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Some journal articles may be available online from: Ingenta or Science Direct R7590 Genetic status and improvement strategies for carps for low-input aquaculture in Asia Link to Project R7590 Website Peer Reviewed Basavaraju, Y, Mair, GC, Kumar, SP, Kumar, HMM, Prasad, DT, Rani, K, Jahageerdar, S and Penman, DJ. Assessment of common carp stocks for a breeding programme in Karnataka, India. Aquaculture, submitted. Mia, YM, Taggart, JB, Gilmour, AE, Das, TK, Sattar, MA, Hussain, MG, Kohinoor, AHM, Rahman, MA, Penman, DJ and McAndrew, BJ. Detection of hybridization between Chinese carp species (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix and Aristichthys nobilis) in hatchery broodstock in Bangladesh, using DNA microsatellite loci. Aquaculture, submitted Basavaraju, Y., Mair, G.C., Mohan Kumar, H.M., Pradeep Kumar, S., Keshavappa, G.Y. & Penman, D.J. (2002) An evaluation of triploidy as a potential solution to the problem of precocious sexual maturation in common carp, Cyprinus carpio, in Karnataka, India. Aquaculture 204, 407-418. McConnell, S.K.J., Leamon, J., Skibinski, D.O.F. & Mair, G.C. (2001) Microsatellite markers from the Indian major carp species, Catla catla. Molecular Ecology Notes 1(3): 115-116. (derived from research under R6059) Non Peer Anon. (2003) Workshop on Genetic Status and Strategies for Improvement of Carps for Low Input Aquaculture. Fishing Chimes 23 (4): 38-41 Basavaraju, Y, Penman, D.J. and Mair, G.C. (2003) Stock evaluation and development of a breeding programme for common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in Karnataka, India: progress of a research project. NAGA, WorldFish Center Quarterly 26(2): 30-32. Chengappa, P.G. and Mair, G.C. (2003) Valuation of fish genetic resources. AARM newsletter 8(1). 11-12. Kumar, S. (2003). Bettering Carp Yields. Deccan Herald May 13, 2003. (newspaper article in Science and Technology section of Indian National Daily). Basavaraju Y., Mair G.C., Mahadevappa B.G., Anath D.S., Mahesh, Mohan Kumar H.M., Pradeep Kumar S., Venkateshappa T., Penman D.J. (2002) Genetic status and Status for Enhancement of quality of Catla catla, Betterment of its broodstock management and commercial production of crossbreeds. Fishing Chimes, 22(1): 16-20 Mair G.C.(2002) Domestication and Broodstock Management - Implications for Long-term Quality of Cultured Stocks. Global Aquaculture Advocate, 5(1): 39-42 Mair G.C. (2002) Supply of good quality fish seed for sustainable aquaculture. Aquaculture Asia (NACA) 7 (2), p25-27 [view webpage] Penman D.J., Hussain M.G., McAndrew B.J., Mazid M.A. (2002) Genetic Management and Improvement of Exotic Carp Species in Bangladesh. Proceedings of the DFID-AFGR/BFRI Workshop, 12-14 February 2002. Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, Dhaka, Bangladesh 123pp [Link to full content of proceedings] Penman D.J., Mair G.C., McAndrew B.J., Hussain M.G., Basavaraju Y., Tuan P.A. (2002) Genetic management of non-indigenous carps for low-input aquaculture systems in Asia. Aquaculture News 28: 19-22 [view pdf file: 0.4MB] Workshops and conferences Y. Basavaraju (2003) Assessment of common carp stocks for a breeding programme in Karnataka, India. VIII Intl. Symposium on Genetics in Aquaculture held in Puerto Varas, Chile, Nov. 10-15 McAndrew B.J. (2003) Assessment and management of Chinese carp stocks in Bangladesh. VIII Intl. Symposium on Genetics in Aquaculture held in Puerto Varas, Chile, Nov. 10-15 Mair G.C. (2003) The genetic status of indigenous common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) in traditional upland rice-fish production systems in Vietnam. VIII Intl. Symposium on Genetics in Aquaculture held in Puerto Varas, Chile, Nov. 10-15 Mair G.C. (2003) Fish sperm cryopreservation methods and applications. Second National Workshop on Aquaculture, Vietnam Oct. 2003. Mair G.C. and Pante M.J. (2003) Genetic management and improvement of broodstock for freshwater aquaculture development in Vietnam. Presentation to Danida/SUFA and Ministry of Fisheries representative. Hanoi, Vietnam. July 2003 Mair G.C. (2003) Fish sperm cryopreservation methods and applications. NFRDMP Bangladesh in May 2003. Y. Basavaraju (2003). Strategies for improvement of common carp. National Symposium on Fish breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology, 29-30 March 2003. CIFE, Mumbai. Basavaraju Y. (2002) Potential for fish culture in Water Harvesting structures in watersheds. Presented and distributed at the "Workshop on Watershed Development Programmes in Karnataka". UASB and Watershed Development Department, GOK, April 30, 2002, Bangalore: 74-77 Penman D.J., Hussain M.G., McAndrew B.J., Mazid M.A. (2002) Genetic management and Improvement of Exotic Carp Species in Bangladesh: Proceedings of a workshop held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 12-14 February, 2002. Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute, Mymensingh, Bangladesh R7463 Strategies for improved diagnosis and control of bacterial disease in small-scale freshwater aquaculture. This project continues from earlier work on project R7054 Non Peer Crumlish, M. (2001). DFID research in Vietnam. Aquaculture News No. 27 pp 18-19. [view pdf file: 0.8MB] Thompson K.D and Crumlish M. (2000) Strategies for improved diagnosis and control of bacterial disease in small-scale freshwater aquaculture in South East Asia. Aquaculture News 26. pp17-18. [view pdf file: 0.2MB] Workshop and Reports Ms Dung presented a report in Vietnamese on the findings of DFID project R7054 at a workshop held at CanTho University. Drs. Chinabut and Crumlish attended the DFID/NACA/FAO Meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which proved to be an excellent opportunity for them to find out more about regional activities and to relate these to the objectives of the current project, thus helping to fulfil the project goal. A brief double-sided A4 handout relating to the project was prepared and distributed at the conference. Somsiri, T. (2000) One day workshop for Extension Officers in Thailand, held at AAHRI, Bangkok by Dr. Temdoung Somsiri on 25th October 2000. Poster presentation: Changpong, J., Chinabut, S., Polchana J, Thompson, K.D., and Adams (1999), A Production and characterisation of a monoclonal antibody against Aeromonas hydrophila (Poster) Fourth Symposium on Disease in Asian Aquaculture, Cebu City, Philippines, November 22-26, 1999. Faruk, MAR, KD Thompson, RE Rangdale, and RH Richards (1999) Characterisation of Flavobacterium psychrophilum by ELISA and Western blot analyisis (Poster) European Association of Fish Pathologists, 19-24th September 1999 Rhodes, Greece. Khan, M.N., Marshall, L., Thompson, K.D., Campbell, R.E. and Lilley, J.H (1999). Susceptibility of five fish species (Nile tilapia, rosy barb, rainbow trout, stickleback and roach) to intramuscular injection with the oomycete fish pathogen Aphanomyces invadans. (Poster) European Association of Fish Pathologists, 19-24th September 1999 Rhodes, Greece Petchinda T, Adams A, and Thompson KD. (1999). Characterisation of Aeromonas hydrophila antigens by SDS-PAGE (Poster) Fourth Symposium on Disease in Asian Aquaculture, Cebu City, Philippines, November 22-26, 1999. Somsiri T., Crumlish M., Dumrongphol Y., Panbanpeaw, A. and Thompson, K.D. Study of bacterial loading in macrophage cells of hybrid catfish (Poster) Fourth Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture 'Aquatic Animal Health for Sustainability', in Cebu, Philippines November 22-26 1999. Internal project workshop held at AAHRI, Thailand on 18-22nd October 1999 for all personnel involved in project R 7463. Thompson, K.D., Crumlish, M., Somsiri, T. and Dung, T.T. (2000). Results of a survey examining husbandry practises and disease outbreaks in small-scale freshwater farming systems in Thailand and Vietnam. Third World Fisheries Congress, Beijing 31st October-3rd November 2000. Conference abstracts: Dung, T.T. (2001) Infection by ecto-parasites in farmed Pangasiid catfish fingerlings raised in the Mekong Delta. Abstract for the Larvi 20001 conference. Extension Materials: Somsiri, T. (2000) Leaflet on disease prevention, and drugs and chemicals used in aquaculture. For dissemination to farmers via the extension officers. [view pdf file: 0.8MB] Seminars and conferences: Crumlish, M., Somsiri, T., Dung, T.T. and Thompson, K.D. The relationship between viable bacteria in farm water and the percentage of head kidney macrophages with bacteria sampled from a variety of cultured fish species (Oral) Fourth Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture 'Aquatic Animal Health for Sustainability', in Cebu, Philippines November 22-26 1999. Crumlish (2000) Survey results of small-scale farming systems in Thailand and Vietnam. The Institute of Aquaculture. October 2000. Somsiri T. (2000). Fish disease, treatment and prevention together with some of the results of the project at Chang Mai on 26th June 2000. Somsiri, T., Crumlish, M., Dumrongphol, Y., Panbanpeaw, A and Thompson, K.D. (2001) Study of bacterial loading in macrophage cells of hybrid catfish (to Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture) [view pdf file: 0.5MB] In prep and submitted: Crumlish M, Somsiri T. and Thompson K.D. (2001). The effects of stress on the susceptibility of Hybrid Catfish (Clarius gariepinus Burchell x Clarias macrocephalus Gunther) to an artificial Aeromonas hydrophila challenge. Submitted to Asian Fisheries Science. Crumlish, M, Dung, T.T, Somsiri, T. and Thompson, K.D. (2001). Survey on impact of disease on small-scale freshwater aquaculture in Thailand. Crumlish, M, Dung, T.T, Somsiri, T and Thompson, K.D. (2001). A study of freshwater farming systems in South Vietnam: the relationship between water quality, bacterial counts in the water and bacterial levels in the head kidney macrophages of farmed fish. Dung, T.T. (2001) An article about the general aims and activities of the project. Submitted to Vietnamese Fish Farmers magazine. R7284 Genetic improvement and utilisation of indigenous tilapia in southern Africa Peer Reviewed Beardmore, J.A., Mair, G.C. and Lewis, R.I. (2001) Monosex male production in finfish as exemplified by tilapia: Applications, problems, and prospects. Aquaculture, 197: 283–301. Edited Conference Proceedings and book chapters Brink, D and Hoffman, L.C. (2002) Aquaculture Production in South Africa. Proceedings of the Eighth Conference of the Animal Feed Manufacturers Association of Southern Africa. AFMA, Pretoria, South Africa: p27-35 Mair, G.C. (2001) Genetics in Tilapia Culture (2001) In: Subasinghe, S. & Singh, T. (eds) Proceedings of the Tilapia 2001 International Technical and Trade Conference. 28-30 May 2001, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. INFOFISH, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 136-148. Mair, G.C. (2001) Tilapia Genetics in Asia. Sixth Central American Aquaculture Symposium. Proceedings: Tilapia Session (ed. D.E. Meyer). PD/A CRSP, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. pp. 9-34. Mair, G.C. (2002) Tilapia Genetics and Breeding in Asia. In: Guerrero III, R.D. and Guerrero-del Castillo, M.R. (eds) (2002) Tilapia farming in the 21st century. Proceedings of the International Forum on Tilapia Farming in the 21st Century (Tilapia Forum 2002) pp184. Philipping Fisheries Association. Inc., Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines p100-123 Popular articles Mair, G.C. (2001) Monosex tilapia: Factors, Effects, and Methods for Male-Only Production. Global Aquaculture Advocate 4(4): 79-81 Mair, G.C. (2001) Tilapia Genetics – Application and Uptake. Global Aquaculture Advocate 4(6): 40-43 Mair, G.C. (2002) Coded Wire Tags for Batch Marking in Tilapia. NMT Network News, Spring 2002. Northwest Marine Technology Inc. Seattle, U.S.A. p3. Stander, H. (2002) Opportunities for small scale fish farming in South Africa. Farmers Weekly, 3 May 2002, pp. 6-8. Theses Esterhuyse, Marna, (2002). Microsatellite markers to identify two species of Tilapiine fish, Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters) and O. niloticus (Linnaeus). M.Sc. Thesis. University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa. 132pp Hall, Edward G., (2001) Levels of intraspecific variation (biochemical and genetic) in O. mossambicus with relevance to aquaculture species. M.Sc. Agric. March 2001. University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa. 104pp Other non-peer reviewed publications Salie, K. (2001) Potential of Aquaculture in Haarlem, Eastern Cape Province. Report for Land Development Unit, University of Western Cape, South Africa. September 2001. University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa. 21pp Salie, K & Karaan, A.S.M. (2001). An assessment of the economic and institutional sustainability of small-scale fish farming enterprises in the Western Cape Region of South Africa: From research to sustainable enterprises.University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa. 34pp Salie, K and Karaan, A.S.M. (2001). An analysis of CIRD-implemented SMME's activities in the Western Cape Province: The small-scale farming development programme for Aquaculture. Report for the Centre for Integrated Rural Development. Centre for Integrated Rural Development, Cape Town, South Africa. 43pp Extension and training manuals Guide for extension services on the development of SMMEs for aquaculture. Department of Agriculture: Western Cape, Private Bag X1, Elsenburg, 7602, South Africa. 50pp (See Appendix 13 of Final Technical Report) Training manual for small-scale fish farming systems. Division of Aquaculture, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa. 15pp. (See Appendix 14 of Final Technical Report) Procedural Manual for the implementation of a small-scale aquaculture project. Division of Aquaculture, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa. 8pp. (See Appendix 15 of Final Technical Report) Statute for the formation of a Farming Co-operative for small-scale fish farmers. Division of Aquaculture, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa. 30pp. Presentations Full details of presentations made can be found in Appendix 16 of the Final Technical Report GCM organised and chaired the “Fish Breeding and Genetics” session at the World Aquaculture 2002 conference held in Beijing, May 24-28, 2002, also attended by Henk Stander and Khalied Salie. GCM made two presentations entitled: production, dissemination and impact of genetically male tilapia in the Philippines" and "Tilapia Genetics in Asia". Kalied Salie attended World Aquaculture 2002 conference held in Beijing, May 24-28, and delivered a presentation on “Small-scale fish farming in the Western Cape Province, South Africa: An analysis of the socio-economic impact of the programme and a poster “Small scale rainbow trout producing cage systems in the Western Cape region of South Africa: Display of project profiles” Reports Final Technical Report of project R7284 (2002) [view pdf file: 1.7MB]
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