 | CIFA TECHNICAL PAPER NO. 4 CIFA/T4 REPORT OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON AQUACULTURE IN AFRICAAccra, Ghana, 30 September – 2 October 1975 edited by FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS |
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PREPARATION OF THIS REPORT
This is the final version of the Report as approved by the Second Session of the FAO Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA).
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Members of the Committee for Inland Fisheries of Africa and interested organizations | Shehadeh, Z.H. (Ed.)(1976) CIFA Tech.Pap., (4):36 p. Report of the Symposium on Aquaculture in Africa. Accra, Ghana, 30 September – 2 October 1975 | |
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| Conferences. Reports. Freshwater aquaculture. Brackishwater aquaculture. Marine aquaculture. Resource development. Fish culture. Shellfish culture. Africa. Africa coasts. |
COMMITTEE FOR INLAND FISHERIES OF AFRICA (CIFA)
CIFA documents are issued in three series:
CIFA Report
Report of each session, in English and French.
CIFA Technical Paper
Selected scientific and technical papers, including some those contributed as working documents to sessions of the Committee and reports of subcommittees, working parties, study groups and correspondence networks. Published in English and French.
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PAPERS ISSUED IN THIS SERIES
| CIFA/T1 | The inland waters of Africa (1972) |
| CIFA/T2 | Report of the Symposium on the evaluation of fishery resources in the development and management of inland fisheries, Fort Lamy, Chad, 1972 (Rome, 1973) |
| CIFA/T3 | The fisheries ecology of African floodplains (1975) |
| CIFA/T4 | Report of the symposium on aquaculture in Africa, Accra, Ghana, 1975 (Rome, 1976) |
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1. BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVES AND ORGANIZATION
2. OPENING SESSION AND WORKING ARRANGEMENTS
3. REPORTS OF THE TECHNICAL SESSIONS
3.1 Section I: Present status of aquaculture and potential for development
3.2 Section II: Cultivated speces
3.2.3 Subsection 3: Introductions and transplantations
3.3 Section III: Systems and techniques of aquaculture
3.3.1 Subsection 1: Controlled reproduction and seed production
3.3.2 Subsection 2: Stock manipulation, pond fertilization and feeding practices
3.3.3 Subsection 3: Combined culture techniques
3.4 Section IV: Environmental constraints to aquaculture
3.5 Section V: Socio-economic aspects and development planning
3.6 Section VI: Recommendations
Appendix A List of participants
B Address by Mr. J.N.N. Adjetey, Director of Fisheries, Fisheries Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Ghana
C Address by Mr. C.H. Clay, FAO Headquarters, Representative of the Director-General and the Assistant Director-General (Fisheries)
D Address by Mr. B.F. Dada, Acting Director, Federal Department of Fisheries, Nigeria