CIFA TECHNICAL PAPER NO. 4

CIFA TECHNICAL PAPER NO. 4         CIFA/T4

REPORT OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON AQUACULTURE IN AFRICA

Accra, Ghana, 30 September – 2 October 1975

edited by
Ziad H. Shehadeh
Technical Secretary (Aquaculture),
Committee on Inland Fisheries of Africa
Fishery Resources Officer
Fishery Resources and Environment Division
Department of Fisheries

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome 1975

Contents

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PREPARATION OF THIS REPORT

This is the final version of the Report as approved by the Second Session of the FAO Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA).




Distribution: Bibliographic Entry:
Members of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa and interested organizations
 Shehadeh, Z.H. (Ed.)(1976)
CIFA Tech.Pap., (4):36 p.
Report of the Symposium on Aquaculture in Africa. Accra, Ghana, 30 September – 2 October 1975
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 Conferences. Reports. Freshwater aquaculture. Brackishwater aquaculture. Marine aquaculture. Resource development. Fish culture. Shellfish culture. Africa. Africa coasts.

COMMITTEE FOR INLAND FISHERIES OF AFRICA (CIFA)

CIFA documents are issued in three series:

CIFA Report

Report of each session, in English and French.

CIFA Technical Paper

Selected scientific and technical papers, including some those contributed as working documents to sessions of the Committee and reports of subcommittees, working parties, study groups and correspondence networks. Published in English and French.

CIFA Occasional Papers

Papers of general interest to the Committee. Published in the language submitted, either in English or French.

Copies of these documents can be obtained from:

Secretary
Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa
Department of Fisheries
FAO
Via delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy

PAPERS ISSUED IN THIS SERIES

CIFA/T1The inland waters of Africa (1972)
CIFA/T2Report of the Symposium on the evaluation of fishery resources in the development and management of inland fisheries, Fort Lamy, Chad, 1972 (Rome, 1973)
CIFA/T3The fisheries ecology of African floodplains (1975)
CIFA/T4Report of the symposium on aquaculture in Africa, Accra, Ghana, 1975 (Rome, 1976)

© FAO 1975


Contents


1.    BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVES AND ORGANIZATION

1.1    Background

1.2    Objectives

1.3    Organization

2.    OPENING SESSION AND WORKING ARRANGEMENTS

3.    REPORTS OF THE TECHNICAL SESSIONS

3.1    Section I: Present status of aquaculture and potential for development

3.2    Section II: Cultivated speces

3.2.1    Subsection 1: Fish

3.2.2    Subsection 2: Shellfish

3.2.3    Subsection 3: Introductions and transplantations

3.3    Section III: Systems and techniques of aquaculture

3.3.1    Subsection 1: Controlled reproduction and seed production

3.3.2    Subsection 2: Stock manipulation, pond fertilization and feeding practices

3.3.3    Subsection 3: Combined culture techniques

3.4    Section IV: Environmental constraints to aquaculture

3.5    Section V: Socio-economic aspects and development planning

3.6    Section VI: Recommendations

Appendix A    List of participants

B    Address by Mr. J.N.N. Adjetey, Director of Fisheries, Fisheries Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Ghana

C    Address by Mr. C.H. Clay, FAO Headquarters, Representative of the Director-General and the Assistant Director-General (Fisheries)

D    Address by Mr. B.F. Dada, Acting Director, Federal Department of Fisheries, Nigeria

E    Agenda

F    Officers of the Symposium

G    List of documents


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