A summary of the meeting is also provided. The book is mostly relevant to fish farmers in Scandinavian countries but is also useful for fisheries biologists working with cod. The book is the proceedings of a Workshop on Bivalve Culture, held in Singapore, in February 1982. It summarizes the work of 35 participants involved in bivalve production in Asian and Pacific countries. A brief introduction reports plans and recommendations which emerged from the workshop, and the summary presents current problems of bivalve culture in these regions.
Exploitation ranges from collection of natural stocks to major culture operations.
Although there is some variation, most reviews adopt the same structure, presenting state of the art, major problems and constraints, and future developments. A bibliography of more than 230 references is included. The book describes various aspects of the culture of African catfish, Clarias gariepinus, and related Asian clariid species, C . The first paper summarizes recent advances in the culture of the African catfish, with a description of rearing practices, including feeding, artificial spawning, and health control. The rest of the volume is divided into 4 sections.