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ANNEXES


ANNEX I - Supporting data, figures tables
ANNEX II - Bibliography
ANNEX III - Abbreviations
ANNEX IV - List of ADCP Reports

ANNEX I - Supporting data, figures tables

Table 1: Nominal Fishery Catches by West Asian Countries (metric tonnes)


1985

1986

1987

Bangladesh

774 074

793 982

814 685

Burma

643 750

686 515

685 858

India

2 824 272

2 921 994

2 893 436

Indonesia

2 344 710

2 457 085

2 609 700

Kampuchea Dem.

68 000

70 000

70 000

Malaysia

631 685

616 280

607 528

Maldives

51 267

45 816

46 880

Nepal

9 076

9 443

10 716

Pakistan

408 404

415 732

427 760

Singapore

23 032

20 497

15 310

Sri Lanka

179 163

178 320

190 002

Thailand

2 225 114

2 536 335

2 165 100

Total

10 182 547

10 751 999

10 536 975

Change from previous year

-

+ 569 452

- 215 024

Source: 1987 FAO Yearbook of Fishery Statistics: Catches and Landings. Vol. 64. 1989.

Table 2: Food Balance Sheet, Average (t) 1984-86


Catch

Non-Food Uses

Imports

Exports

Food Supply

Population
('000s)

Average per caput
Supply kg/year

Bangladesh

772 821

0

0

22 341

750 480

101 144

7.4

Burma

626 074

20 000

0

8 464

597 610

37 151

16.1

India

2 870 426

230 635

0

125 587

2 514 203

758 466

3.3

Indonesia

2 370 720

12 726

5 879

102 185

2 268 503

166 339

13.6

Kampuchea Dem.

67 667

-

-

-

67 667

7 283

9.3

Malaysia

638 077

110 225

246 644

208 499

566 015

15 543

36.4

Maldives

50 725

7 333

0

35 280

8 112

183

44.3

Nepal

7 793

0

0

0

7 793

16 484

0.5

Pakistan

404 303

164 433

12

55 777

189 634

100 127

1.9

Singapore

22 999

12 887

197 089

115 377

92 171

2 558

36.0

Sri Lanka

165 115

610

62 325

3 796

233 511

16 190

14.4

Thailand

2 298 795

915 149

220 951

501 652

1 113 070

51 349

21.7

Totals West Asia

10 305 515

1 473 998

732 900

1 178 958

8 408 769

1 272 817

17.0 1/

Totals World

87 157 162

26 748 963

13 133 140

13 754 265

60 035 670

4 836 106

12.4

1/ Average

Source: 1987 FAO Yearbook of Fishery Statistics: Commodities, Vol. 65. 1989.

- = data not available

Table 3: Gross National Product Statistics and Population Data for West Asia



1986

1973-86

1986

1973-86

1986

1973-86

GNP
(US$ 000 000)

GNP Growth

Population
('000)

Population Growth Rate

GNP per caput
(US$)

GNP Growth Rate
(%)

Bangladesh

16 070

4.4

103 086

2.5

160

1.9

Burma

7 450

5.7

37 678

2.0

200

3.6

India

213 440

4.5

781 034

2.2

270

2.2

Indonesia

82 110

6.1

165 419

2.2

500

3.8

Kampuchea Dem.

-

-

-

-

-

-

Malaysia

29 500

6.3

15 935

2.4

1 850

3.8

Maldives

60

5.8

189

-

310

-

Nepal

2 640

3.1

16 962

2.6

160

0.5

Pakistan

34 690

6.3

99 068

3.1

350

3.1

Singapore

19 160

7.8

2 586

1.3

7 410

6.5

Sri Lanka

6 460

5.0

16 115

1.6

400

3.3

Thailand

42 440

5.9

52 672

2.3

810

3.5

Source: The 1988 update of the World Bank Atlas, 20th edition. 1988.

- = data not available

Table 4: Basic data of Asia (West) (based on 1985 information (+ inclusive latest data wherever available))


Countries

Area (km2)

Total fish production (t)

Inland fish production (t)

Inland water resource available

1




Bangladesh




142 776




758 000




586 000
(77.3%)



Rivers, streams and canals: 830 080 ha2

Ox bow lakes: 985 ha

Reservoirs: 90 648 ha

Freshwater ponds: 146 890 ha

2




Burma




676 581




612 810




143 950
(23.4%)



Riverine stretch: 4 367 km

Lakes: 33 130 ha

Reservoirs: 80 000 ha

Floodplains: 6 million ha (seasonal)

3







India







3 287 782







2 858 914







1 081 893
(37.8%)






Riverine stretch: 27 359 km

Canals and irrigation channels: 112 645

Lakes: 0.72 million ha

Reservoirs: 3.0 million ha

Ponds: 1.6 million ha

Paddy fields: 2.3 million ha

Brackishwater ponds: 1.71 million ha

4







Indonesia







1 907 568







2 217 170







538 000
(24.2%)






Riverine stretch: 4 900 km

Lakes: 17 million ha

Reservoirs: 27 000 ha

Brackishwater area: 2 390 000 ha

Freshwater ponds: 39 785

Brackishwater ponds: 249 000 ha

Paddy fields: 135 000 ha

5


Kampuchea


181 000


65 000


59 000

1 major river: length N.A.

Lakes: 10 000 km2

6




Malaysia




336 700




664 976




3 801
(0.57%)



Riverine stretch: 2 700 km

10 000 km2

Freshwater ponds: 7 000 ha

Brackishwater ponds: 500 ha

7


Maldives


298


55 000


Nil


N.A.

No inland waters on the 1 190 small islands

8




Nepal




147 181




7 941




7 941
(100%)



Riverine stretch: 11 800 km

Lakes: 5 000 ha

Reservoirs: 1 380 ha

Fish ponds: 5 000 ha

9




Pakistan




803 945




378 656




70 606
(18.6%)



Riverine stretch: 2 900 km

Reservoirs: 80 613 ha

Ponds: 30 000 ha

Brackishwater area: 385 000 ha

10


Singapore


620


23 032


276
(1.2%)

Freshwater ponds: 100 ha

Brackishwater ponds: 210 ha

11




Sri Lanka




65 610




170 731




30 575
(17.9%)



Riverine stretch: 800 km

Tanks for irrigation: 100 000 ha

Brackishwater ponds: 1 450 ha

Brackishwater area: 12 000 ha

12







Thailand







513 115







2 249 808







150 000
(6.6%)






Rivers and canals: 119 200 ha

Lakes: 300 000 ha

Reservoirs: 255 000 ha

Freshwater ponds: 6 000 ha

Brackishwater area: 30 792 ha

Paddy area: 31 000 km2

Floodplains: 18 000 km2

Source: Inland Fisheries of Indo-Pacific countries. FAO Circular No. 794 FIRI/C794, 1986.

Table 5: West Asian aquaculture production by country and by species groups in 1986 (t)

Country

Finfish

Crustacea

Mollusca

Seaweeds

Others

Totals

Bangladesh

119 210

14 658

-

-

-

133 868

Burma

5 044R

-

-

-

-

5 044

India

-

17 000

1 800

-

-

18 800

Indonesia

255 805F

41 080

-

86 000F

-

382 885

Kampuchea Dem.

1 618

-

-

-

-

1 618

Malaysia

6 604F

371

45 664

-

-

52 639

Nepal

4 162

-

-

-

-

4 162

Pakistan

10 000F

-

-

-

-

10 000

Singapore

376

328

617

-

-

1 321

Sri Lanka

50

2

-

-

-

52

Thailand

73 636F

8 829F

39 450F

-

7R

121 922

Grand Totals

476 505

82 268

87 531

86 000

7

732 311

Source: FAO Fisheries Circular No. 815, 1989
R = Repetition of data previously reported by the country
F = FAO estimate from available sources of information

Table 6: Main Groups Cultured in West Asian Countries

Marine shrimps

All countries except Nepal

Freshwater prawns

Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

Groupers

Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore

Chinese carps

Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Kampuchea, Malaysia

Common carps

Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Kampuchea, Nepal

Indian carps

India, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, Pakistan

Rohu (Labeo sp.)

Sri Lanka

Thai silver carp (Puntius sp.)

Malaysia

Goramis

Malaysia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia

Catfish (Clarias sp.)

Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, Kampuchea

Snakehead

Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

Tilapias

Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, Kampuchea, Bangladesh, Malaysia

Mullets

Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh

Milkfish

Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia

Sea bass

Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand

Cockles

Thailand, Malaysia

Mussels

Thailand

Mud crab

Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand

ANNEX II - Bibliography

ADCP, 1988. Aquaculture Aid Profiles. February 1988. ADCP/AP/87/9:44 pp.

ADCP, 1989. Aquaculture Aid Profiles. February 1989. ADCP/AP/89/10:62 pp.

Anon., 1987. Fishing industry in Malaysia, LKIM, pp. 1-9

Asian Development Bank, 1983. Indonesia fisheries sector study. Asian Development Bank Report. December 1983:168 pp.

Asian Development Bank, 1985. Thailand fisheries sector study. Asian Development Bank Report. April 1985:232 pp.

Asian Development Bank, 1987. Pakistan Fisheries Sector Study. Asian Development Bank Report, 1987:168 pp.

Asian Fisheries Society, 1988. Fisheries Education and Training in Asia: Workshop Proceedings. Asian Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. 2, 162 p. Asian Fisheries Society, Manila, Philippines

Brown, E.E., 1983. World fish farming cultivation and economics. 2nd ed., AVI Publishing Co., 516 pp.

Chen, F.Y., 1988. Progress of NACA in enhancing regional cooperation in aquaculture development. Seventh session of the IPFC Working Party of Experts on Aquaculture. IPFC WPA/WP 16:27

Cheong, L.J., 1988. Review of the status of aquaculture in Singapore. Seventh session of the IPFC Working Party of Experts on Aquaculture. IPFC WPA/WP 9:9

Cholik, F., 1988. Review of the status of aquaculture in Indonesia. Seventh session of the IPFC Working Party of Experts on Aquaculture. IPFC WPA/WP 4:36

Chong, L.P., 1988. Review of the status of aquaculture in Singapore. Seventh session of the IPFC Working Party of Experts on Aquaculture. IPFC WPA/WP 6:16

Christy, F.T., et al., 1981. FAO, EEZ Programme. A report prepared for the Ministry of Fisheries of the Government of Maldives. 1-99

Chua Thia Eng. 1987. Aquaculture training needs in developing Asia. IDRC-MR 145 e. 35 p. + annex

Csavas, I., 1986. Problems of inland fisheries and aquaculture. Symposium on Fishing Industry, 12-18 November 1985, Tokyo

Csavas, I. 1988. Shrimp farming in Asia. Seventh session of the IPFC Working Party of Experts on Aquaculture. IPFC WPA/WP 11:74

De Silva, Sena S., 1986. Inland fishery of Sri Lanka, FAO Fish. Rep., 371:145-65

FAO, 1973. Singapore Country Development Brief. FAO Circular No. DDF/CDB/7. pp. 1-7.

FAO, 1980. Report of the Fifth Session of the IPFC Working Party on Aquaculture and Environment. Jakarta, Indonesia, 22-26 January, 1980. FAO Fish. Rep., (241):12 p.

FAO, 1986a. Inland fisheries of Indo-Pacific countries. FAO Fish. Cir. (794):1-59

FAO, 1986b. Progress and problems of aquacultural development. Eighteenth FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific, Colombo, Sri Lanka, APRC 86/7, 1-17

FAO, 1988a. Report of the seventh session of the IPFC Working Party of Experts on Aquaculture. IPFC WPA/WP 22/1:28

FAO, 1988b. Trends and prospects for capture fisheries and aquaculture in the next 25 years and the role of FAO. Committee on Fisheries 18th session, Rome. COFI/89/2:14

FAO, 1988c. Review of developments in aquaculture. Committee on Fisheries 18th session, Rome, COFI/89/Inf. 5:15

FAO, 1989a. Country statement: Coastal aquaculture in Indonesia. Indian Ocean Fishery Commission, Committee for the Development and Management of Fisheries in the Bay of Bengal: IOFC: DM/BB/89/CS 7: 19 p.

FAO, 1989b. Recent developments in coastal aquaculture. Indian Ocean Fishery Commission, Committee for the Development and Management of Fisheries in the Bay of Bengal. IOFC: DM/BB/89/CS5: 22 p.

Hirasawa, Y., 1988. Shrimp culture economics in Asia. Seventh session of the IPFC Working Party of Experts on Aquaculture. IPFC WPA/WP 16:27

Josupeit, H., 1985. External assistance to the fisheries sector in developing countries. INFOFISH Marketing Digest, 2:17-21

Khondaker, H.R., 1988. Review of the status of aquaculture in Bangladesh. Seventh session of the IPFC Working Party of Experts on Aquaculture. IPFC WPA/WP 20:29

Loayza, E., 1984. The World Bank and Fisheries Development. INFOFISH Marketing Digest, 4:24-28

Mammen, T.A., 1987. Indian fisheries. An analysis of products inputs and costs. Paper presented at the National Seminar on Indian Marine Fisheries, New Delhi

Poblete, R., 1984. India's fisheries. Country profile. INFOFISH Marketing Digest, 2:14-15

Samarakoon, J.I., 1988. Review of the status of aquaculture in Sri Lanka. Seventh session of the IPFC Working Party of Experts on Aquaculture. IPFC WPA/WP 8:24

Shahabuddin, M., 1986. Fisheries development in Bangladesh, CIFE report.

Shang, Y.C., 1986. Coastal aquaculture development in selected Asian countries: status, potential and constraints. FAO Fish. Cir., 799:1-63

Singholka, S., 1988. Review of the status of aquaculture in Thailand. Seventh session of the IPFC Working Party of Experts on Aquaculture. IPFC WPA/WP 21:6

Srivastava, U.K., et al., 1985. Inland fish marketing in India. Vol. 1-8, IIM Concept Publishing Co., 1985

ANNEX III - Abbreviations

AAETE

Agency for Agricultural Education, Training and Extension, Indonesia

ACTIM

Agence pour la Coopération Technique, Industrielle et Economique, France

ADB

Asian Development Bank

ADCP

Aquaculture Development and Coordination Programme

AIT

Asian Institute of Technology

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

BIOTROP

Southeast Asian Regional Center for Tropical Biology

BFDC

Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation

CCFRI

Central Cold Water Fisheries Research Institute, India

CIBA

Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, India

CIDA

Canadian International Development Agency

CIFA

Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, India

CIFE

Central Institute for Fisheries Education, India

CIFNET

Central Institute of Fishery Nautical Engineering Trade, India

CICAE

Central Institute of Coastal Aquaculture Engineering, India

CLSU

Central Luzon State University, Philippines

CMFRI

Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, India

COFAF

Committee of Food, Agriculture and Forestry (ASEAN)

CRSP

Collaborative Research Support Program (USAID)

EAS

European Aquaculture Society

ESCAP

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FEDA

Fish Farmers' Development Agencies, India

GNP

Gross National Product

ICAR

Indian Council of Agricultural Research

ICLARM

International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management

IDA

International Development Association

IFREMER

Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la Mer, France

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFS

International Foundation for Science

IPFC

Indo-Pacific Fisheries Commission

ITT

Indian Institute of Technology

JETRO

Japanese External Trade Organization

JICA

Japan International Cooperation Agency

MOAC

Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand

MPEDA

Marine Products Export Development Authority, India

NABARD

National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development

NACA

Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia

NARA

National Aquatic Resource Agency, Sri Lanka

NICA

National Institute of Coastal Aquaculture, Thailand

NIDC

Nepal Industrial Development Corporation

NIFI

National Inland Fisheries Institute, Thailand

NIO

National Institute of Oceanography, Pakistan

NORAD

Norwegian Agency for International Development

ODA

Overseas Development Administration, UK

PARC

Pakistan Agricultural Research Council

PCSIR

Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

RICAF

Research Institute for Coastal Aquaculture Fisheries, Indonesia

RIFF

Research Institute for Freshwater Fisheries, Indonesia

SEAFDEC

Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center

SEAFDEC-AQD

SEAFDEC, Aquaculture Department, Philippines

TCDC

Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries

UN

United Nations

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

Unesco

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

WAPDA

Federal Water and Power Development Authority, Pakistan

WAS

World Aquaculture Society

WFP

World Food Programme

WB

World Bank

Abbreviations of Databases and other Terminology

ASFIS

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information Service

ASFA

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts

CD-ROM

Compact Disc - Read only Memory

DIALOG

Central Service for Accessing Databases

BRAIS

Brackishwater Aquaculture Information System

GLOBEFISH

FAO Computerized System of Fish Marketing Information

FISHDAB

FAO Yearly Statistics

GRID

Global Resource Information Database

SEAFIS

Southeast Asian Fisheries Information Service

ANNEX IV - List of ADCP Reports

ADCP/REP/75/1

Aquaculture Planning in Africa

ADCP/REP/76/2

Aquaculture Planning in Asia

ADCP/REP/76/3

Aquaculture Planning in Latin America

ADCP/REP/76/3A FI/R188

Kyoto Conference

ADCP/REP/78/4

Aid for Aquaculture Development

ADCP/REP/78/5

Outline of an Applied Research and Experimental Development Programme for the Latin American Regional Centre for Aquaculture

ADCP/REP/78/6

Curriculum for the Training of Aquaculturists in the Latin American Regional Centre for Aquaculture

ADCP/REP/79/7

Curriculum for the Training of Aquaculturists in the African Regional Centre for Aquaculture

ADCP/REP/79/8

Training in Fish Feed Technology. Report of the FAO/UNDP Training Course in Fish Feed Technology held in the University of Washington, Seattle, 9 October-15 December 1978

ADCP/REP/79/9

Aquaculture Information - Report of the Meeting of an Aquaculture Information Group held in Rome, 25-28 April 1979

ADCP/REP/79/10

Aquaculture Development in China - Report of a FAO/UNDP Aquaculture Study Tour to the People's Republic of China, 2 May - 1 June 1978

ADCP/REP/80/11

Fish Feed Technology - Lectures presented at the FAO/UNDP Training Course in Fish Feed Technology, held at the College of Fisheries, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 9 October-15 December 1978

ADCP/REP/80/12 ADCP/REP/80/13

Outline Research Programme for the African Regional Aquaculture Centre, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. Curriculum for the Training of Aquaculturists in the Asian Aquaculture Network

ADCP/REP/80/14

Outline Research Programmes for the Regional Aquaculture Lead Centres in Asia - Parts I and II

ADCP/REP/80/15

Outline Research Programmes for the Regional Aquaculture Lead Centres in Asia - Part III

ADCP/REP/81/16 (out of print)

Reproductive Physiology of Teleost Fishes - A Review of Present Knowledge and Needs for Future Research

ADCP/REP/82/17

Aid for Aquaculture Development in the Third World

ADCP/REP/83/18

Fish Feeds and Feeding in Developing Countries - An Interim Report on the ADCP Feed Development Programme

ADCP/REP/83/19 Rev. 1

AQUIS Aquaculture Information System - Users' Manual

ADCP/REP/83/20

Planificación del Desarrollo de la Acuicultura - Guía Preliminar (An Introductory Guide to Aquaculture Development)

ADCP/REP/84/21

Inland Aquaculture Engineering - Lectures presented at the ADCP Interregional Training Course in Inland Aquaculture Engineering, Budapest

ADCP/REP/85/22

Nutritional Fish Pathology - Morphological Signs of Nutrient Deficiency and Toxicity in Farmed Fish

ADCP/REP/86/23

Observations on International Technical Assistance to Aquaculture

ADCP/REP/86/24

Planning an Aquaculture Facility - Guidelines for Bioprogramming and Design

ADCP/REP/87/25

Future Economic Outlook for Aquaculture and Related Assistance Needs

ADCP/REP/87/26

Feed and Feeding of Fish and Shrimp - A Manual on the Preparation and Presentation of Compound Feeds for Shrimp and Fish in Aquaculture

ADCP/REP/87/27

Aquaculture Sector Development - A Guideline for the Preparation of a National Plan

ADCP/REP/87/28

Women in Aquaculture - Proceedings of the ADCP/NORAD Workshop on Women in Aquaculture. Rome, FAO, 13-16 April 1987

ADCP/REP/87/29

The Markets for the Prime Mediterranean Species - Sea Bass, Sea Bream, Mullets and Eel - and their links with investment

ADCP/REP/88/30

A Regional Survey of the Aquaculture Sector in Eleven Middle East Countries

ADCP/REP/88/31

A Regional Survey of the Aquaculture Sector in East Asia

ADCP/REP/88/32

A Regional Survey of the Aquaculture Sector in the Pacific

ADCP/REP/89/33

Planning for Aquaculture Development - Report of an Expert Consultation held in Policoro, Italy, 26 July-2 August 1988

ADCP/REP/89/34

A Regional Survey of the Aquaculture Sector in the Mediterranean Region

ADCP/REP/89/35

A Regional Survey of the Aquaculture Sector in West Asia

ADCP/REP/89/36

A Regional Survey of the Aquaculture Sector in Africa South of the Sahara


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