Report
to the
GOVERNMENT OF BURMA
on
FISH CULTURE DEVELOPMENT
to the
GOVERNMENT OF BURMA
on
FISH CULTURE DEVELOPMENT
| UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME | No. TA 2954 |
| BUR/68/10 |
| Report to the GOVERNMENT OF BURMA on FISH CULTURE DEVELOPMENT |
Based on the work
of
H. Chaudhuri
Inland Fishery Biologist
FAO/UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE) REPORTS ON FISHERIES
This document is Report No.TA 2954 in the series of FAO reports produced under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Since 1 January 1966, reports produced under the former Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance (EPTA) have appeared in the UNDP (TA) series. The numbering of reports in the UNDP(TA) series is unbroken and follows consecutively the numbering of the former EPTA series.
Since 1 January 1962, those reports which concerned FAO Technical Assistance in fisheries have been numbered consecutively in a subseries within the general series.
The present report is the two hundred and fifth report in the fisheries subseries: FAO Fish. UNDP(TA) Rep., UNDP(TA)205
For bibliographic purposes this document may be cited as follows:
FAO 1971 Report to the Government of Burma on Fish Culture Development. Based on the work of H. Chaudhuri, Inland Fishery Biologist (Fish Culture). Rep. FAO/UNDP(TA), (2954) : 45 p.
| FAO. Report to the Government of Burma on Fish Culture Development based on the work of H. Chaudhuri, Rome, 1971 45 p. United Nations Development Programme, [Report] No. TA 2954. |
| ABSTRACT |
| The development of fish culture in Burma from May 1967 to December 1970 is reviewed in this report. Highest priority is given to the solution of the problem of acute shortage of fish seed from cultivated species. Induced breeding of indigenous carps during 1967 by pituitary hormone injections and subsequently the commercial production of fish seed is the first successful achievement. The report shows that it is possible to meet the country's entire present requirements of seed and avoid collection of seed from natural sources. |
| Other important achievements of this project are demonstrations of the technique of hybridization in fishes for producing improved varieties, improvement in the technique of nursery practices for higher survival of fry, better management of farm ponds, the introduction and acclimatization of the quick-growing phytophagous Chinese carps and demonstrations of increased production of fish by intensive fish culture. |
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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
ROME, 1971
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1.1 Background information
1.2 Development of the project
1.3 Acknowledgements
2.1 Experiments on seed production
2.11 Experiments during 1966–67
2.12 Experiments during 1967–68
2.13 Experiments during 1968–69
2.14 Experiments during 1969–70
2.2 Experiments on hybridization of carps
2.3 Natural fish seed resources
2.31 Spawn collection from rivers
2.32 Collection of fry and fingerlings
2.33 Identification of carp fry and fingerlings
2.5 Rearing and stocking ponds
2.6 Demonstration of intensive fish culture
2.61 Hlawga fish farm pond
2.62 Private fish pond
2.7 Observations on exotic fishes
2.71 Chinese carp
2.72 Common carp
2.73 Other exotic fishes
2.8 Observations on fish farms and other cultivable waters
(a) Fish farms under the Directorate of Fisheries
(b) Fish farms under the People's Pearl
and Fishery Board
2.82 Establishment of a composite fish farm
2.83 Private fish farms
2.84 Potential cultivable waters
2.85 Reclamation of swamps
2.9 Present status of fish culture in Burma
2.91 Commercial fish culture
2.92 Homestead fish culture
CHAPTER 3 TRAINING AND RESEARCH
3.2 Government training schemes
CHAPTER 4 SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
4.1 Commercial production of fish seed by induced breeding
4.3 Improvement in the technique of fish pond management
4.4 Increased production of fish by intensive fish culture
4.5 Acclimatization of Chinese carp
5.1 Commercial production of fish seed
5.2 Fish seed collection from natural sources
5.31 Nursery practices
5.32 Construction of fish farms
5.33 Culture of miscellaneous compatible species along with major carp
5.34 Studies on pond water and soil
5.41 Chinese carp
5.42 Tilapia
5.43 Giant gourami
5.6 Expansion of area for fish culture
APPENDIX 1 MEANS OF IDENTIFYING FRY AND FINGERLINGS OF CARPS IN BURMA
APPENDIX 2 ANALYTICAL DATA OF SOIL SAMPLES FROM GOVERNMENT FISH FARMS
APPENDIX 3 GOVERNMENT FISH FARMS - AREA UNDER CULTURE
APPENDIX 4 DATA ON INTENSIVE FISH CULTURE
APPENDIX 5 DATA ON SURVIVAL, GROWTH AND PRODUCTION OF CHINESE CARPS
(Tables 1 – 6)
a) Homestead fish culture operations
b) Economics of homestead fish culture
FIGURE 1 SCHEMATIC MAP OF BURMA SHOWING PLACES OF MAIN FISH CULTURAL ACTIVITIES