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I - Supporting data, figures, tables
II - Bibliography
III - Abbreviations
IV - List of ADCP Reports

I - Supporting data, figures, tables

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
Activities for Latin America and the Caribbean

Development
Training
Research

Italy

Bivalve genetics
Genetics/Research

Marine molluscs

IDRC

Training course: Fish reproduction techniques

Freshwater fish
Training

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
Govt. fish farm/research

CIDA, Canada

Flores shrimp production project

Marine crustacea
Feasibility study

DGIS, The Netherlands

Promotion of fisheries in the North-East of Brazil

Mullets
Pond dynamics research/training

GTZ, Federal Republic of Germany

Aquaculture, Phase II

Freshwater fish
Production/Extension

IDRC

Survey of edible bivalves of the Coast of Rio Grande do Norte

Marine molluscs
Ecology/Research

IFS.

A survey of freshwater systems for the culture of prawns

Freshwater crustacea
Ecology/Research

IFS

Cultivation of agar-producing seaweeds

Marine algae
Growth/Re search

IFS

Sociedad e Bem Estar do Menor

Rural community development

General Diaconal Agency,
The Netherlands

CHILE












Seaweed, Phase II

Marine algae. Research

IDRC

Invertebrates/seaweeds, Phase II

Marine algae, Crustacea and molluscs. Pilot project

IDRC

Mariculture systems

Marine molluscs
Extension/Feasibility Studies

IDRC

Plankton ecology

Marine ecology
Nutrition/Research

IDRC

An optimal algal diet for larval rearing of giant Chilean mussel

Marine molluscs
Nutrition/Research

IFS

Phytopathological monitoring of South Chilean natural and farmed seaweed areas

Marine algae
Disease/Research

IFS

Introduction and management of anadromous salmonids from North of Parallel 41 S

Salmonids
Ranching/Research

IFS

Ecology and histopathology of a parasite of the key-hole limpets from Chile

Marine molluscs
Disease/Research

IFS

Investigation in fish osmo regulation

Salmonids
Physiology/Research

IFS

Environmental influence of mussel aquaculture

Marine molluscs
Ecology/Pollution/Research

IFS

Accumulation of red tide toxins in the blue mussel

Marine molluscs
Disease/Ecology/Research

IFS

Consejo de Educación de Adultos de America Latina

Freshwater fish
Rural community development

Humanistic Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries, the Netherlands

COLOMBIA




Economics of small-holder fish farming in the Cauca valley

Freshwater fish
Rural community development

GTZ, Germany, Fed. Rep.

Regional aquaculture network

Information exchange

IDRC

Aquaculture development

Freshwater fish
Nutrition/Development

IDRC

Feeding ecology of laboratory-reared bocachico larvae

Freshwater fish
Ecology/Nutrition/Research

IFS

COSTA RICA



Promotion of aquaculture in Costa Rica

Pilot farms/Financing
Extension/Training

GTZ, Germany, Fed. Rep.

Freshwater prawn/fish production utilizing organic fertilization

Carps/Macrobrachium
Polyculture/Research

IFS

UNA/AUW Aquaculture

Feasibility studies
Education/Training

University of Wageningen The Netherlands

ECUADOR

Chame culture

Freshwater fish
Ponds/Development

IDRC

HAITI


Développement de l'aquaculture rurale en Haiti

Freshwater fish
Extension/Training

UNDP

Barradere

Tilapia/Ponds
Rural community development

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
Feasibility study/research

IFS

Fomento y Desarrollo de la acuacultura y maricultura

National Plan
Training/Education

UNDP

Octopus culture

Marine molluscs
Growth/Research

IFS

Ecología, producción y comercialización

Freshwater fish
Rural community development

Interchurch Coordinating Committee, The Netherlands

PANAMA





Colossoma research project

Freshwater fish
Research

DGIS, The Netherlands

Mariculture, Phase II

Marine species
Production/Research

IDRC

Mariculture of economically important bivalves in the Bay of Panama

Marine molluscs
Research

IFS

Experimental culture of oysters at Vacamonte Area

Marine molluscs
Research

IFS

The effect of organic fertilization on the economics of penaeid culture

Marine crustacea
Ponds/Research

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
Feasibility studies

IDRC

Evaluation and use of protein and energy requirements of Colossoma reared in ponds

Freshwater fish
Nutrition/Research

IFS

Rearing and pond production of freshwater prawns

Freshwater crustacea
Reproduction/Research

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
The Netherlands

SURINAME

Development of marine shrimp culture in tidal ponds

Marine Crustacea
Pilot farm/extension

FAO

Table 4: Aquatic Species Cultivated in Latin America

II - Bibliography

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

Red Acuicultura: Boletín, 1989. Red Regional de Acuicultura de América Latina (CIID, Canada). Vol. 3, No. 1. Bogotá, Colombia

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

US Department of State, 1982. Background on the Caribbean Basin Initiative. Special Report 97. Washington, D.C., USA

World Bank, 1988. The 1988 update of the 1987 World Bank Atlas. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, D.C., USA

III - Abbreviations

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

IV - List of ADCP Reports

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


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