ADCP/REP/81/15 - Outline Research Programmes for the Regional Aquaculture Lead Centres in Asia - Part III













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AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATION PROGRAMME
ADCP/REP/81/15 (En)

Programme of Research at the Regional Lead Centre for Integrated Fish Culture, Wuxi, the People's Republic of China

Task Force report outlining the proposed research at the Regional Aquaculture Lead Centre for Integrated Fish Culture in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, the People's Republic of China, prepared under sponsorship of the FAO/UNDP Aquaculture Development and Coordination Programme.

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 1981

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1. INTRODUCTION

2. BACKGROUND

3. RESEARCH NEEDS

4. RESEARCH PROBLEMS

4.1 Organic waste inputs

4.1.1. Animal manure
4.1.2 Green manure
4.1.3 High fibre content substrates

4.2 Fish species for culture
4.3 Water quality
4.4 Pond dynamics
4.5 Role of pond silt
4.6 Pond design
4.7 Fish disease and mortality
4.8 Fish as carriers of pathogens
4.9 Supplemental feeds
4.10 Economic modelling

5. RESEARCH APPROACHES

5.1 Collection and analysis of existing data
5.2 Tanks and yard-scale experiments
5.3 Studies of animal manures
5.4 Studies of green manure
5.6 Straw and other high-fibre substrates
5.7 Fish stock and stocking rates
5.8 Silt and pond bottom studies
5.9 Experimental studies and economic evaluations