WIO Mariculture Forum

SEAFDEC, based in the Philippines, will come out with a new DVD that has a wealth of information and manuals on various species used in mariculture including seaweeds, milkfish, prawns, mudcrabs and many others.  I do not see it on their website “Compendium of Aquaculture Technologies”  as I was given a beta version to look at..   Anyone working on mariculture in WIO should get a hold of this when it comes out.  Most of the pubs are also available on the website but the DVD puts them all together on one disk that is searchable by species.  An excellent resource!

A new publication, “A Guide to Milkfish Culture in the Western Indian Ocean Region by E. Requintina, A.J. Mmochi and F.E. Msuya, is out! This book provides an overview of low-cost, low-impact milkfish farming methods, based on emerging lessons in adapting Asian production methods to the Western Indian Ocean region context. New information presented in this is based on experience gained through trials aimed at developing milkfish farming methods in Tanzania through a USAID-funded program, “Sustainable Coastal Communities and Ecosystems (SUCCESS).

 The publication is available online at www.wiomsa.org/mariculture and www.wiomsa.org