Training Handbook on Rural Aquaculture

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A 296-page handbook with chapters on concepts & approaches of sustainable rural aquaculture, importance & conservation of coastal ecosystems, aquaculture technologies, socioeconomics of fishing communities, policies concerning fisheries and aquaculture in Southeast Asia, business planning, and approaches and strategies of the technological transfer pathways at SEAFDEC/AQD.

Acknowledgment

For the funds to conduct the Trainors’ training on rural aquaculture at SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department (AQD) and for the publication of the first two advance reading copies of this handbook, thanks are due the Japan-ASEAN Solidarity Fund of the ASEAN Foundation’s project on Human resource development (HRD) on poverty alleviation and food security by fisheries intervention in the ASEAN region.

Also acknowledged are the efforts of the SEAFDEC Secretariat in putting the HRD project together -- Dr. Siri Ekmarahaj, Dr. Hideki Tsubata and Ms. Rujarek Bumrasarinpai; AQD’s training section headed by Ms. KG Corre with staff Ms. R Bombeo, Mr. RR Pagador, Mr. CV Genzola, Ms. R Bautista and Mr. R Salde for organizing and conducting the training course; and AQD’s development communication section headed by Ms. MT Castanos with staff Mr. RP Guarin, Mr. RD Dianala and Ms. RV Hosillos for editing the first draft, design-layout and presswork.

Thanks also to AQD’s Publications Review Committee for the technical review -- Dr. Evelyn Grace DJ Ayson, Dr. Relicardo M. Coloso, Dr. Clarissa L. Marte, Mr. Rolando SJ Gapasin, Dr. Ma. Rowena R. Eguia, and Dr. Celia L. Pitogo.

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Foreword
1 Guide to readers
2 Sustainable rural aquaculture: concepts and approaches
Renato F. Agbayani
3 Environment: Importance and conservation of coastal ecosystems
- 3.1 Mangroves
  Ma. Junemie Hazel L. Lebata-Ramos
- 3.2 Seagrasses
  Anicia Q. Hurtado
- 3.3 Coral reefs
  Clarissa L. Marte
- 3.4 Parameters in site selection and monitoring
  Sheila Mae S. Santander
4 Aquaculture Technologies
- 4.1 Nursery culture of high-value species in brackishwater ponds
  Jocelyn M. Ladja and Rolando S.J. Gapasin
- 4.2 Grow-out culture of seabass, grouper and snapper in ponds
  Eliseo B. Coniza and Mae R. Catacutan
- 4.3 Nursery and grow-out culture of milkfish in ponds
  Eliseo B. Coniza
- 4.4 Nursery and grow-out of mud crab
  Emilia T. Quinitio, Marcial Eduard M. Rodriguez and Fe Dolores P. Estepa
- 4.5 Shrimp culture
  Nelson V. Golez
- 4.6 Nursery and grow-out culture of high-value fish species in sea cages
  Albert G. Gaitan and Joebert D. Toledo
- 4.7 Nursery and grow-out of the tropical abalone
  Vincent C. Encena II
- 4.8 Freshwater aquaculture for rural communities
  Ma. Rowena R. Romana- Eguia and Ruel V. Eguia
- 4.9 Seaweed farming
  Ma. Rovilla J. Luhan
- 4.10 Nutrient requirements of tropical aquaculture species
  Relicardo M. Coloso
- 4.11 Aquafeed: formulation, processing of feed ingredients and feed preparation
  Mae. R. Catacutan
- 4.12 Major diseases of cultured fish and shrimp
  Rolando V. Pakingking Jr, Erlinda R. Cruz-Lacierda, and Eleanor V. Alapide-Tendencia
5 Socioeconomics of fishing communities
- 5.1 Socioeconomic considerations in sustainable aquaculture
  Didi B. Baticados
- 5.2 Organizing communities for rural aquaculture
  Didi B. Baticados
- 5.3 Notes on participatory rural appraisal for rural aquaculture
  Renato F. Agbayani
- 5.4 Development and management of cooperatives for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture
  Didi B. Baticados
6 Policies
- 6.1 Governance and co-management strategies
  Renato F. Agbayani and Nerissa D. Salayo
- 6.2 Legal regulatory framework, policies and issues
  Nerissa D. Salayo
7 Business Planning
- 7.1 Business planning and management for sustainable small-scale rural aquaculture
  Renato F. Agbayani
- 7.2 Financial analysis
  Nerissa D. Salayo and Dianne Hope M. Tormon
- 7.3 Aquaculture marketing
  Didi B. Baticados
8 Technology transfer pathways at SEAFDEC/AQD: Approaches and strategies
- 8.1 Institutional capacity development for sustainable aquaculture
  Renato F. Agbayani and Joebert D. Toledo
- 8.2 Training program of SEAFDEC/AQD
  Kaylin G. Corre
- 8.3 Development communication work at SEAFDEC/AQD
  Milagros T. Castaños
- 8.4 Library services at SEAFDEC/AQD
  Luisa G. Pacino

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Legal regulatory framework, policies and issues

Salayo, Nerissa D. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)

This chapter on the formulation of legal regulatory framework and policies is intended to complement governance of fisheries and aquaculture systems and enable effective practice of rural aquaculture in developing countries ...
Governance and co-management strategies

Agbayani, Renato F.; Salayo, Nerissa D. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)
Development and management of cooperatives for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture

Baticados, Didi B. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)
Notes on participatory rural appraisal for rural aquaculture

Agbayani, Renato F. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)
Organizing communities for rural aquaculture

Baticados, Didi B. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)
Socioeconomic considerations in sustainable aquaculture

Baticados, Didi B. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)
Seaweed farming

Luhan, Maria Rovilla J. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)
Freshwater aquaculture for rural communities

Romana-Eguia, Maria Rowena R. ; Eguia, Ruel V. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)
Nursery and grow-out of the tropical abalone

Encena III, Vincent C. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)
Nursery and grow-out culture of high-value fish species in sea cages

Gaitan, Albert G.; Toledo, Joebert D. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)
Shrimp culture

Golez, Nelson V. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)

This chapter aims to show simple methods for aquaculture and concentrate on most aspects of extensive, semi-intensive and intensive culture of shrimps in brackishwater from site selection, pond construction, pond preparation, ...
Nursery and grow-out of mud crab

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