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Book (series)Genetic management of aquaculture stocks in sub-Saharan Africa - Report of a Producers'Workshop. Accra, Ghana, 27 February-3 March 2006 2006
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No results found.The 1999 Africa Regional Aquaculture Review (CIFA OP24), the 2004 report of the FAOWorldFish Center Workshop on Small-Scale Aquaculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: Revisiting the Aquaculture Target Group Paradigm (CIFA OP25) and the 2005 FAO Expert Workshop on Regional Aquaculture Review: Africa concluded that the availability of fish seed is one of the major constraints to aquaculture development in Africa. This constraint is in terms of both the quantity of seed available for producers as well as the quality of this seed. Until recently, the seed bar rier was principally with regard to the quantity available; many producers unable to gain access to enough seed to fully exploit their farms. Most of these affected farms were small, integrated family operations of the sort currently categorized as “non-commercial”. For these farmers, management and investment levels are low and higher quality (e.g. improved strains) seed would likely manifest little if any enhancement i n yield and/or would be excessively expensive if available. However, within the past decade there has been a marked increase in investment in small- , medium- and large-scale commercial aquaculture in the Africa Region. These aquabusinesses, of all scales, are investing in good management; both human and biological. Such farms are using higher quality feeds, maintaining water quality and, in short, establishing conducive environments where improved strains could manifest their perfor mance edge. Neverthel ess, such firms do not formally have access to improved tilapia strains and little research is underway to develop similarly improved catfish varieties. Given the growing competitiveness of national, intra regional and international markets, the central question for investors and would-be investors was how to have access to better performing culture organisms? The FAO Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service, through the Fisheries Department Group of the FAO Regional Office for Africa, convened a regional workshop that included private industr y, government resource managers, representatives from environmental ministries and conservation groups to address these important issues within a broad context of conservation and development. The workshop is also in response to articles of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries 1 that requests that, “States should conserve genetic diversity and maintain integrity of aquatic communities and ecosystems by appropriate management”, and, “... promote the use of appropriate procedures for the selection of brood stock and the production of eggs, larvae and fry” (Article 9.3), as well as the Nairobi Declaration (Appendix H) that provides a framework for responsible use of genetically improved seed for aquaculture. -
Book (series)Promotion of sustainable commercial aquaculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Experiences of selected developing countries - Promotion de l'aquaculture commerciale durable en Afrique subsaharienne. Expériences de certains pays en développement 2001
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No results found.This paper presents reports of studies on commercial aquaculture which were commissioned in Côte d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia in Africa, and Costa Rica and Honduras by the FAO Fishery Development Planning Service. It also includes a summary which discusses the main points of each original report. For commercial aquaculture to develop in the region, major interventions priorities would be required in the area of: (1) Credit: adapted credit lines should be developed for aq uaculture. To achieve this, banks need to be convinced of the profitability of commercial aquaculture; (2) Enabling economic environment: changes in government policies are needed to help develop commercial fish farming, especially through tax incentives, import facilities and better permit handling; (3) Feed supplies: the technology for fish feed production based mainly on local products needs to be codified in practical form to provide for the development of a proper fish feed industry. -
Book (series)Pioneering fish genetic resource management and seed dissemination programmes for Africa: adapting principles of selective breeding to the improvement of aquaculture in the Volta Basin and surrounding areas /Introduction des programmes de gestion des ressources génétiques halieutiques et de dissémination des semences en Afrique: adaptation des principes de la reproduction sélectiveà l’amélioration de l’aquaculture dans le Bassin du Volta et les zones environnantes /Programas pioneros de gestión de los recursos genéticos piscícolas y de diseminación de semilla en África: adaptación de los principios de cría selectiva a la mejora de la acuicultura en la Cuenca del Volta y áreas adyacentes 2008
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No results found.The workshop from which these proceedings form the report, was convened by representatives of the environmental, fisheries and policy development agencies of the six riparian countries Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin and their international partners to develop an implementation plan for the use and dissemination of genetically improved Nile tilapia in the Volta Basin and surrounding areas. The objectives were to create protocols for regional cooperation regarding the follow ing key issues: international agreements on movement of improved germplasm; environmental impact assessment and conservation plan for genetic resources; and a selective breeding programme and hatchery accreditation. It is hoped that the recommendations of this workshop will serve not only the Volta Basin but also African aquaculture at large.
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