FI:DP/GRE/85/002
Field Document 1
September 1987

GREECE
EEL CULTURE IN GREECE

TABLE OF CONTENTS



A report prepared for the project
Development of Marine and Inland Aquaculture in Greece


by


Shigeru Arai
Eeel Culture Consultant


This report was prepared during the course of the project identified on the title page. The conclusions and recommendations given in the report are those considered appropriate at the time of its preparation. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the project.

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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1987


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction

1.1 Terms of reference

1.2 Background information

2. Observations and conclusions

2.1 Seedfish resources

2.2 Water resources

2.3 Feed resources

2.4 Main obstacles to development of intensive eel farming

2.4.1 Seedfish supply
2.4.2 Supply of feeds
2.4.3 Adequacy of intensive culture techniques

3. Recommendations

3.1 Seedfish supply

3.2 Primary developmental zones for eel farming

3.3 Supply of feeds

3.4 Instruction in practical intensive culture techniques

4. References

Appendix 1: Practical Eel Culture Techniques