NACA-SF/WP/88/4 | July 1988 |
NETWORK OF AQUACULTURE CENTRES IN ASIA Status of mollusc culture in selected Asian countries |
NETWORK OF AQUACULTURE CENTRES IN ASIA
National Inland Fisheries Institute
Kasetsart University Campus
Bangkhen, Bangkok
Thailand.
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I would like to thank all the National Coordinators of the Seafarming Development and Demonstration Project (RAS/86/024) for providing the mollusc production statistics.
I would also like to thank Mrs. Tanittha Chongpeepien of the Brackishwater Fisheries Division, Department of Fisheries, Thailand for supplying information on mollusc culture in Thailand.
I am indebted to Mr. Nie Zong Qing of the Fuzhou Fisheries Research Institute, Fuzhou, China, Mr. Ng Fong Oon of the Fisheries Research Institute, Penang, Malaysia, Mr. T. B. Wanninayake of the National Aquatic Resources Agency, Crow Island, Sri Lanka and Mr. Hon Cheng Chen, Department of Zoology, National Taiwan University for providing information and production figures on bivalve culture and development in their respective countries.
Thanks are also due to Dr. Byung Ha Park of the Fisheries Research & Development Agency, Pusan, Korea RP and his staff and Ms. Teo Sew Kew of the Primary Production Department, Singapore for the information provided.
Finally, thanks are also due to Mr. Pedro B. Bueno, NACA information specialist, for editing this report.
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