ADCP/REP/79/10 - Aquaculture Development in China













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AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATION PROGRAMME

Report on an FAO/UNDP Aquaculture Study Tour to the People's Republic of China, led by T.V.R. Pillay, Aquaculture Development and Coordination Programme, FAO, Rome, Italy, 2 May-1 June 1978

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1979

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. BACKGROUND TO CHINESE AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT

3. PLANNING, ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF AQUACULTURE

3.1 Organization and management
3.2 Planning

4. FINANCING AND CREDIT

5. FISH CULTURE PRACTICES

5.1 Artificial propagation
5.2 Rearing of fry and fingerlings
5.3 Rearing of fish to marketable size in ponds

5.3.1 Stocking rates
5.3.2 Fertilizing, feeding and pond management

5.4 Fish diseases and their control
5.5 Design of fish farms and its significance in management
5.6 Economics of pond culture

6. INTEGRATED FARMING OF FISH, CROP AND LIVESTOCK

6.1 Nature of integration
6.2 Basis of fish, crop, and livestock combinations
6.3 Advantages of integration
6.4 Management of integrated farms

7. FISH CULTIVATION IN NATURAL LAKES AND RESERVOIRS

8. FISH FARMING IN RIVERS

9. MARINE AQUACULTURE

10. MARKETING

11. EDUCATION AND TRAINING

11.1 Vocational training
11.2 Secondary technical school training
11.3 Education and training at universities and colleges of agriculture

12. FISHERIES RESEARCH

12.1 Organization of research
12.2 Shanghai Institute of Aquatic Products
12.3 Guangzhou Provincial Fisheries Research Institute of Aquatic Products and FAO/UNDP Training Course
12.4 Hubei Hydrobiological Research Institute

13. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Appendix 1 - List of participants

Appendix 2 - Itinerary of the study group

Appendix 3 - Persons met by the study group