Training Handbook on Rural Aquaculture

 
 

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.

Contents

Pengunggahan Barusan

  • Training handbook on rural aquaculture 

    Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Aquaculture Department (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)
    This handbook covers four important factors in undertaking sustainable aquaculture livelihood namely: (1) aquatic resources and environment; (2) socioeconomic attributes of fishing communities; (3) appropriate and economically feasible aquaculture technologies; and, (4) policy issues and institutional arrangements related to a balanced fishery management and aquaculture livelihood. The long-term outcomes of these strategies shall be measured in terms of environmental sustainability, economic uplift of the community, and equitable distribution of benefits among different sectors of the community.

  • Library and databanking services of SEAFDEC/AQD 

    Pacino, Luisa G. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)
    The Library of SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department (AQD) serves the information needs of scientists & researchers; AQD staff, trainees & interns; fish farmers; students; and other visitors. It is organized according to the ...

  • Development communication work at SEAFDEC/AQD 

    Castaños, Milagros T. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)

  • Training program of SEAFDEC/AQD 

    Corre, Kaylin G. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)

  • Institutional capacity development for sustainable aquaculture 

    Agbayani, Renato F.; Toledo, Joebert D. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)

  • Aquaculture marketing 

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

  • Financial analysis 

    Salayo, Nerissa D.; Tormon, Dianne Hope M. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)

  • Business planning and management for sustainable small-scale rural aquaculture 

    Agbayani, Renato F. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)

  • 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 in Southeast Asia (SEA).

  • 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. ORCID; 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, rearing techniques, water management, harvesting, post-harvest handling, and economics.

  • Nursery and grow-out of mud crab 

    Quinitio, Emilia T. ORCID; Rodriguez, Marcial Eduard M.; Estepa, Fe Dolores P. (Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 2009)

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