Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Better management practices for Catfish

Better management practices for Catfish Aquaculture Version was discussed at a national workshop in Long Xuyen City, An Giang Province, Vietnam on November 24, reports the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia- Pacific( NACA). These improved farming practices are the culmination of a three-year project investigating catfish farming practices in the Mekong Delta, funded by AusAID under the auspices of the program Collaboration for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD), and conducted in partnership between NACA, the Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 2, Can Tho University, the Victorian Department of Primary Industries and catfish farmers in the Mekong Delta. 



Speaking at the workshop, NACA’s Director General, Prof. Sena De Silva, said that Vietnamese catfish aquaculture is the most productive farming sector in the world and has put Vietnamese aquaculture firmly on the global map. ‘More than one million tonnes of fish are produced from an area of less than 10,000 hectares in the Mekong Delta. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers

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