REPORT
to the
GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

SAUDI ARABIA FUNDS-IN-TRUST FI:UTFN/SAU/010/SAU

A report prepared for the
Fish Farming Centre Project

by

C. Nash
Consultant

This report was prepared during the course of the project identified on the title page. The conclusions and recommendations given in the report are those considered appropriate at the time of its preparation. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the project.

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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1985

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Schedule

1.2 Collaborative Personnel

2. REVIEW OF DETAILED DRAWINGS FOR PHASE I OF CONSTRUCTION

2.1 Comments on the Terms of Reference

2.2 Overall Concept and Design Development

2.3 The Seawater System

2.4 The Production Units

2.5 Logistics for the Seawater System and Production Units

2.6 Construction of the Seawater System and Production Units

2.7 The Wet Laboratory/Hatchery

2.8 The Sea Wall

2.9 New Facilities

2.10 Revised Site Plan

3. REVIEW OF STATUS OF PROJECT AND EVALUATION OF ITS PROGRESS

3.1 Staffing

3.2 Siteworks

3.3 Experimental Work

3.4 Summary Comment

3.5 Recommendations

4. AN IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME FOR THE FUTURE

4.1 Tilapia Production

4.2 Cage Culture

4.3 Surveys

4.4 Collection of Broodstock

4.5 Laboratory Work

4.6 Administration and Planning

4.7 Summary of Work Plan, March 1985 to July 1986

Appendix 1: LABORATORY PROCEDURES

Appendix 2: CONSTRUCTION OF CAGES

LIST OF FIGURES

1. Diagram of revised site plan