Catch and Culture Vol. 17, No. 2
This edition features tilapia and silver barb farming, especially in Thailand, a new Cambodian crackdown on illegal structures around the Tonle Sap Lake and the discovery of a species of fish with no eyes in central Lao PDR. It also looks at the ecological characteristics of a fluvial prawn found in mountain basins of southern China and northern Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam. The latest edition also contains the second part of a two-part series on fisheries research in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam.
Table of Contents
- Aquaculture
Tilapia culture in the Lower Mekong Basin
Silver barb renaissance in Thailand - Cambodia’s National Fish Day
Fishing lot inquiry follows crackdown on illegal structures around Tonle Sap Lake - Policy brief
Monitoring the Tonle Sap dai fi shery: building on the success - Taxonomy
French expedition discovers new cave species with no eyes in central Lao PDR - Crustaceans
Ecological characteristics and use of Macrobrachium yui in northern Lao PDR - 9th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum
Asian Fisheries Society presents gold medal award to MRC - Food security
How vulnerable is national food and nutrition security to mainstream dam development in northern Cambodia? - Central Highlands fisheries
Fisheries research in the Central Highlands of Viet Nam - Staff
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Editorial Panel
- Xaypladeth Choulamany, Fisheries Programme Coordinator
- Kaviphone Phouthavongs, Fisheries Programme Officer
- Buoy Roitana, Fisheries Programme Officer
- Nguyen Hai Son, Fisheries Programme Officer
- Theerawat Samphawamana, Fisheries Programme Officer
- Ngor Peng Bun, Capture Fisheries Specialist
- Malasri Khumsri, Fisheries Management and Governance Specialist
Editor: Peter Starr
Designer: Chhut Chheana
Disclaimer
The opinions and interpretation expressed within are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Mekong River Commission