FIELD DOCUMENT

INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING IN THE FISHERIES SECTOR

	FISH SEED REARING MANUAL
	TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREPARED BY

DILIP KUMAR
ABU TWEB ABU AHMED
S.B, NANDI
ANDRAS PETERI

MINISTRY OF FISHERIES & LIVESTOCK, DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES, GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

This document is one of a series of manuals prepared during the course of the project for the Institutional Strengthening in the Fisheries Sector in Bangladesh. The conclusions and recommendations given in the manual were considered appropriate at the time it was prepared. They may be modified in the light of further knowledge gained at subsequent stages of the project.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SOME FACTS RELATED TO FISH BREEDING BEHAVIOUR

NOMENCLATURE OF FISH SEED

TYPES OF PONDS REQUIRED FOR FISH SEED REARING

FISH SEED REARING METHODS

THE REQUIREMENTS

THE REQUIREMENTS IN DETAILS

DESIRED SPECIES OF SPAWN OR FRY

MANURE

CHEMICALS

EQUIPMENTS

HOW TO START

POND PREPARATION

THE AVAILABILITY OF NATURAL FOOD IN THE POND

REPEATED MANURING

TOXICITY TESTING OF WATER

ERADICATION OF AQUATIC INSECTS/LARGER ZOOPLANKTON

BOTTOM RAKING

STOCKING

POST STOCKING STEPS

FRY TO FINGERLING PRODUCTION

RECORD KEEPING

FISH SEED REARING SUMMARY OF EVENTS

KNOW SOME MORE THINGS

DO AND DON'T IN FISH SEED PONDS

SUMMARIZED PACKAGE OF PRACTICES