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Guidelines for monitoring of productivity in fish ponds

Establishment of a Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia







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    Investigations in freshwater fish culture, India 1985
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    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. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the United Nations or the Food and Agricu lture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal or constitutional status of any country, territory or sea area, or concerning the delimitation of frontiers.
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    Environmental diel cycle during mass fish kills and planktonic collapse in an undrainable rural fish pond
    Establishment of a Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia
    1986
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    With a view to find out the possible causes for the sudden occurrence of large scale mortality of fish and fish food organisms in a shallow pond of 1.25 ha on a hot summer day (June 5, 1982), the diurnal variation of physico-chemical factors and plankton density were studied. Water temperature (29.0–37.5°C), free carbon dioxide (0–32.0 ppm) and dissolved oxygen (0.08–11.6 ppm) showed marked fluctuation round the clock. Phytoplankton density was found to be maximum at 5.00 am. and minimum at 9.00 p.m. and during day time was markedly less. Volumetric estimation of plankton revealed a considerable decline in plankton biopmass (71.32%) over a period of 3 days during the hot spell (June 5–8, 1982). The computed loss in density of phytoplankters was 2981 u/1 and that of zooplankters 2354 u/1 during the period. The dead fishes included Cyprinus carpio, Cirrhinus mrigala, Catla catla and Labeo rohita. The lethal conditions for aquatic life occurred with high temperature and complete deple tion of dissolved oxygen in the day time and the sharp rise in free carbon dioxide in the night. The adverse environmental conditions were further aggravated due to very low water level, high concentration of suspensoids of particulate and colloidal matter at the pond bottom and high rate of decomposition of organic matter etc., which seem to have been cumulatively responsible for the sudden mortality of fishes and the collapse of planktonic organisms.
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    Aquaculture development and coordination programme. Fish feed technology. Lectures presented at the FAO/UNDP Training Course in Fish Feed Technology, Seattle, Washington, 9 October - 15 December 1978 1980
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    The need for developing suitable feeds based on locally available inexpensive ingredients has been widely recognized. Since lack of trained personnel is the main constraint in the development of fish feed technology in developing countries, the FAO/UNDP Aquaculture Development and Coordination Programme (ADCP) organized a special training course in fish feed technology at the College of Fisheries, University of Washington, Seattle, with a view to forming a small corps of fish feed specialists wh o could then be the focal points for future feed development programmes in their respective countries. The first report of the training course was presented in the report ADCP /REP/79/8. This present volume represents the edited texts of lectures presented by different specialists. Some additional material has been included for more complete coverage of the subject. Together, these texts may be considered to constitute a manual on fish feed technology, even though they were not prepared for that purpose. Twenty-six papers are included, under the general headings: (1) Digestion, physiology and anatomy; (2) nutritional bioenergetics; (3) nutritional biochemistry; (4) feedstuffs; (5) feed formulation; (6) feed manufacturing technology; (7) practical diets; and (8) quality control. Appendices include conversion tables, electrical data, and details on pelletability of selective feedstuffs, pellet die specifications, and equipment requirements for an 8 ton an hour feed mill.

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