Appendix 1
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Burma

U. Wan Tin
Department of Zoology
University of Rangoon
Rangoon

China

Deng Wei
Division of Science and Technology
Bureau of Aquatic Products
Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries
31 Minfeng Lane
Xidan
Beijing

Huang Kejia
The China Society of Fisheries
31 Minfeng Lane
Xidan
Beijing

India

Chandra Shekhar Singh
Fisheries Research and Training Centre
G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
Pantnagar

Indonesia

Dede Idris Ahmuddipura
Research Institute for Freshwater Fisheries
Jalan Sempur No. 1
PO Box 51
Bogor - Jawabarat

Retna Utami
Research Institute for Freshwater Fisheries
Jalan Sempur No. 1
PO Box 51
Bogor - Jawabarat

Jamaica

Dennis Livingstone Ffrench
Ministry of Agriculture and Inland Fisheries
Twickenham Park
Spanish Town P.O. St. Catherine

Kenya

Ezekiel Kamau Kariuki
Trout Hatchery
PO Box 40
Kiganjo

Lesotho

Moorosi Emanuel Lenesa
Livestock Division
Fisheries Section
P/B A82
Maseru 100

Malaysia

Haron bin Abdullah
Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute
Batu Berendam
Malacca

Nepal

Suresh Kumar Wagle
Fisheries Development Centre
Janakpur
Dhanusha

Nigeria

Olawale Jonathan Omoloyin
Federal Department of Fisheries
PMB 12529
Victoria Island
Lagos

Pakistan

Muhammad Imran
Room 701
Fisheries, Aquaculture and Special Scheme Department
Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan
Head Office Islamabad

Turkey

Yilmaz Emre
Il Tarim Müdürlügü
Proje ve Istatistik Subesi
Bursa

Viet Nam

Nguyen Quang Ly
Aquaculture Research Institute
116 Nguy en Dinhchieu
Hochiminh City

Zambia

Kenneth Peter Banda
Department of Fisheries
PO Box 350100
Chilanga

Zimbabwe

Mervyn Leslie Muronzie
Victoria Falls Aquatic Research
Post Bag 5925
Victoria Falls

Sophia Elizabeth Mutsekwa
Lake Mcilwaine Fisheries Research Centre
PO Box BE 60
Belvedere
Harare

Appendix 2
PROGRAMME

Part 1: Warmwater Fish Hatchery, Százhalombatta

First week
Monday 13 April	a.m.	Official opening	B. Pénzes
Monday 13 April	p.m.	General biology of fishes
Tuesday 14 April	a.m.	Reproductive biology of fish	L. Horváth
Tuesday 14 April	p.m.	Fish net making and tour of hatchery	G. Tamás
Wednesday 15 April	a.m.	Reproduction of fishes	L. Horváth
Wednesday 15 April	p.m.	Water chemistry measurements	I. Nemeth
Thursday 16 April	a.m.	Fish hatchery design	A. Peteri
Thursday 16 April	p.m.	Culture of pike-perch	A. Palinkas
Friday 17 April	a.m.	Dissection of fish	G. Tamás
Friday 17 April	p.m.	Culture of pike-perch	A. Palinkas
Saturday 18 April	all day	Bus tour of Budapest	G. Tamás
Second week
Monday 20 April		National holiday
Tuesday 21 April	a.m.	Fish pathology	K. Molnar
Tuesday 21 April	p.m.	Microscopic examinations of fish for parasites	K. Molnar
Wednesday 22 April	a.m.	Fish health management	J. Szarkolczai
Wednesday 22 April	p.m.	Clinical diagnosis of fish diseases	J. Szarkolczai
Thursday 23 April	a.m.	Culture of African catfish	J. Janssen
Thursday 23 April	p.m.	African catfish reproduction	J. Janssen
Friday 24 April	a.m.	Round-table discussion on fish culture and marketing	J. Janssen D. Edwards G. Tamás
Friday 24 April	p.m.	Surgical removal of carp pituitary glands	G. Tamás
Third week
Monday 27 April	a.m.	Culture of rainbow trout	D. Edwards
Monday 27 April	p.m.	Drying and storage of pituitaries	G. Tamás
Tuesday 28 April	All day	Visit ot Odörögd trout-farm	D. Edwards
Tuesday 28 April	All day	Visit ot Odörögd trout-farm	G. Tamás
Wednesday 29 April	All day	Visit to Heviz eel-farm	G. Tamás
Wednesday 29 April	All day	Visit to Heviz eel-farm	D. Edwards
Thursday 30 April	All day	Visit to the Limnological	G. Tamás
Thursday 30 April	All day	Institute at Tihany	D. Edwards
Friday 1 May		National holiday
Fourth week
Monday 4 May	a.m.	Common carp culture	L. Horváth
Monday 4 May	p.m.	Goldfish and koi carp propagation	G. Tamás
Tuesday 5 May	a.m.	Carp broodstock handling	L. Horváth
Tuesday 5 May	p.m.	Propagation of sterlet	G. Tamás
Wednesday 6 May	a.m.	Carp stripping and egg treatments	L. Horváth
Wednesday 6 May	p.m.	Spawning of European catfish	G. Tamás
Thursday 7 May	a.m.	Development of catfish and carp eggs	G. Tamás
Thursday 7 May	p.m.	Rearing of common carp larvae	L. Horváth
Friday 8 May	a.m.	Hatchery procedures and management	G. Tamás
Friday 8 May	p.m.	Management of carp fry ponds	G. Tamás
Fifth week
Monday 11 May	a.m.	Pond rearing of common carp fry	G. Tamás
Monday 11 May	p.m.	Preparation of nursing ponds	G. Tamás
Tuesday 12 May	a.m.	Pond management and fry harvesting	G. Tamás
Tuesday 12 May	p.m.	Food and feeding in fry ponds	G. Tamás
Wednesday 13 May	a.m.	Stripping and egg handling in common carp and goldfish	G. Tamás
Wednesday 13 May	p.m.	Carp fingerling rearing and microscopical study of pond plankton	G. Tamás
Thursday 14 May	a.m.	Chinese carp culture	L. Horváth
Thursday 14 May	p.m.	Fish genetics and Chinese carp culture	L. Horváth
Friday 15 May	a.m.	Propagation and rearing of Chinese carps	L. Horváth
Friday 15 May	p.m.	Hatching Artemia, use of anaesthetics and making plankton nets	G. Tamás
Sixth week
Monday 18 May	a.m.	Polyculture of common and Chinese carps	G. Tamás
Monday 18 May	p.m.	Fish harvesting, sorting, and examination for parasites	G. Tamás
Tuesday 19 May	a.m.	Fingerling and pond management and food conversion	G. Tamás
Tuesday 19 May	p.m.	Measurement of physical and chemical quality of water	I. Nemeth
Wednesday 20 May	a.m.	Health management in fingerling ponds	G. Tamás
Wednesday 20 May	p.m.	Stripping European catfish	G. Tamás
Thursday 21 May	a.m.	Culture of European catfish	L. Horváth
Thursday 21 May	p.m.	Discussion on European catfish culture	L. Horváth G. Tamás
Friday 22 May	a.m.	Videos on tilapia culture	K. Rapa
Friday 22 May	p.m.	Tilapia species identification and sexing	K. Rana
Seventh week
Monday 25 May	a.m.	Culture system for tilapias	K. Rana
Monday 25 May	p.m.	Plankton identification and hatchery work	G. Tamás
Tuesday 26 May	a.m.	Rearing systems for tilapias	K. Rana
Tuesday 26 May	p.m.	Tilapia egg development, hormone food preparation and fish tagging	K. Rana
Wednesday 27 May	a.m.	Visit to Budapest International Trade Exhibition	G. Tamás
Wednesday 27 May	p.m.	Transport and handling of tilapias	K. Rana
Thursday 28 May	a.m.	Culture of Indian major carps	E. Woynarovich
Thursday 28 May	p.m.	Construction of hapas and hatching	E. Woynarovich
Friday 29 May	All day	Video presentation and discussion on the Agrober company	A. Woynarovich
Eighth week
Monday 1 June	a.m.	Selection and hypophysation of Chinese carps	A. Peteri
Monday 1 June	p.m.	Presentations by trainees about fish culture in their own countries	D. Edwards
Tuesday 2 June	a.m.	Stripping and egg treatments for Chinese and common carps	A. Peteri
Tuesday 2 June	p.m.	Presentations by trainees and discussion on tropical fish culture	D. Edwards E. Woynarovich
Wednesday 3 June	All day	Visit to Tapioszecka fish-farm	G. Tamás
Thursday 4 June	a.m.	Fish transportation	I. Varga
Thursday 4 June	p.m.	Pond plankton succession and control	G. Tamás
Friday 5 June	a.m.	Fish hatchery design and planning	F. Bogdanyi Gy. Vaszilievics R. Egri A. Palinkas
Friday 5 June	p.m.	Afternoon free
Saturday 6 June	All day	Cultural excursion to Budapest	A. Peteri
Ninth week
Monday 8 June	a.m.	Hypophysation of common carp and transfer of Chinese carp larvae to ponds	G. Tamás
Monday 8 June	p.m.	Use and maintenance of hatchery machinery	A. Palinkas
Tuesday 9 June	a.m.	Presentation of fish farming practice in trainees' countries	D. Edwards
Tuesday 9 June	p.m.	Fish-farm design and planning	R. Egri F. Bogdanyi Gy. Vaszilievics
Wednesday 10 June	a.m.	Round-table discussion about students' evaluation of course followed by official closing ceremony	D. Edwards G. Tamás
Wednesday 10 June	p.m.	Afternoon free for packing
Thursday 11 June	All day	Shopping expedition to Budapest
Friday 12 June	All day	Visit to Dinnyes cooperative fish-farm	G. Tamás
Saturday 13 June	a.m.	Transfer by bus to the Fish Culture Research Institute, Szárvás

Part 2: Fish Culture Research Institute, Szárvás


Tenth week
Monday 15 June	a.m.	Official welcome, followed by a tour of the Institute and fish-ponds
Monday 15 June	p.m.	Tour of Szárvás	L. Czabala
Tuesday 16 June	a.m.	Fish-pond design and construction	I. Toth
Tuesday 16 June	p.m.	Structure of pond earthwork and water control devices	I. Toth
Wednesday 17 June	a.m.	Repair and maintenance of ponds	I. Toth
Wednesday 17 June	p.m.	Genetic improvement of carp stocks	J. Bakos
Thursday 18 June	a.m.	Fish genetics and cryopreservation of sperm	M. Bercsenyi
Thursday 18 June	p.m.	Evaluation of fish growth trials	M. Bercsenyi
Friday 19 June	All day	Visit to Tisza fisheries cooperative, Szeged	A. Kintzly
Eleventh week
Monday 22 June	a.m.	Design and planning of hatcheries	J. Kepenyes
Monday 22 June	p.m.	Visit to the HAKI recirculation system	J. Kepenyes
Tuesday 23 June	a.m.	Visit to the HAKI container hatchery	J. Kepenyes
Tuesday 23 June	p.m.	Principles of pond fish culture	A. Ruttkay.
Wednesday 24 June	a.m.	Oxygen and ammonia, and use of organic manures	F. Pekar K. Gyore
Wednesday 24 June	p.m.	Fish harvesting; use of aerators and pumps
Thursday 25 June	All day	Fish-farm operational planning	T. Müller
Friday 26 June	All day	Visit to Halaszati Termelo Szovethezet fishery cooperative, Szolnak	A. Kintzly
Twelfth week
Monday 29 June	a.m.	Nutritional and bacterial diseases	J. Farkas
Monday 29 June	p.m.	Role of environment and stress in fish disease	Z. Jeney
Tuesday 30 June	a.m.	Fish-feed formulation and production	F. Majoras
Tuesday 30 June	p.m.	Tour of HAKI fish-feed mill
Wednesday 1 July	All	Duck production and duck-cum-fish farming	A. Kis
Thursday 2 July	a.m.	Nutritional requirements of fish	E. Toth
Thursday 2 July	p.m.	Fish sampling; net enclosure systems	I. Danko
Friday 3 July	a.m.	Making larval and fry feeds and feeders	I. Csengeri
Friday 3 July	p.m.	Fish-farm economics	F. Müller
Saturday 4 July	All day	Excursion to the town of Keckenet	A. Kintzly K. Patak
Thirteenth week
Monday 6 July	a.m.	Company records, fish-farm costs, income and efficiency indicators	A. Ameir
Monday 6 July	p.m.	Intensive fish production, economics and crop rotation	F. Müller
Tuesday 7 July	All day	Visit to Hortobagy State Fish-Farm	A. Kintzly
Wednesday 8 July	a.m. 11.00	Harvesting market-sized fish Official closing ceremony and award of certificates	L. Czabala
Wednesday 8 July	p.m.	Free time for packing
Thursday 9 July	a.m.	Round-table discussion on students'evaluation of the course	J. Muir D. Edwards A. Kintzly
Thursday 9 July	p.m.	Visit to Dosza agricultural cooperative, Szárvás	L. Czabala
Friday 10 July		Transport of trainees to Budapest by bus, in time for flights home on 11–13 July

Appendix 3
SUMMARY OF TRAINEES' ANSWERS IN THE COURSE EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRES

Part 1: Warmwater Fish Hatchery (TEHAG)

I. Organization of the training course


1.	Was the number of trainees appropriate, or would you have preferred a larger or smaller group?	Larger				Appropriate			Smaller
1.			1				14			3
2.	Was the division of time between lectures and practical classes about right, or would you have preferred more lectures or more practicals?	More lectures				About right			More practicals
2.			0				7			11
3.	Was there enough time for asking questions and for discussion with the teachers?				Yes			No
3.					15			3
4.	Was there enough time for discussion amongst yourselves?				Yes			No
4.	Was there enough time for discussion amongst yourselves?				14			4
5.	Was the amount of time spent on organized recreational trips about right, would you have preferred more trips, or would you rather have had more free time?	More trips				About right			More free time
5.			5				13			0
6.	Generally, were the instructional field trips:			(a)	Yes			No
	(a) useful?				18			0
	(b) enjoyable?			(b)	Yes			No
	(b) enjoyable?				17			1
7.	Was the accommodation at TEHAG satisfactory?				Yes			No
					16			2
8.	Was the food satisfactory?				Yes			No
8.	Was the food satisfactory?				10			8

II. Lectures


1.	Generally, how do you rate the standard of lecturing?	Poor			Satisfactory			Good
1.	Generally, how do you rate the standard of lecturing?		1			11			6
2.	(a) When the lecturers spoke in English, did you find some of them difficult to understand?		(a)		Yes		No
					6		11
	(b) If your answer is yes, what percentage of them?		(b)	0–10%	10–25%			More than 25%
	(b) If your answer is yes, what percentage of them?			1		4			3
	(c) Were lectures delivered via an interpreter easy to understand? (this question might not be applicable)		(c)	Yes	No			Not applicable
				5		6			4
3.	How useful was it having a written text of lectures in advance?	Not useful			Quite useful			Very useful
3.			0			10			8
4.	The course aimed at practical, vocational training. Bearing that in mind, did you find the amount of theoretical matter in the lectures too great, insufficient, or about right?	Too much theory			About right			Not enough theory
4.			2			15			1
5.	Did the lectures attempt to cover too many fish species, not enough, or about the right number?	Too many			About right			Not enough
5.			3			13			2
6.	How helpful do you think these lectures will be in your job?	Not helpful			Quite helpful			Very helpful
6.			0			9			9

III. Practical sessions


1.	Generally, were practical sessions well prepared?					Yes		No
1.	Generally, were practical sessions well prepared?					12		6
2.	(a) Did you have sufficient opportunity for personal involvement in the practicals?			(a)		Yes		No
				(a)		11		7
	(b) If not, was this because there were too many students?			(b)		Yes		No
	(b) If not, was this because there were too many students?			(b)		5		5
3.	Do you now feel able to perform the practical procedures yourself, independently?					Yes		No
3.						17		1
4.	How useful will the practical procedures you have learnt be in your job?	Not useful			Quite useful		Very useful
4.			0			9		9

IV. Some questions about yourself


1.	Before coming to the course, how much did you know about culture of the fish species studied at the course?	Nothing		Very little		Some		A lot
1.			0		4		11		3
2.	Had you worked in fish culture before coming to the course?			Yes		No
2.	Had you worked in fish culture before coming to the course?			18		0
3.	If yes, for how many years?	Less than 3		3–6		6–10		More than 10
3.	If yes, for how many years?		5		5		2		6
4.	Do you expect to work in fish culture after completing the course?			Yes		No
4.				17		1

Part 2: Fisheries Research Institute (HAKI) and the Whole Course

SECTION A. Fisheries Research Institute, Szárvás

I. Organization of the training course


1.	Was the number of trainees appropriate, or would you have preferred a larger or smaller group?	Larger			Appropriate		Smaller
1.			1			15		2
2.	Was the division of time between lectures and practical classes at Szárvás about right, or would you have preferred more lectures or more practicals?	More lectures			About right		More practicals
2.			2			9		7
3.	Was there enough time for asking questions and for discussion with the teachers?				Yes		No
3.					15		3
4.	Was there enough time for discussion amongst yourselves?				Yes		No
4.	Was there enough time for discussion amongst yourselves?				13		5
5.	Generally, were the field trips:			(a)	Yes		No
	(a) useful?			(a)	16		2
	(b) enjoyable?			(b)	Yes		No
	(b) enjoyable?			(b)	16		1
6.	Was the accommodation at Szárvás satisfactory?				Yes		No
6.	Was the accommodation at Szárvás satisfactory?				15		3
7.	Was the food at Szárvás satisfactory?				Yes		No
7.	Was the food at Szárvás satisfactory?				12		6

II. Lectures


1.	Generally, how do you rate the standard of lecturing at Szárvás	Poor			Satisfactory			Good
1.			0			15			3
2.	(a) When the lecturers spoke in English, did you find some of them difficult to understand?	(a)			Yes		No
					6		12
	(b) If your answer is yes, what percentage of them?	(b)	0–10%			10–25%			More than 25%
	(b) If your answer is yes, what percentage of them?			1			4			0
	(c) Were lectures delivered via an interpreter easy to understand?	(c)			Yes		No
					8		8
3.	How useful was it having a written text of lectures in advance?	Not useful			Quite useful			Very useful
3.			1			13			5
4.	The course aimed at practical, vocational training. Bearing that in mind, did you find the amount of theoretical matter in the lectures at Szárvás too great, insufficient, or about right?	Too much theory			About right			Not enough theory
4.			4			13			1
5.	Did the lectures at Szárvás attempt to cover too many fish species, not enough, or about the right number?	Too many			About right			Not enough
5.			0			14			4
6.	How helpful do you think these lectures will be in your job?	Not helpful			Quite helpful			Very helpful
6.			0			12			6

III. Practical sessions


1.	Generally, were the practical sessions at Szárvás well prepared?			Yes		No
1.				7		11
2.	(a) Did you have sufficient opportunity during the practicals to perform the tasks yourself?	(a)		Yes		No
		(a)		2		16
	(b) If not, was this because there were too many students?	(b)		Yes		No
	(b) If not, was this because there were too many students?	(b)		6		9
3.	Do you now feel able to perform the practical procedures yourself, independently?			Yes		No
3.				7		11
4.	How useful will the practical procedures you learnt at Szárvás be in your job?	Not useful		Quite useful			Very useful
4.			4		13			1

SECTION B. The whole training course, Százhalombatta and Szárvás


1.	Did you find the round-table discussions:	(a)			Yes			No
	(a) useful?	(a)			18			0
	(b) sufficient?	(b)	Too much			About right			Not enough
	(b) sufficient?	(b)		0			14			4
2.	Was the background reading material	(a)			Yes			No
	(FAO publications) provided:				18			0
	(a) useful?
	(b) sufficient?	(b)	Too much			About right			Not enough
	(b) sufficient?	(b)		0			12			5
3.	The course was held at two centres, Százhalombatta and Szárvás.	(a)			Yes			No
					10			8
	(a) Did the two parts merge well?
	(b) Was there too much overlap in material covered?	(b)			Yes			No
	(b) Was there too much overlap in material covered?				4			14
	(c) Do you think splitting the course between two centres made it better or worse?	(c)	Bettèr			No difference			Worse
		(c)		8			7			3
4.	What was your general impression about the whole course?	Well satisfied			Moderately satisfied				Not satisfied
4.	What was your general impression about the whole course?		6				12			0

5. Please suggest topics which you consider were insufficiently covered in lectures and/or practicals: