PART II: PROPOSED ACTIVITIES FOR YEAR 2015
III. Establishment of adaptive measures supporting resource enhancement for a changing environment
7. Annual progress meeting and international workshop 2 International workshop
New information on resource enhancement of internationally threatened and over-exploited species was presented and discussed by participants from ASEAN Member States, resource persons as well as study leaders in this project. Emerging problems that require urgent solutions will also be discussed to pave the way to promote environment-friendly resource enhancement in the Southeast Asian region.
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3.2 Evaluation of the Project Outcomes Till the Year 2014 3.2.1 Theme/Program Thrust and Issues:
(1) Theme/Program Thrust:
Promotion of Sustainable and Region-Oriented Aquaculture Practices (2) Issues in the region at the beginning of the study:
Aquaculture is undoubtedly one of the practical ways for addressing the issues of food security and widespread poverty in the rural areas of the ASEAN region which exports a great amount of fisheries products to all over the world. However, aquaculture production in the region needs to be increased in a sustainable and
environment-friendly manner as declared by the Ministers of the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Member Countries responsible for fisheries. Promotion of Sustainable and Region-Oriented Aquaculture Practices is vital not only to the promotion of sustainable aquaculture in the region but also to the stable supply of safe aquaculture products to the region.
3.2.2 Expected Final Goal of the Project:
To ensure reliable and sustainable production through genetic improvement of commercially important species and to establish reliable breeding and mass seed production techniques for new species for aquaculture
To develop environment-friendly feeds for marine fish and crustaceans from regionally available ingredients To establish managing technology of aquaculture environment
To access and analyze impact of transfer and adoption of sustainable aquaculture technologies for fisherfolk in the region
To disseminate and demonstrate the aquaculture technology 3.2.3 “Steps” Toward Achieving Final Goal:
Step 1:
Production of various generations and families of commercially important species, evaluation of the impact of domestication selection on hatchery stocks, and collection of juveniles or adults for broodstock development of emerging species
Information survey, formulation and preparation of cost-effective and low pollution feeds Gathering information on farm management techniques and best management practices Assessment of the socioeconomic impact of the technology transfer and adoption Implementation of training courses, demonstration farm and lecture/seminar Step 2:
Selective breeding and genetic monitoring, formulation and assessment of different broodstock management protocols, and induction of spawning, seed production and grow-out trials of emerging species
Controlled feeding experiments and incorporate findings in test diets in the laboratory Analysis and design of a management scheme and verification of the management scheme Examination of property rights regimes impinging on technology adoption and adaptation Transfer of technical through capacity building to member countries
Step 3:
Monitoring, assessment and refinement of heritability of selected traits, and promotion of hatchery, nursery and grow-out for emerging species
Feeding experiments in ponds, net cages or broodstock tanks
Refinement of scheme through farm trials and dissemination of knowledge and technology
Recommendation of policies for enhancing the adoption of sustainable aquaculture technologies suitable for developing countries in the region
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70 3.2.4 Activities in the Current Project:
(1) Current position of the project: Step 3 (2) Total project duration: 2010-2014 (3) Main activities
Genetic improvement of commercially important species and development of hatchery technology Development of environment-friendly feeds using regionally available ingredients
Establishment of managing technology of aquaculture environment
Socioeconomic assessment and impact analysis of transfer and adoption of sustainable aquaculture technologies
Technology extension and demonstration
3.2.5 Progress and Achievements of the Current Project:
(2) Main activities conducted in the current project
To establish reliable mass production techniques for genetically improved strains of commercially important species and to establish seed production techniques for newly emerging species for aquaculture
To develop environment-friendly and cost-effective practical feeds using ingredients available in the Southeast Asian region and establish guidelines on feeding management for sustainable aquaculture To develop farming management strategies that eliminate the risk factors through epidemiological and environmental approaches to prevent and control diseases
To identify clear policies for implementing sustainable aquaculture and to recommend policies for
enhancing the adoption of suitable aquaculture technologies for the lesser developed countries in the region To verify and disseminate the project achievements especially in the lesser developed countries in the region through demonstration, training, lecture/seminar and publication activities
(2) Main achievements till the end of 2014 (tentative)
Concerning the study which focus on “development of hatchery technology of emerging species”, trials showed that the addition of probiotic to live food organism for larval culture of pompano promotes better assimilation of nutrients as indicated by the increase in the enzyme activities in the larvae that results in better growth, survival and tolerance to hypoxic condition.
With regard to research on “Development of efficient and low-pollution diets for grow-out and broodstock”
under the activity on development of environment-friendly feeds using regionally available ingredients, experiments indicated that larval quantity (average number of larvae per hatching event) of Macrobrachium rosenbergii was markedly better at 30% cowpea meal level compared to other dietary treatments.
Apart from research, efforts were made to build the capacity of the Philippines and Member Countries through implementation of the following training activities under Technology extension and demonstration:
1) Abalone hatchery (from 7 to 27 May, 2014), 2) Marine fish hatchery (from 18 June - 25 July, 2014).
At the ‘International workshop on resource enhancement and sustainable aquaculture”, held last 5-7 March in Iloilo City, new information on sustainable and region-oriented aquaculture practices were presented and discussed. IWRESA was attended by 172 academicians & researchers, government extensionists, the private sector, and representatives from SEAFDEC Member Countries and featured 42 oral presentations and 15 poster papers.
(3) Outcomes/Outputs during the project period and expected achievement rate till the end of 2014 (tentative)
Expected outcomes/outputs Achievement rate (%)
To ensure reliable and sustainable production through genetic improvement of commercially important species and to establish reliable breeding and mass seed production techniques for new species for aquaculture
090%
To develop environment-friendly feeds for marine fish and crustaceans from
regionally available ingredients 090%
To establish managing technology of aquaculture environment 100%
To disseminate and demonstrate the aquaculture technology 100%
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