FIELD DOCUMENT

INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING IN THE FISHERIES SECTOR

	MANUAL ON AFRICAN MAGUR (CLARIAS GARIEPINUS) CULTURE IN BANGLADESH
	C O N T E N T S

Prepared
by

M. MOKHLESUR RAHMAN
IMRE VARGA
and
S.N. CHOUDHURY

DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES, GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

This field document is one of a series of reports prepared during the course of the project on Institutional Strengthening in the Fisheries Sector of Bangladesh. The conclusions and recommendations given in the report were considered appropriate at the time it was prepared. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the project.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The authors wish to express their gratitude to Mr. P.C. Choudhury, CTA, FAO/UNDP Project BGD/87/045, for his advice; to Mr. Dilip Kumar for his comments; to Mr. A.K. Ataur Rahman, Director, DoF and the other staff of DoF for providing assistance in preparation of this manual. The authors are grateful to Professor Abu Tweb Abu Ahmed, Senior Technical Adviser of the project, for editing the manuscript.

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C O N T E N T S

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1 INTRODUCTION

2 DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES

3 CULTURE TECHNIQUES

3.1 General considerations
3.2 Preparing pond for magur production
3.3 African Magur dominated polyculture
3.4 Magur cum poultry integrated system
3.5 African Magur and Carp polyculture
3.6 African Magur monoculture

4 COMMON HAZARDS IN AFRICAN MAGUR CULTURE

4.1 Oxygen deficiency
4.2 Organic overloading
4.3 Cannibalism
4.4 Poaching from ponds
4.5 Common diseases of African magur

5 RECORD KEEPING AND ECONOMICS

6 REFERENCES

APPENDIX