I - Supporting data, figures, tables
II - Bibliography
III - Abbreviations
IV - List of ADCP Reports
Table 1: Provisional Food Balance Sheet Fish and Fishery Products (Average 1984-86)
|
Catch |
Non-food uses |
Imports |
Exports |
Food Supply |
Population (Thousands) |
Per caput Supply Kg/yr |
(Metric tonnes live weight) |
|||||||
Argentina |
380 719 |
12 189 |
14 676 |
198 655 |
201 220 |
30 557 |
6.6 |
Belize |
1 375 |
0 |
318 |
717 |
976 |
163 |
6.0 |
Bolivia |
4 655 |
0 |
4 138 |
17 |
8 777 |
6 373 |
1.4 |
Brazil |
841 203 |
79 835 |
109 894 |
69 061 |
802 203 |
135 538 |
5.9 |
Chile |
4 959 026 |
4 539 817 |
1 460 |
189 801 |
235 105 |
12 037 |
19.5 |
Colombia |
76 232 |
0 |
28 484 |
6 751 |
97 965 |
28 711 |
3.4 |
Costa Rica |
18 106 |
0 |
5 339 |
10 450 |
12 995 |
2 599 |
5.0 |
Ecuador |
937 983 |
713 333 |
0 |
97 997 |
126 651 |
9 378 |
13.5 |
El Salvador |
15 192 |
0 |
2 147 |
5 870 |
11 469 |
5 556 |
2.1 |
French Guiana |
2 590 |
0 |
3 288 |
3 241 |
2 636 |
82 |
32.3 |
Guatemala |
2 596 |
0 |
1 637 |
1 559 |
2 674 |
7 967 |
0.3 |
Guyana |
40 872 |
0 |
0 |
4 705 |
36 167 |
953 |
38.0 |
Honduras |
10 460 |
0 |
1 531 |
3 967 |
8 049 |
4 371 |
1.8 |
Mexico |
1 211 207 |
371 215 |
1 535 |
58 140 |
785 770 |
78 980 |
10.0 |
Nicaragua |
3 641 |
0 |
27 |
1 451 |
2 218 |
3 273 |
0.7 |
Panama |
183 033 |
144 732 |
8 663 |
14 725 |
32 239 |
2 180 |
14.8 |
Paraguay |
8 500 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 500 |
3 681 |
2.3 |
Peru |
4 381 174 |
3 853 015 |
1 071 |
177 056 |
346 222 |
19 698 |
17.6 |
Suriname |
3 965 |
0 |
2 810 |
2 430 |
4 978 |
375 |
13.3 |
Uruguay |
138 131 |
5 000 |
1 256 |
124 885 |
25 251 |
3 012 |
8.4 |
Venezuela |
269 267 |
28 350 |
3 022 |
44 565 |
199 573 |
17 308 |
11.5 |
Source: FAO, Yearbook of Fisheries Statistics, Commodities, Vol. 65, 1987
Table 2: Economic and Social Indicators
|
GNP |
GNP per caput |
||
1986 (US$ millions) |
Real Growth Rate 1973-86 (%) |
1986 |
Real Growth Rate 1973-86 |
|
Argentina |
72 920 |
-0.2 |
2 350 |
-1.8 |
Belize |
200 |
3.6 |
1 170 |
1.2 |
Bolivia |
3 540 |
-0.8 |
540 |
-3.4 |
Brazil |
250 520 |
4.0 |
1 810 |
1.6 |
Chile |
16 200 |
1.8 |
1 320 |
0.1 |
Colombia |
35 530 |
3.6 |
1 230 |
1.7 |
Costa Rica |
3 790 |
1.9 |
1 420 |
-0.9 |
Ecuador |
11 200 |
3.8 |
1 160 |
0.8 |
El Salvador |
4 000 |
-0.7 |
820 |
-2.3 |
French Guiana* |
n.a. |
|
|
|
Guatemala |
7 640 |
2.2 |
930 |
-0.6 |
Honduras |
3 360 |
3.1 |
740 |
-0.4 |
Mexico |
149 110 |
3.8 |
1 850 |
1.0 |
Nicaragua |
2 670 |
-1.7 |
790 |
-4.6 |
Panama |
5 190 |
4.1 |
2 330 |
1.8 |
Paraguay |
3 360 |
6.6 |
880 |
3.3 |
Peru |
21 540 |
1.4 |
1 130 |
-0.9 |
Suriname |
1 010 |
1.9 |
2 510 |
1.5 |
Uruguay |
5 630 |
0.9 |
1 860 |
0.3 |
Venezuela |
51 940 |
1.3 |
2 930 |
-1.9 |
Source: The 1988 Update of the 1987 World Bank Atlas* n.a. = not available
Table 3: External Aid Aquaculture Projects
Country |
Title of Project |
Subject |
Donor Agency |
REGIONAL
|
Support to Regional Aquaculture |
Development |
Italy |
Bivalve genetics |
Marine molluscs |
IDRC |
|
Training course: Fish reproduction techniques |
Freshwater fish |
IDRC |
|
ARGENTINA |
Evaluation of the pejerrey as a pond-reared food fish |
Freshwater fish culture/research |
IFS |
BELIZE |
Conch management, Phase II |
Marine molluscs research |
IDRC |
BRAZIL
|
Aquaculture development |
Freshwater fish |
CIDA, Canada |
Flores shrimp production project |
Marine crustacea |
DGIS, The Netherlands |
|
Promotion of fisheries in the North-East of Brazil |
Mullets |
GTZ, Federal Republic of Germany |
|
Aquaculture, Phase II |
Freshwater fish |
IDRC |
|
Survey of edible bivalves of the Coast of Rio Grande do Norte |
Marine molluscs |
IFS. |
|
A survey of freshwater systems for the culture of prawns |
Freshwater crustacea |
IFS |
|
Cultivation of agar-producing seaweeds |
Marine algae |
IFS |
|
Sociedad e Bem Estar do Menor |
Rural community development |
General Diaconal Agency, |
|
CHILE
|
Seaweed, Phase II |
Marine algae. Research |
IDRC |
Invertebrates/seaweeds, Phase II |
Marine algae, Crustacea and molluscs. Pilot project |
IDRC |
|
Mariculture systems |
Marine molluscs |
IDRC |
|
Plankton ecology |
Marine ecology |
IDRC |
|
An optimal algal diet for larval rearing of giant Chilean mussel |
Marine molluscs |
IFS |
|
Phytopathological monitoring of South Chilean natural and farmed seaweed areas |
Marine algae |
IFS |
|
Introduction and management of anadromous salmonids from North of Parallel 41 S |
Salmonids |
IFS |
|
Ecology and histopathology of a parasite of the key-hole limpets from Chile |
Marine molluscs |
IFS |
|
Investigation in fish osmo regulation |
Salmonids |
IFS |
|
Environmental influence of mussel aquaculture |
Marine molluscs |
IFS |
|
Accumulation of red tide toxins in the blue mussel |
Marine molluscs |
IFS |
|
Consejo de Educación de Adultos de America Latina |
Freshwater fish |
Humanistic Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries, the Netherlands |
|
COLOMBIA
|
Economics of small-holder fish farming in the Cauca valley |
Freshwater fish |
GTZ, Germany, Fed. Rep. |
Regional aquaculture network |
Information exchange |
IDRC |
|
Aquaculture development |
Freshwater fish |
IDRC |
|
Feeding ecology of laboratory-reared bocachico larvae |
Freshwater fish |
IFS |
|
COSTA RICA
|
Promotion of aquaculture in Costa Rica |
Pilot farms/Financing |
GTZ, Germany, Fed. Rep. |
Freshwater prawn/fish production utilizing organic fertilization |
Carps/Macrobrachium |
IFS |
|
UNA/AUW Aquaculture |
Feasibility studies |
University of Wageningen The Netherlands |
|
ECUADOR |
Chame culture |
Freshwater fish |
IDRC |
HAITI
|
Développement de l'aquaculture rurale en Haiti |
Freshwater fish |
UNDP |
Barradere |
Tilapia/Ponds |
Tilapia International Fund, The Netherlands |
|
HONDURAS |
Desarrollo Integral de la zona costera |
Rural community development |
Interchurch Coordinating Committee, The Netherlands |
MEXICO
|
Development of pilot culture of scallops in the Bacochibampo Bay |
Marine molluscs |
IFS |
Fomento y Desarrollo de la acuacultura y maricultura |
National Plan |
UNDP |
|
Octopus culture |
Marine molluscs |
IFS |
|
Ecología, producción y comercialización |
Freshwater fish |
Interchurch Coordinating Committee, The Netherlands |
|
PANAMA
|
Colossoma research project |
Freshwater fish |
DGIS, The Netherlands |
Mariculture, Phase II |
Marine species |
IDRC |
|
Mariculture of economically important bivalves in the Bay of Panama |
Marine molluscs |
IFS |
|
Experimental culture of oysters at Vacamonte Area |
Marine molluscs |
IFS |
|
The effect of organic fertilization on the economics of penaeid culture |
Marine crustacea |
IFS |
|
PERU
|
Pool of experts for the fishery sector |
National Plans |
GTZ, Germany, Fed. Rep. |
Wastewater aquaculture |
Freshwater fish |
GTZ, Germany, Fed. Rep. |
|
Scallops |
Marine molluscs |
IDRC |
|
Evaluation and use of protein and energy requirements of Colossoma reared in ponds |
Freshwater fish |
IFS |
|
Rearing and pond production of freshwater prawns |
Freshwater crustacea |
IFS |
|
Use of cowshed manure in fish ponds of the Central Amazon |
Freshwater fish Production/Research |
IFS |
|
Centro de investigación y desarrollo de la Selva Alta |
Freshwater fish Rural community development |
Humanistic Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries, The Netherlands |
|
Proyecto de investigación y Capacitación |
Training |
Interchurch Coordinating Committee |
|
SURINAME |
Development of marine shrimp culture in tidal ponds |
Marine Crustacea |
FAO |
Table 4: Aquatic Species Cultivated in Latin America
ALA Informativo. Boletín de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Acuicultura, Bariloche, Argentina
Aquaculture Development and Coordination Programme, 1976. Aquaculture Planning in Latin America. Report of the Regional Workshop on Aquaculture Planning in Latin America, Caracas, Venezuela, 24 November-10 December 1975. ADCP/REP/76/3, Rome, FAO, 173 p
Aquaculture Development and Coordination Programme, 1986. Observations on International Technical Assistance to Aquaculture. Rome, FAO, ADCP/REP/86/23, 21 p
Aquaculture Development and Coordination Programme, 1987a. Future economic outlook for aquaculture and related assistance needs. Rome, FAO, ADCP/REP/87/25, 14 p
Aquaculture Development and Coordination Programme, 1987b. Aquaculture Sector Development - A guideline for the preparation of a national plan. ADCP/REP/87/27, Rome, FAO, 21 p
Aquaculture Development and Coordination Programme, 1989. Aquaculture aid profiles. February 1989. ADCP/AP/89/10, Rome, FAO, 62 p
Aguanet: Cultivos, 1989. Vol. 2 No. 2, Guayaquil, Ecuador
AQUILA, 1989. Informe Marzo 88 - Febrero 89. Programa Cooperativo Gubernamental FAO/Italy. Brasilia, 183 p
AQUILA, 1989. Reunión técnica de planificación en acuicultura, Caracas, Venezuela, 8-12 mayo 1989. Documento de Campo No. 16, Brasilia
CAPMAD/SELA, 1984. Consulta técnica Centroamericana de Investigación pesquera del CAPMAD/SELA. San Salvador, El Salvador
Cervigón, F. (Ed), 1983. La acuicultura en Venezuela. Estado actual y perspectivas. AVEA, Caracas, Venezuela, 121 p
COLCIENCIAS-INDERENA, 1986. Plan Nacional de Investigaciones Pesqueras y Acuicolas (PLANIPES). Ministerio de Agricultura, Bogotá, Colombia, 211 p
COPESCAL, 1983. Informe de la primera reunión del Grupo de Trabajo sobre Acuicultura. Santiago de Veraguas, Panama, 18-22 de abril de 1983. FAO Inf. Pesca (294): 23 p
COPESCAL, 1986. Informe de la segunda reunión de Grupo de Trabajo sobre Acuicultura. Guayaquil, Ecuador. 22-26 septiembre de 1986. FAO Inf. Pesca (373): 36 p
Chakroff, M.S., 1982. Aquaculture extension services review. FAO Fish. Circ. 747. Rome, FAO, 25 p
Engle, C.R., 1985. Criteria for the preparation and evaluation of subsistence aquaculture projects. FAO/RLAC/85/44-PES-8, Santiago, FAO, 79 p
FAO, 1981. Situación de la acuicultura en América Latina. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. COPESCAL 81/7, Rome, FAO
FAO, 1984. Informes nacionales presentados en la mesa redonda sobre Inspección y Control de Calidad de Productos Pesqueros en América Latina. Santiago, Chile, 1-2 Diciembre 1983. FAO/RLAC/84/27-PES-4 Santiago
FAO, 1985a. Mesa redonda sobre Fomento de la Acuicultura. Panama, Panama. 9-12 septiembre 1985. FAO/RLAC/85/45-PES-9, FAO, Santiago
FAO, 1985b. Servicio de Recursos Acuáticos Continentales y Acuicultura. Estudio de metodologiás para pronosticar el desarrollo de la acuicultura. FAO Doc. Tec. Pesca (248): 50 p
FAO, 1986. Aquaculture and rural development. 19th FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean, Barbados, 5-13 August 1986. FAO LARC/86/7, Santiago de Chile, 20 p
FAO, 1988. Report of the fifth session of the Commission for Inland Fisheries of Latin America. Panama City, Panama, 20-24 June 1988. FAO Fish. Rep (409): 59 p
FAO, 1989a. Aquaculture production (1984-1986). FAO Fish. Circ. No. 815, Rome, 106 p. Documento de Campo No. 16, Brasilia, Brazil
FAO, 1989b. Yearbook of Fishery Statistics: catchings and landings. Vol. 64-1987. Rome, 490 p
FAO, 1989c. Yearbook of Fishery Statistics: commodities. Vol. 65-1987. Rome, 370 p
Hernandez, A. (Ed), 1989. Cultivo de Colossoma. Primera reunión de trabajo técnico. 20-24 junio 1988. Pirassununga, S.P. Brasil. Red Regional de Entidades y Centros de Acuicultura de América Latina. Bogotá, Colombia, 475 p
Martinez Espinoza, M., 1986. Acuicultura rural en América Latina. Estudios de Casos en Colombia, Costa Rica y El Salvador. FAO RLAC/87/18-PES-5, Santiago de Chile, 61 p
Noriega Curtis, P., 1984. Panorama de la Piscicultura en México Estudio Monográfico. Dirección de Desarrollo Tecnológico CONACYT-CETAMEX. Mexico
Noriega Curtis, P. and C. Noriega Curtis, 1988. Estado de la Planificación de la Acuacultura en México. FAO/AQUILA - Dirección General de Acuacultura (SEPESCA), Mexico
Noriega Curtis, P. and R. Pretto Malca, 1987a. Report of the Aquaculture Planning and Sensitization Seminar. Twickenham Park, Jamaica, 6-8 April 1987. Rome, FAO
Noriega Curtis, P. and R. 1987b. Report of the Aquaculture Training Development Workshop. Kingston, Jamaica, 14-18 September 1987. Rome, FAO
Notilarva: Resumen económico del Camarón. Junio 1989, Ano 1, No. 2, Guayaquil, Ecuador
OLDEPESCA, Aquarius: Boletín informativo de la Organización Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Pesquero. Lima, Perú
OLDEPESCA, Revista Latinoamericana de Acuicultura (Rev. Lat. Acui.), Lima, Perú
Pedini, M. (Ed), 1984. Informes nacionales sobre el desarrollo de la acuicultura en América Latina. FAO Inf. Pesca (294) Supl. 1: 138 p
Pretto Malca, R., 1985. Aquaculture and rural development. Training and promotion. FAO/RLAC/85/14-PES-6, Santiago, 29 p
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Red de Cooperación Técnica en Acuicultura. Carta circular No. 8, Enero 1989, FAO/RLAC, Santiago, Chile
Ruiz Rios, L., 1981. Symposium sobre desarrollo de la acuicultura en el Perú. Univ. Agraria La Molina. Lima, 342 p
Smith, L.J. and S. Peterson (Eds), 1982. Aquaculture development in less developed countries: social, economic and political problems. Westview Press. Boulder, Colorado, USA, 152 p
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ADCP |
Aquaculture Development and Coordination Programme |
ALA |
Asociación Latinoamericana de Acuicultura |
AQUILA |
Support for Regional Aquaculture Activities in Latin America and the Caribbean, Government of Italy/FAO |
CACM |
Central American Common Market |
CAF |
Comité Andino de Fomento |
CAPMAD |
Action Committee for Marine and Freshwater Production |
CARICOM |
Caribbean Community |
CEPTA |
Centro de Pesquisa e Trenamiento en Acuicultura |
CIDA |
Canadian International Development Agency |
COPESCAL |
Commission for Inland Fisheries of Latin America |
EAS |
European Aquaculture Society |
EEC |
European Economic Community |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FONDEPESCA |
National Trust Fund for the Development of Fisheries |
GTZ |
German Agency for Technical Cooperation |
IDB |
Inter-American Development Bank |
IDRC |
International Development Research Centre, Canada |
IFS |
International Foundation for Science, Sweden |
JICA |
Japan International Cooperation Agency |
NACA |
Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia |
OAS |
Organization of American States |
ODA |
Overseas Development Administration, U.K. |
OLDEPESCA |
Organización Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Pesquero |
ORS TOM |
Institut Français de Recherche pour le Développement en Coopération |
SELA |
Sistema Económico Latino Americano |
UN |
United Nations |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
Unesco |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
WAS |
World Aquaculture Society |
WB |
World Bank |
Abbreviations of Databases and other Terminology
ASFA |
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts |
EEZ |
Extended Economic Zone |
FISHDAB |
FAO Yearly Statistics |
GLOBEFISH |
FAO Computerized System of Fish Marketing Information |
GNP |
Gross National Product |
NGOs |
Non-governmental Organizations |
PLs |
Post larvae |
SIRIAC |
Reference System for Aquaculture Research (AQUILA) |
TCDC |
Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries |
ADCP/REP/75/1 |
Aquaculture Planning in Africa |
ADCP/REP/76/2 |
Aquaculture Planing in Asia |
ADCP/REP/76/3 |
Aquaculture Planning in Latin America |
FI/R188 |
Kyoto Conference |
ADCP/REP/78/4 |
Aid for Aquaculture Development |
ADCP/REP/78/5 |
Outline of an Applied Research and Experimental Development Programme for the Latin American Regional Centre for Aquaculture |
ADCP/REP/78/6 |
Curriculum for the Training of Aquaculturists in the Latin American Regional Centre for Aquaculture |
ADCP/REP/79/7 |
Curriculum for the Training of Aquaculturists in the African Regional Centre for Aquaculture |
ADCP/REP/79/8 |
Training in Fish Feed Technology. Report of the FAO/UNDP Training Course in Fish Feed Technology held in the University of Washington, Seattle, 9 October-15 December 1978 |
ADCP/REP/79/9 |
Aquaculture Information - Report of the Meeting of an Aquaculture Information Group held in Rome, 25-28 April 1979 |
ADCP/REP/79/10 |
Aquaculture Development in China - Report of a FAO/UNDP Aquaculture Study Tour to the People's Republic of China, |
ADCP/REP/80/11 |
Fish Feed Technology - Lectures presented at the FAO/UNDP Training Course in Fish Feed Technology, held at the College of Fisheries, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, |
ADCP/REP/80/12 |
Outline Research Programme for the African Regional Aquaculture Centre, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. |
ADCP/REP/80/13 |
Curriculum for the Training of Aquaculturists in the Asian Aquaculture Network |
ADCP/REP/80/14 |
Outline Research Programmes for the Regional Aquaculture Lead Centres in Asia - Parts I and II |
ADCP/REP/80/15 |
Outline Research Programmes for the Regional Aquaculture Lead Centres in Asia - Part III |
ADC/REP/81/16 (out of print) |
Reproductive Physiology of Teleost Fishes - A Review of Present Knowledge and Needs for Future Research |
ADCP/REP/82/17 |
Aid for Aquaculture Development in the Third World |
ADCP/REP/83/18 |
Fish Feeds and Feeding in Developing Countries - An Interim Report on the ADCP Feed Development Programme |
ADCP/REP/83/19 Rev. 1 |
AQUIS Aquaculture Information System - Users' Manual |
ADCP/REP/83/20 |
Planificación del Desarrollo de la Acuicultura - Guía Preliminar (An Introductory Guide to Aquaculture Development) |
ADCP/REP/84/21 |
Inland Aquaculture Engineering - Lectures presented at the ADCP Interregional Training Course in Inland Aquaculture Engineering, Budapest |
ADCP/REP/85/22 |
Nutritional Fish Pathology - Morphological Signs of Nutrient Deficiency and Toxicity in Farmed Fish |
ADCP/REP/86/23 |
Observations on International Technical Assistance to Aquaculture |
ADCP/REP/86/24 |
Planning an Aquaculture Facility - Guidelines for Bioprogramming and Design |
ADCP/REP/87/25 |
Future Economic Outlook for Aquaculture and Related Assistance Needs |
ADCP/REP/87/26 |
Feed and Feeding of Fish and Shrimp - A Manual on the Preparation and Presentation of Compound Feeds for Shrimp and Fish in Aquaculture |
ADCP/REP/87/27 |
Aquaculture Sector Development - A Guideline for the Preparation of a National Plan |
ADCP/REP/87/28 |
Women in Aquaculture - Proceedings of the ADCP/NORAD Workshop on Women in Aquaculture. Rome, FAO, 13-16 April 1987 |
ADCP/REP/87/29 |
The Markets for the Prime Mediterranean Species - Sea Bass, Sea Bream, Mullets and Eel - and their links with investment |
ADCP/REP/88/30 |
A Regional Survey of the Aquaculture Sector in Eleven Middle East Countries |
ADCP/REP/88/31 |
A Regional Survey of the Aquaculture Sector in East Asia |
ADCP/REP/88/32 |
A Regional Survey of the Aquaculture Sector in the Pacific |
ADCP/REP/89/33 |
Planning for Aquaculture Development - Report of an Expert Consultation held in Policoro, Italy, 26 July-2 August 1988 |
ADCP/REP/89/34 |
A Regional Survey of the Aquaculture Sector in the Mediterranean Region |
ADCP/REP/89/35 |
A Regional Survey of the Aquaculture Sector in West Asia |
ADCP/REP/89/36 |
A Regional Survey of the Aquaculture Sector in Africa South of the Sahara |
ADCP/REP/89/37 |
A Regional Survey of the Aquaculture Sector in North America |
ADCP/REP/89/38 |
A Regional Survey of the Aquaculture Sector in Eastern and Northwestern Europe |
ADCP/REP/89/39 |
A Regional Survey of the Aquaculture Sector in Latin America |