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No Thumbnail AvailableProjectNepal - Proposed improvement of duck culture in Pokhara, Bhairawa and Hetauda fisheries development centres. A report prepared for the integrated fishery and fish culture development project (Pokhara) 1979
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No results found.Duck raising and fish-cum-duck farming are part of the Integrated Fishery and Fish Culture Development Project in Nepal. Improved strains of ducks have been introduced into the country and their production commercially and by the rural population is increasing rapidly, in turn increasing the demand for ducklings from the Government Fisheries Development Centres. Observations were made at the three centres and recommendations were made for improvements to present practices to increase productio n of duck eggs and ducklings. Training in duck husbandry was also given to technicians currently involved in this field. This report contains detailed information, with illustrations, of improved types of duck housing facilities, using mostly local materials, and procedures for selection, care and management of eggs, ducklings and breeding ducks and their distribution. Advantages and comparative costs of different breeds of ducks are analysed and introduction of an additional breed of duck i s suggested. Centralized locations for breeding and distribution of ducklings is recommended and the facilities needed are described. Financial and technical assistance is recommended to encourage the private sector to enter into duckling or meat-duck production on a small commercial scale. Other schemes for commercial duck raising are described and costs are given for buildings, feeding and other requirements. The appendixes list feeding requirements and costs of egg, duckling and meat-duck pro duction, as well as cost of facilities. -
No Thumbnail AvailableProjectNepal - Cage culture of fish (carps) in Nepal. A report prepared for the integrated fisheries and fish culture development project 1980
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No results found.Work carried out on the culture of fish in cages in Nepal, the introduction of the practice to private fishermen by the project and its technical and economic aspects are described in this report. A variety of cages were tried, their relative advantages and disadvantages and costs are provided. The species tried were mainly silver carp and grass carp and they have proved to be economical because of the relatively low or negligible feed costs involved. Rohu and common carp yield additional inci dental production when stocked in small numbers with the above species. Preliminary experiments on the culture of bighead carp in cages have also been very encouraging. An explanation for different growth rates observed of planktivorous species in the three lakes of the Pokhara Valley is provided on the basis of limnological data and qualitative and quantitative studies of plankton, as well as stomach content studies. The economics of cage culture with these species is discussed. The results are compared with those obtained with other species in other countries. Suggestions are provided for future work, including variations of stocking densities. The possible initial increase in fish production in the Pokhara Valley through cagefish culture is indicated. Recommendations for the future are also provided. -
No Thumbnail AvailableProjectNepal - Boat building programme. A report prepared for the integrated fishery and fish culture development project 1978
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No results found.FAO assigned a master boatbuilder to a project in Nepal for one year from November 1976 to October 1977 in order to set up and operate a boatbuilding training programme for the three lakes in the Pokhara region with the facilities on Lake Phewa. The purpose was to replace the existing dugout canoes with boats more suitable for fishing. The expert designed and constructed four different types of subsistence boats. A total of 21 boats was build during the expert's stay. Practical training was c arried on from the beginning relying upon people from near the lakes for trainees. Of the boats built by the project six were kept for the Fisheries Project and one was allocated to the Department of Tourism. The remaining boats were sold to the local people. The chief recommendation is that training should continue for people from around the lakes and possibly future recruitment can include trainees from other areas of Nepal. Arrangements should also be made for local people to get low co st loans to finance the purchase of these boats.
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