Appendix 1
PROJECT STAFF

Thirty other administrative, research and general service national staff also assisted in the project.

Appendix 2
MAJOR ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT PURCHASED

Appendix 3
GUIDELINES FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT PLAN

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Description of aquaculture
1.2 Status of aquaculture

1.2.1 Worlwide
1.2.2 Country under consideration
1.2.3 Neighbouring countries

2. FACTORS AFFECTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AQUACULTURE

2.1 The environment

2.1.1 Temperature
2.1.2 Wind
2.1.3 Rainfall
2.1.4 Insolation
2.1.5 Freshwater supplies
2.1.6 Seawater supplies
2.1.7 Water quality
2.1.8 Land topography
2.1.9 Coastal topography
2.1.10 Oceanography

2.2 Availability of land and water for aquaculture

2.2.1 Land
2.2.2 Water

2.3 Logistics and infrastructure
2.4 Labour
2.5 Legal requirements
2.6 Financing
2.7 Aquaculture species

3. THE ENVIRONMENT

3.1 Climate

3.1.1 Temperature
3.1.2 Rainfall
3.1.3 Wind
3.1.4 Storms

3.2 Topography
3.3 Soils
3.4 Freshwater

3.4.1 Rivers
3.4.2 Subsurface aquifers
3.4.3 Temperature

3.5 Coastal and estuarine waters

3.5.1 Temperature
3.5.2 Salinity
3.5.3 Tides
3.5.4 Currents
3.5.5 Flushing rate
3.5.6 Subsurface aquifers

4. SOME EXAMPLES OF SPECIES WITH GOOD AQUACULTURE POTENTIAL

4.1 Freshwater - tilapias, Colossoma, carps, trout, freshwater shrimp (prawn), etc.

4.1.1 Life history
4.1.2 Status of culture
4.1.3 Environmental requirements
4.1.4 Culture systems
4.1.5 Production factors
4.1.6 Market factors
4.1.7 Potential for aquaculture
4.1.8 Recommendations

4.2 Aquaculture species with good potential for marine farming -marine shrimp, brine shrimp (Artemia), oysters, queen conch, sea bream, pompano, mullets, etc.

4.2.1 Life history
4.2.2 Status of aquaculture
4.2.3 Environmental requirements
4.2.4 Culture systems
4.2.5 Production factors
4.2.6 Market factors
4.2.7 Potential for aquaculture
4.2.8 Recommendations

5. FACTORS AFFECTING THE SUCCESS OF AQUACULTURE IN A COUNTRY

5.1 Availability of land and water

5.1.1 Land
5.1.2 Beaches
5.1.3 Water
5.1.4 Land and water policies

5.2 Legal requirements

5.2.1 Planning board
5.2.2 Regulations and permits administration
5.2.3 Environmental quality board or equivalent
5.2.4 Department of Natural Resources or equivalent

5.3 Logistics and infrastructure
5.4 Labour supply
5.5 Markets for aquaculture products
5.6 Financing

6. SUITABLE AREAS FOR AQUACULTURE

6.1 Freshwater species with immediate potential

6.1.1 To be selected
6.1.2 To be selected
6.1.3 To be selected

6.2 Marine species with long-range potential

6.2.1 To be selected
6.2.2 To be selected
6.2.3 To be selected

7. ACTIONS NEEDED TO DEVELOP AQUACULTURE

7.1 Government

7.1.1 Establish an aquaculture policy
7.1.2 Provide space for aquaculture
7.1.3 Provide a legal basis for aquaculture
7.1.4 Establish a simple permit system
7.1.5 Develop culture methods
7.1.6 Develop a training programme
7.1.7 Establish an aquaculture extension service
7.1.8 Provide financial assistance

7.2 Universities

7.2.1 Educate specialists in skills needed for aquaculture
7.2.2 Conduct research, basic or applied
7.2.3 Train aquaculturists

8. CONCLUSIONS

9. RECOMMENDATIONS

10. LITERATURE CITED

Appendix 4
DOCUMENTS PREPARED BY OR RELATED TO THE PROJECT

FAO. 1976 Feasibility of establishing a Regional Aquaculture Centre in Pirassununga. Mission Report to consider the establishment of a Latin American Regional Centre for Aquaculture in Pirassununga, Brazil. 22 August-14 September 1976. FAO, ADCP/MR/76/1, 26 pp.

FAO. 1978 Curriculum for the training of aquaculturists in the Latin American Regional Centre for Aquaculture. Pirassununga, State of São Paulo, Brazil, FAO, ADCP/REP/78/6, 34 pp.

FAO. 1978 Outline of an applied research and experimental development programme for the Latin American Regional Centre for Aquaculture. FAO, ADCP/REP/78/5, 26 pp.

Pagán-Font, F.A. and Pedini Fernández-Criado, M. 1982 Sistema de centros de investigación en acuicultura. Informe de la segunda misión de evaluación del Proyecto 5 del Comité de Acción de Productos del Mar y de Agua Dulce (CAPMAD) del Sistema Económico Latinoamericano. FAO, ADCP/MR/82/20, 30 pp.

UNDP/FAO. 1983 Aquaculture Development and Coordination Programme. Fisheries Department. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Brazil. Brochure of Centro Regional Latinoamericano de Acuicultura, 16 pp.

FAO. 1982 Informe de la primera reunión del comité asesor del proyecto PNUD/FAO/RLA/76/010 para el establecimiento del Centro Regional Latinaomericano de Acuicultura (CERLA), 29 de junio-2 de julio de 1982, Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brasil, 45 pp.

Le Moine, O. 1983 Réalisation d'une écloserie pilote d'huitres - Elevage larvaire et fixation de Crassostrea brasiliana et C. gigas en milieu estuaro-lagunaire, Cananéia, 1982–83. Un informe de la Segunda Reunión del Comité Asesor del proyecto RLA/76/010-PNUD/ FAO para el establecimiento del Centro Regional Latinoamericano de Acuicultura, CERLA, del 22 al 25 de octubre de 1984, Anexo 3, pp. 93–103.

CERLA. 1983–84 Boletín informativo del Centro Regional Latinoamericano de Acuicultura. Nos. 1, 2, 3 y 4.

Merola, N., Melo, J.S. de y Nascimento, V.M. 1983 Producción del híbrido de tilapia Oreochromis hornorum (macho) y O. niloticus (hembra) y carpa común Cyprinus carpio en policultivo a tres densidades de siembra, realizado en Pirassununga, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Paper presented at the III Brazilian Symposium on Aquaculture, 4–6 October, Saõ Carlos, SP, Brazil, 7 pp.

Merola, N. y Pagán-Font, F.A. 1983 Aspectos generales de la acuicultura en el sur del continente latinoamericano. Work presented at the III Brazilian Symposium on Aquaculture, 4–6 October, São Carlos, SP, Brazil, 7 pp.

Merola, N. y Pagán, F.A. 1983 Reproducción de tilapia Oreochromis niloticus en ambiente controlado en invierno, realizado en Pirassununga, Estado de Sao Paulo, Brasil. Paper presented at the III Brazilian Symposium on Aquaculture, 4–6 October, São Carlos, SP, Brazil, 6 pp.

Merola, N. y Pagán-Font, F.A. 1983 La acuicultura en el sur del continente sudamericano. Boletín informativo CERLA, 2: 3–4.

Merola, N. (in press). Situación de la acuicultura en el cono sur del continente latinoamericano. Report of a Study Tour to Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. Prepared for ADCP (FAO/PNUD), 95 pp., 9 fig. Edited by F.A. Pagán-Font.

Merola, N. y de Souza, J.H. 1984 Cultivo de pacu (Colossoma mitrei) en gaiolas. In: II Relatorio de atividades do Projeto Aquaculture Brasil 3-P-76-0001 - CIID (unpubl., pages unnumbered), 6 pp.

Merola, N. y de Souza, J.H. 1984 Experiencias sobre el cultivo de pacu Colossoma mitrei en jaulas flotantes. Boletín informativo (CERLA), 4:3.

Merola, N., de Silva, E.F. y 1984 Pagán-Font, F.A. Módulo preliminar sobre la tecnología de cultivo de Colossoma mitrei, pacu y C. macropomum, tambaqui en estanques de tierra, con la presentación de dos casos supuestos de granjas piscícolas de producción. In Report of the Second Advisory Committee Meeting of project RLA/76/010 for the Establishment of the Latin American Regional Centre for Aquaculture (CERLA), 22–25 October 1984, at Pirassununga, SP, Brazil, 127 – 183 pp.

Merola, N. and de Souza, J.H. Cage culture of pacu Colossoma mitrei. I. First trial with three different stock densities, 6 pp. (to be published).

Merola, N. and de Souza, J.H. Cage culture of pacu Colossoma mitrei II. Growth and survival with three different feeding rates, including an economic analysis of a preliminary production module, 10 pp. (to be published).

Merola, N. Comparative economics of different management techniques of producing the Amazon fish, tambaqui Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier) Family: Characidae, in ponds 8 pp. (to be published).

FAO. 1985 Report of the Second Advisory Committee Meeting of project RLA/76/010. Establishment of the Latin American Regional Centre for Aquaculture (CERLA), 22–25 October 1984, at Pirassununga, SP, Brazil.