72 June 2010 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION — WORLD AQUACULTURE SOCIETY BENEFITS of membership: Quarterly issues of the magazine, World Aquaculture; discounts on WAS books; electronic access to the Journal of the World Aquaculture Society; access to “members only” section of the website; and discounts for WAS meeting registrations. MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES (Select one) q NEW q RENEWAL ––– Lifetime $ 1,000 Individuals only, for lifetime membership ––– Corporate $ 250 For-Profit Companies only (assign one individual to receive mailings) ––– Sustaining $ 100 To support our continuing membership-benefit programs ––– Individual $ 60 Regular individuals Membership (one person’s name only) ––– Student $ 40 Attach copy of Student ID or letter regarding status from major professor ADDITIONAL CHARGES OPTIONS: q $20 annual payment for mailed (hard copy) Journal of the World Aquaculture Society CHAPTERS: (annual payment - $5 each chapter) Must be an active member of WAS to join. q United States (USAS) q Latin American/Caribbean (LACC) q Asian Pacific (APC) q Korean COMPANY NAME, if Corporate membership____________________________________________________________________________ INDIVIDUAL NAME __________________________________________________________________________________________________ MAILING ADDRESS _________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PHONE_________________________FAX____________________ E-MAIL_____________________@_____________________________ Include Payment to: World Aquaculture Society (US$/drawn on a US bank) with Check/Money Order, or VISA, MASTERCARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS, DINER’S CLUB, DISCOVER (NOVUS) OR JCB. Card Number:________________________________________________________ Expire Date ___________________________________ Signature on Card:_ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ http://www.was.org WAS, 143 J.M. Parker Coliseum, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (USA) Potential and Future The production of tilapia has great potential in Honduras because of environmental conditions, available land and water and good markets but also faces threats such as feed availability and its rising costs. These are threats not only for Honduras and for aquaculture, in general, but for food production around the world. Notes 1Aguaculture Outreach Program, Panamerican Agriculture School, Zamorano, P.O. Box 93, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. smeyer@ zamorano.edu, dmeyer@zamorano.edu (Continued from page 40) Honduran Tilapia The total culture duration in polythene-lined farm ponds is of around 7-8 months. After that period rohu attain an average weight of around 1.0 kg while catla achieve an average weight of some 1.25-1.50 kg. Fish farming trials in horticulture-based polythene-lined farm ponds shows good possibilities for the enhancement of fish production by upgrading the technology of fish culture. Using this integrated approach, the water fertilized by fish waste and residual feed in the farm ponds can be better utilized for growing horticulture produce, such as grapes, pomegranates, oranges and papaya. The water utilized for irrigation purposes is replaced from a nearby water source using pumps. Conclusion In addition to horticulture produce, one can achieve higher fish production of around 2.0 tons from a limited area of 0.2 ha in a short time span of 7-8 months using the system described in this article. Some pilot trials in the state of Maharashtra have achieved 4.54 t of fish production from 0.2 ha area, or 22 tons/ha, within seven months of culture. This shows enormous potential for fish production from such ponds. Therefore, farm practices to raise stunted fingerlings to table size fishes in such polythenelined farm ponds within a short period of time needs to be disseminated to rural fisher-folks. Notes 1Dean, Fisheries, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, India 2Assistant Professor, College of Fishery Science, Nagpur, India Polythene-lined Ponds (Continued from page 54)
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