A great deal of research, educational and training activities are being conducted at various institutions in this region. The principal programmes are listed below:
University level - for training medium to senior grade officers, for research and development duties:
Indonesia
Bogor Agricultural University, Faculty of Fisheries, Bogor, West Java.
Technological University, Department of Fisheries, Gajah Madah University, Faculty of
Fisheries, Djakarta, Central Java.
Brawijaya University, Department of Fisheries, Surabaya, East Java.
Khmer
Royal University of Agriculture Sciences, Phnom-Penh.
Malaysia
University of Malaya, Faculty of Agriculture, Kuala Lumpur.
Science University, Penang.
Philippines
University of Philippines, College of Fisheries, Quezon City.
Mindanao State University, College of Fisheries, Marawi City.
Thailand
Kasetsart University, Fisheries Faculty, Bangkok.
Chulalongkorn University, Marine Sciences Department, Bangkok.
Hong Kong
University of Hong Kong (basic science courses in relation to aquaculture).
Chinese University of Hong Kong (basic courses in relation to aquaculture).
Research institutes and laboratories
Regional
Aquaculture Department of Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), Iloilo, Philippines (expected to start functioning in 1974).
Indonesia
Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Bogor, West Java.
Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Djakarta.
Brackishwater Shrimp and Milkfish Culture Applied Research and Training Centre, Jepara,
Central Java.
Khmer
Institute of Hydrobiology, Phnom-Penh.
Institute of Oceanography, Kompong, Somville.
Malaysia
Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Glugor, Penang.
Tropical Fish Culture Research Institute, Malacca.
Fishculture Experimental Station, Sarawak.
Fishculture Experimental Station, Sabah.
Philippines
Brackishwater domonstration fish farms (Bureau of Fisheries).
Inland Fisheries Project Programme (USAID/University of the Philippines).
Singapore
Fishculture Experimental Station, Sembawang.
Coastal Aquaculture Experimental Station, Changi Point.
Thailand
Marine Fishery Biology Research Laboratory, Bangkok.
Marine Biological Research Institute, Thai/Danish project, Phuket.
Fishculture Experimental Stations at Rayong, Songkhla, Phuket, Samutsakorn, Surathani,
Bangkhen, etc.
Hong Kong
Fisheries Research Station, Aberdeen.
Mariculture Experimental Station, Kowloon.
Vocational training - for training junior officers, fish culture assistants, extension officers. Every country in this region has one or more of the following types of vocational training:
An agriculture college having fish culture courses.
Fisheries vocational schools including fish culture in their curriculum.
A fish culture extension officer's training centre.
In-service training
Every country in this region has occasional in-service training programmes for aquaculture officers of all grades, especially extension officers.
Training fish or shrimp farmers
Every country has training programmes for training fish or shrimp farmers. A great deal of training activity has been going on for years, and a large number of trainees have graduated. Yet the problem of lack of technical personnel remains unsolved. Most of the graduates have not acquired the knowledge and skills needed for practical application, or they are not able to make efficient application of what they learned. There exists an urgent need to examine the existing system of education, including methods of training, the capability of trainers and the quality of trainees, and to support practical solutions for their improvement.
Among the high calibre graduates, because of the rapid increase of cost of living and the low government salary scales, many have been attracted by offers from outside and have changed professions or have gone abroad. Under the prevailing salary scales of civil service systems of many of the countries in this region it is increasingly difficult to keep good technical officers. It is important to train technical personnel, but it is just as important to provide the necessary opportunities and inducements to keep them doing what they are trained for.
Topics of research and experiments
A number of research projects have been programmed by the countries of this region, and many of them have been initiated. A list of the principal programmes is given in the Appendix.
