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REGIONAL SEAFARMING RESOURCES ATLAS

CONTENTS


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CONTENTS

- FOREWORD
- Overall seafarming view
- China: overall view
- India: overall view
- Indonesia: overall view
- Korea Rep.: overall view
- Philippines: overall view
- Singapore: overall view
- Thailand: overall view

FOREWORD

One of the main objectives of the UNDP/FAO Regional Seafarming Development and Demonstration Project (RAS/86/024) is to formulate guidelines for the establishment of national management systems for rational and orderly development of the seafarming industry in the region. To achieve the objective of establishing such systems, a coordinated and integrated approach involving various disciplines and sectors of the national economy is required for identifying and assessing seafarming development potential, formulating regulations to protect and control seafarming activities, and resolving conflicts among users of coastal resources.

The identification and assessment of the potential of seafarming resources is a prerequisite for seafarming development planning. Coastal resources mapping through conventional field surveys integrated with the use of remote sensing and geographical information systems, where appropriate, will serve as an essential tool for the planning of coastal resources management and utilization.

This Regional Seafarming Resources Atlas represents the first phase of a sequential process to develop national coastal resources management atlases and information systems. It provides a broad overall view of the seafarming industry in the region, represented by seven East Asian countries participating in the Regional Seafarming Project. It presents progressive production data, culture methods, areas of culture, yields per culture units, status and constraints of all major marine species commercially cultured in the region. The national small-scale maps portray the various seafarming practices and culture systems, and the distribution of the major marine species groups (e.g. finfish, molluscs, crustaceans, seaweeds and others) which are commercially cultured.

The data used in this atlas refer only to the output from seafarming activities, unless otherwise stated in the text. All the charts in the atlas were prepared using only the data from the seven countries. Each of the species data sheet is self-contained, and as such, some repetition of the description of the culture techniques cannot be avoided.

Due to the need to be concise the information contained in the atlas may not be as complete as desired. However, it is hoped that this volume achieves the purpose of providing an overall view of the present situation and stimulate the development of more comprehensive regional and national coastal resources atlases which will contribute to the establishment of management systems for systematic development of seafarming in the Asia-Pacific region.

The atlas and its text were conscientiously prepared by Mr. Alessandro Lovatelli, Associate Professional Officer (Mariculturist) and edited by Mr. Pedro Bueno, Information Specialist, both being the Seafarming Project staff. The data and information were obtained from the National Coordinators of the participating countries as well as from other sources.

The Seafarming Project would like to thank all the National Coordinators (Mr. Yang Conghai, China; Dr. P.S.B.R. James, India; Mr. Kisto Mintardjo, Indonesia; Dr. Byung Ha Park, Korea Rep.; Mr. Nelson Lopez, Philippines; Ms. Renee Chou, Singapore; and Mr. Chanintorn Sritongsuk, Thailand) and their staff who have kindly assisted in providing data and information that enabled the compilation and production of the present atlas.

Thanks are also due to Dr. M.J.A. Butler, Ms. C. LeBlanc and Mr. L. MacNeill of the Champlain Institute, Canada for their advice on the overall layout of the Atlas.

Chen Foo Yan
Project Coordinator
Regional Seafarming Development and Demonstration Project
Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok, Thailand


Address:         Regional Seafarming Development and Demonstration
Project, RAS/86/024
Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia and the Pacific
C/O National Inland Fisheries Institute
Kasetsart University Campus
Bangkhen, Bangkok, THAILAND

REGIONAL SEAFARMING RESOURCES ATLAS ASIAN COUNTRIES

China
India
Indonesia
Korea (Rep.)
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand

LENGTH OF COASTLINE
(Km)

China18,000
India6,100
Indonesia80,000
Korea (Rep.)15,000
Philippines34,600
Singapore132
Thailand2,635

PER CAPUT FISH CONSUMPTION
(Kg)

China8.85
India3.00
Indonesia14.00
Korea (Rep.)80.10
Philippines33.20
Singapore28.95
Thailand16.00