UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMNo. TA 2298
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REPORT
to the
GOVERNMENT OF BURMA
on
THE DEVELOPMENT OF FISH CULTURE
CONTENTS

Based on the work of
H. Chaudhuri
FAO/UNDP/TA Inland Fishery Biologist


FAO UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE) REPORTS ON FISHERIES

This document is Report No. TA 2298 in the series of FAO reports produced under the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Since 1 January 1966, reports produced under the former Expanded Program of Technical Assistance (EPTA) have appeared in the UNDP(TA) series. The numbering of reports in the UNDP(TA) series is unbroken and follows consecutively the numbering of the former EPTA series.

Since 1 January 1962, those reports which concern FAO Technical Assistance in fisheries have been numbered consecutively in a sub-series within the general series. The numbering of reports in the UNDP(TA) sub-series on fisheries also remains unbroken and follows consecutively the numbering of the former EPTA sub-series of fisheries reports.

The present report is the one hundred and twenty-fourth report in the UNDP(TA) fisheries sub-series: FAO Fish. UNDP(TA) Rep., FRi/UNDP(TA)124.


For bibliographic purposes, this document may be cited:

FAO 1966 Report to the Government of Burma on the development of fish culture. Based on the work of H. Chaudhuri, FAO/UNDP/TA Inland Fishery Biologist. Rep. FAO/UNDP(TA), (TA 2298) : (i) + 14 p.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1967


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CONTENTS

1.   INTRODUCTION

1.1   Background and Origin of the Project
1.2   Objectives
1.3   Development of the Project

2.   ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

3.   TRAINING IN TECHNIQUES OF INDUCED BREEDING

4.   SURVEY OF FISH SEED PRODUCTION

4.1   Spawn Collection
4.2   Collection of Fry and Fingerlings
4.3   Identification of Carp Fry and Fingerlings

5.   LECTURES ON FISH CULTURE

6.   GENERAL APPRAISAL OF FISH CULTURE

6.1   Past Development
6.2   Government Fish Culture Stations
6.3   Private Fish Ponds
6.4   Future Development
6.5   Major Problems

7.   GENERAL CONCLUSIONS

7.1   Expansion of Cultivable Areas
7.2   Procurement of Stocking Materials
7.3   Establishment of Composite Fish Farms
7.4   Culture of Major Carps and other Indigenous Species
7.5   Culture of Exotic Fishes
7.6   Training of Personnel

8.   SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS

9.   REFERENCES