Fresh Prawn Aquaculture Training

The Institute of Marine Resources of the Faculty of Islands and Oceans, University of the South Pacific, is holding a Freshwater Prawn Aquaculture Training Program on Wednesday, 20 June, to Friday, 22 June 2007 at the Lower Campus, University of the South Pacific, Laucala Bay, Suva. The topics to be covered include :

• introduction to aquaculture;
• prawn status and biology;
• prawn diseases;
• hatchery operations;
• pond construction;
• pond management economic modelling.

Fees are F$500.00 per person and will include training materials, field trips, teas and lunches.

A consultancy service will be available as a follow up for those interested. This includes : farm visits, feasibility study, and farm design.

Post-larval prawns can be purchased from the University.

For more information and registration, pls contact Alan Resture on telephone (679) 3232940 or e-mail resture_a@usp.ac.fj.