EUS, Pakistan with AAHRI ACIAR and DFID.

19. 1997. Study of Mangrove Aquaculture Interaction, with Government, Academic, Private Sector and NGO participation).

20. 1997. Study on Food Safety Issues Associated with Products from Aquaculture with WHO and FAO; followed in 1998 by a Regional training on HACCP as applied to aquaculture production (also with WHO and FAO).

21. 1997-99. Danish/South-East Asian Collaboration in Tropical Coastal Ecosystems Research and Training Project.

22. 1998 - ongoing. APEC/NACA Grouper (now Marine Finfish) Aquaculture R and D Network with collaboration of ACIAR, SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department and numerous national institutions and individuals from Asia and the Pacific. A Grouper Electronic Newsletter is disseminated through the Internet.

23. 1999 - ongoing. Development of better management practices for Sustainable Shrimp Aquaculture, case studies to identify elements of good practices; also involves institutions in Latin America, Central and North America and Africa. Includes assessment of mangrove management practices. This is a project that spans Asia, Africa and Latin America involving a consortium of partners: FAO, WWF USA, World Bank and NACA with the participation of national and regional organizations and NGOs in the 3 continents.

24. 2000. Shrimp Disease Control and Coastal Management, with India's MPEDA, results to be fed into the above project as well. With NACA, MPEDA and ACIAR.

25. Expert Consultation on the Research Needs for Standardization and Validation of DNA-Based Molecular Diagnostic Techniques for the Detection of Aquatic Animal Pathogens and Diseases, jointly organized by FAO, NACA, ACIAR, CSIRO and DFID, 7-9 February 1999.

26. Assessment of socio-economic costs of aquatic animal diseases in aquaculture with FAO.

27. "Primary Aquatic Animal Health Care in Rural, Small-Scale Aquaculture Development in Asia" held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 27-30 September 1999, co-sponsored with FAO and DFID and hosted by the Government of Bangladesh.

28. Workshop on Aquaculture Nutrition and Environmental Health Management for the Sustainable Intensification of Freshwater Food Fish Production in South Asia, scheduled for November 2001, with NACA, FAO and India's CIFA.

29. 1998-2000. Regional Technical Cooperation Programme "Assistance for the Responsible Movement of Live Aquatic Animals in Asia" which has catalysed the regional programme on Aquatic Animal Health Management of NACA involves 21 governments and multi-agency collaboration, started in January 1998 and successfully terminated in June 2000 with the final workshop held in Beijing with the adoption of the Asia Regional Technical Guidelines on Health Management for the Responsible Movement of Live Aquatic Animals and the Beijing Consensus and Implementation Strategy. Other important components involved institutional strengthening, training and an information system (Aquatic Animal Pathogen Quarantine Information System or AAPQIS).

30. Aquaculture Conference in the Third Millennium and Aquaculture and Seafood Fair 2000, 20-25 February 2000. Attended by around 600 from nearly 70 countries representing over 200 organizations; came up with a guide for aquaculture development in the next 20 years in the "Bangkok Declaration and Strategy for Aquaculture Development beyond 2000." NACA an FAO collaborated in the Conference, which was hosted by the Government of Thailand.

31. 2000. Cooperative Aquaculture Education Programme for the Asia-Pacific with APEC assistance for the study and workshop. The Hanoi Workshop held in May 2000 recommended an Aquaculture Education Consortium that will develop as well as participate in a regional education programme for aquaculture at various levels. A Strategy for Aquaculture Education was formulated. Distance education and its delivery through Information Technology are seen as a cost-effective option in the new millennium. With NACA and Deakin University, involving also the participation of national agencies and academic institutions, among them Fisheries Department of Fiji and the University of South Pacific. A follow up working group of experts meeting in Hanoi in November 2001 (that included those from Universities, Training and Education Centres, Donor agencies, NACA and ASEAN Secretariat) has developed the implementation plans for the Aquaculture Education.

32. 2001. Support to Regional Aquatic Resources Management, developed and being implemented initially by a coalition of partners that include DFID, FAO, NACA and an international NGO, the Voluntary Services Overseas. This had its genesis from the 1998 NACA-initiated concept "Aquaculture for Sustainable Rural Livelihood Development (ASRLD) that FAO supported.

33. 2001. Aquaculture Alliance in the Lao PDR, an alliance that would generate, provide, facilitate funding and/or technical assistance to Laos, which includes NACA, ICLARM and the Department of Fisheries of Thailand through its Aquatic Animal Health Research Institute (AAHRI).

34. 2001. Plans for a TransHimalayan Network of Coldwater Fishery and Fishery Resources - which is focused on poverty alleviation, resources management and environment - involving the countries bordering the Himalayan ranges were agreed in a regional workshop in Katmandu in July 2001 that was attended by South Asian country and China representatives, academics, experts from Mekong River Commission, Thailand and supported by various organizations that included WWF, IUCN Nepal, EU projects in Nepal, a Professional Fishery Association and FAO and NACA.

35. 2001. Intensification of Food Production through Freshwater Aquaculture. The expert consultation, held in October at NACA's regional lead centre in India (CIFA) and organized by FAO, NACA and the Centre identified technical, strategic and policy issues that constrain producing more food through freshwater aquaculture and recommended specific follow up actions to resolve the water, feed and seed and animal health issues.

36. 2002. Regional Workshop on Focusing Small-Scale Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management on Poverty Alleviation, with FAO RAP.

37. 2002 Study of the Commercialisation of Aquaculture Development with FAO. This will describe and analyse the factors that facilitated (or impeded) the development into commercial level of the culture of certain species in selected countries.

38. 2002. Import risk analysis (IRA) awareness and capacity building (with APEC support and collaboration of FAO and OIE). Two training workshops were held, in Bangkok for Asian nationals and in Mazatlan, Mexico for North, Central and South American personnel. An important output is a training manual on IRA applicable to aquatic animals.

39. 2002. Regional Aquafeed Project, with focus on the Mekong River Basin countries with ACIAR, AIT and MRC. A workshop in June 2002 developed a regional plan for collaboration in research, capability building and information exchange focused on low-cost and preferably indigenous resources-based aquafeed for small-scale aquaculture.

40. 2002. Asia-Pacific Marine Finfish R and D Network. The former Grouper R and D network has been institutionalized and incorporated into NACA's work programme. A series of workshops on various aspects of marine fish culture (as well as marine fishery resource management and marine fish trade) have been conducted, the latest of which was one that focused on the larval rearing and feed development of marine fish, with a complementary consultation on development of standards for aquaculured marine fish.

41. 2002. Development of standards for the culture of reef fish, as part of a region wide initiative to develop standards for the live reef fish trade, co-funded by APEC.

42. 2002. NACA is collaborating in a CABI project to develop a compendium on aquaculture. It is a member of the working group to progress the results of a consultation to develop the business plan and outline the structure, content and thrust of the compendium.

43. 2003 (Feb 3-7). AquaMarkets 2003. A Regional Seminar/Consultation/Exhibition on the theme Accessing and Fulfilling Market Requirements of Aquatic Products. Organized by NACA and the Government of the Philippines' Departments of Agriculture and Trade and Industry; with the cooperation of FAO, ASEAN, SEAFDEC and PHILSHRIMP, Inc.


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