Transcript day 1 04 wp3b aquaculture programme report

Report of the Aquaculture
Programme
Robert Jimmy
Aquaculture Adviser
2012 Activities- Result 2.1: Improved regional and national capacity for strategic
policy, planning and administration
 Technical assistance on Aquaculture Development Plan & review: Cook Is & Samoa
completed; Nauru & Vanuatu Plans in final stages of completion.
 Produced policy briefs on opportunities in mariculture development.
 Development of a framework of collaboration in aquaculture for Melanesian Spearhead
Group Members (MSG).
 Aquaculture legislative support to Fiji and Vanuatu.
 Participate in regional and subregional aquaculture conferences and workshops: FAOCOFI [Rome], FAO Sub-committee on Aquaculture (Cook Is), NACA, Australasian
Aquaculture Conference & MSG
2012 Activities- Result 2.2: Increased skills and knowledge base in the SPC region
and its member countries and territories, so as to maximize the return on investments in
aquaculture through innovative, profitable and sustainable approaches
 Worldfish/ACIAR milkfish culture project in Solomon Islands.
 Technical assistance establishment of mariculture hatchery facilities in 3 countries
(e.g. New Caledonia, Samoa & PNG.
 Provide technical assistance, hatchery and ponds trials of the Eastern strain of
Macrobrachium rosenbergii native to PNG under ACIAR.
 Provide technical assistance to aquaponics Public-Private Partnership in Cook Islands
(on-going)
 Provide technical assistance, expert consultation and development assistance to
identified projects under Increasing Agricuture Commodity Trade (IACT)
project.....PICT enterprises identified for assistance in 2013 from expressions of
interest
2012 Activities- Continue- Result 2.2:
Increased skills and knowledge base
in the SPC region…
 Organised subregional hands-on seaweed in Lombok Indonesia for 4 countries (Fiji,
Kiribati, Solomon Islands & FSM).
 Provided joint SPC/JICA subregional training on milkfish farming at Vitawa Village,
Ra Province, FIJI for 10 countries (Cook Is, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Palau,
Nauru, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu).
 Prototype Aquaponics Unit at SPC Suva, constructed (DONE) and in operation
 Provided country specific training attachments to 4 countries (Guam on grouper
training in Thailand, French Polynesia on shrimp disease diagnosis in US, Samoa
and Solomon Is on freshwater aquaculture in China)
 Provide technical assistance to New Caledonia on scallop and lobster projects
2012 Activities- Result 2.3:
Competent authorities established and/or supported, to
manage aquatic biosecurity risks and to facilitate trade.
Regional
 SPC/OIE disease reporting workshop in Nadi
 Organized SPC/FAO regional workshop on aquatic biosecurity and
aquaculture statistics
Sub-regional
 Provide support for development of a sub-regional biosecurity framework
for Micronesia.
Country Specific
 Risk analysis for sandfish introduction for Kiribati.
 Risk analysis for cobia introduction for PNG.
 Risk analysis for seaweed introduction for Fiji.
 Risk analysis for introduction of Nile Tilapia to Solomon islands
 Specific training on diagnosis and management of health problems of
sandfish for Kiribati & Fiji
2013 Programme Activities
Result Area 2.1:
Improved regional and national capacity for strategic policy, planning
and administration
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New/updated National Aquaculture Plan completed for 3 countries
Undertake aquaculture programme needs assessment in 4 PICTs
Aquaculture portal up to date with all materials
Improve several strategies for policy, planning and administration of
aquaculture in the region
 Complete national aquaculture legislation in 2 PICTs
 Policy briefs completed on outcome of regional aquaculture
assessments studies
Result 2.2:
Increased skills and knowledge base in the SPC region and its member
countries and territories…
 Undertake trochus reseeding in two PICTs
 Investigate feasibility of Mud Crab (new production area) and export (import
substitution) potential in one PICT
 Undertake feasibility of aquaponics in 2 PICTs.
 Demonstration site of aquaculture farmer networks/clusters established in 3 PICTs.
 Assistance provided to 2 new IACT Enterprises
 Continuation of fish feeds development work in 4 countries via on-farm trials of feed
formulations that use local ingredients
 Aquaculture feasibility report and workshop, based upon hatchery and pond trials of
the prawn Macrobrachium spinipes indigenous to PNG
Result 2.2:
Increased skills and knowledge base in the SPC region and its member
countries and territories…
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Undertake nursery and pen culture trial of sandfish in Kiribati
Improved seaweed culture and production in 3 countries
Mariculture hatchery facilities established in 4 countries
Training attachment completed on mariculture for 2 PICTs
Technical factsheets produced on mariculture aquaculture commodities for New
Caledonia
 Sub-regional training workshops conducted for 5 PICTs on fish broodstock
management and fish-feeds formulation.
 Experts Consultation workshop to review current status, future potential, and
researchable constraints of aquaponics in PICTs
Result 2.3:
Competent authorities established and/or supported, to manage aquatic
biosecurity risks and to facilitate trade.
 National aquatic biosecurity policy & legislation completed for 3 PICTs
 Finalise SPC regional aquatic biosecurity framework
 Advice provided on introductions and quarantine requirements on
aquaculture.
 A Micronesia sub-regional biosecurity framework developed
 Provide training attachment to 1 PICT on aquatic biosecurity
 Facilitate and assist PICTs to make Country Reports for the FAO State of
the World’s Aquatic Genetic Resources review.
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