Aquaculture Asia, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp.1-52, October - December 2004

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CONTENTS: Captive breeding of vulnerable Indian carp Cirrhinus reba with Ovaprim for conservation of wild populations, by U. K. Sarkar, R. S. Negi, P. K. Deepak, S.P. Singh, S.M. Srivastava and Dipak Roy. Conservation of the Asiatic catfish, Clarias batrachus through artificial propagation and larval rearing technique in India, by B.K. Mahapatra. A perspective on breeding and genetics of walking catfish in Thailand, by Uthairat Na-Nakorn. Decline of wastewater-fed aquaculture in Hanoi, by Peter Edwards. Artificial propagation of the indigenous Tor species, empurau (T. tambroides) and semah (T. douronensis), Sarawak, East Malaysia, by Sena S. De Silva, Brett Ingram, Stephen Sungan, David Tinggi, Geoff Gooley, and Sih Yang Sim. Research and development on commercial land–based aquaculture of spotted babylon, Babylonia areolata Link 1807, in Thailand: Pilot grow-out operation, by Nilnaj Chaitanawisuti, Sirusa Kritsanapuntu, and Yutaka Natsukari. Question and answer on shrimp health, by Pornlerd Chanratchakool. Research points to co-management options for poor fisherfolk in Vietnam, by Michael Akester, Le Vien Chi, Davide Fezzardi, and Flavio Corsin. Aquaculture development through NGOs, by M.C. Nandeesha. [Farmers as Scientists series] Sustainable, profitable and socially responsible - building a ‘triple bottom line’ grouper and snapper culture industry in Komodo, by Trevor Meyer, Sudaryanto, Peter Mous and Jos Pet. First successful hatchery production of Napoleon wrasse at Gondol Research Institute for Mariculture, Bali, by Bejo Slamet and Jhon H. Hutapea. Assessment of the use of coded wire tags (CWT) to trace coral trout (Plectropomus leopardus) in the live reef food fish trade, by Mike Rimmer, Sarah Kistle and Geoffrey Muldoon. Trade and market trends in the live reef food fish trade, by Geoffrey Muldoon, Liz Peterson, Brian Johnston.