Aquaculture Asia, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp.1-50, July - September 2005

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CONTENTS: Asian Development Bank study on aquaculture and poverty, by Peter Edwards. New ACIAR projects to commence in Indonesia, by David McKinnon and Jes Sammut. Assessing the consequences of converting to organic shrimp farming, by Xie, Biao, Li, Jiahua and Wang, Xiaorong. Recycling water and making money, by Hassanai Kongkeo and Simon Wilkinson. Advances in the seed production of Cobia Rachycentron canadum in Vietnam, by Le Xan. Australian success with barramundi cod, by Dr. Shannon McBride. Brief overview of recent grouper breeding developments in Thailand, by Sih-Yang Sim, Hassanai Kongkeo1, and Mike Rimmer. Application of probiotics in rotifer production systems for marine fish hatcheries, by Tawfiq Abu-Rezq and Charles M. James. Contract hatchery systems: A practical approach to procure quality seeds for aquaclubs of small-scale shrimp farmers in India, by Arun Padiyar. Recirculation systems: Sustainable alternatives for backyard shrimp hatcheries in Asia? by Thach Thanh, Truong Trong Nghia, Mathieu Wille and Patrick Sorgeloos. Rainbow trout culture in Iran: Development and concerns, by Hussein Abdulhai & Mohammad Kazem Seiedi Ghomi. Large-scale growout of spotted Babylon, Babylonia areolata in earthen ponds: Pilot monoculture operation, by S. Kritsanapuntu, N. Chaitanawisuti, W. Santhaweesuk and Y. Natsukari. Cage cum pond fish production using mixed sex nile tilapia in Nepal, by A.K. Rai, M.K. Shrestha and S. Rai.