Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences
Ministry of Agriculture | |
Staff | 1590 scientists[1] |
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Website | www.cafs.ac.cn/english/ |
The Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (CAFS) (
CAFS sponsors the award-winning international academic periodical Journal of Fishery Sciences of China.[2] It has completed over 1,000 research projects, including a study on the aquaculture of the fleshy prawn Peneaus chinensis and the control of haemorrhage disease in grass carp, which won the National Scientific and Technological Progress First Prize.[1] The institute has contributed significantly to China's aquaculture development.[1]
Activities
Aquaculture has been pursued in China for at least 2,400 years. A tract by Fan Li in the fifth century BC details many of the ways carp were raised in ponds.[3] The major carp species used traditionally in Chinese aquaculture are the black, grass, silver and bighead carp. In the 1950s, the Pearl River Fishery Research Institute of CAFS made a technological breakthrough in the induced breeding of these carps, which has resulted in a rapid expansion of freshwater aquaculture in China.[4]
In the late 1990s, CAFS scientists developed a new variant of the
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The major traditional aquaculture carp of China | |||
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Structure
CAFS has its headquarters in Beijing. Across China, it operates nine fisheries research institutes and four fisheries resources enhancement stations.[10]
Satellite institutions[10] | ||
Sea areas | Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute | Qingdao, Shandong province
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East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute | Shanghai city | |
South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute | Guangzhou, Guangdong province | |
Inland areas | Helongjiang Fisheries Research Institute | Harbin, Helongjiang province |
Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute | Jingzhou, Hubei province[11] | |
Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute | Guangzhou, Guangdong province | |
Freshwater Fisheries Research Center | Wuxi, Jiangsu province | |
Engineering | Fishery Machinery and Instrument Research Institute | Shanghai city |
Fishery Engineering Research Institute | Wuxi Jiangsu province | |
Marine resource enhancement |
Qinhuangdao, Hebei province | |
Changdao, Shandong province | ||
Yinkou, Liaoning province | ||
Changyi, Shandong province |
Some associated publications
- Chen D, Duan X, Liu S and Shi W (2003) Status and Management of Fishery Resources of the Yangtze River In: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Management of Large Rivers for Fisheries. FAO Corporate Document Repository.
- Yulin J (1996) A Review of Traditional and Innovative Aquaculture Health Management in the People's Republic of China In: Health management in Asian aquaculture, FAO Corporate Document Repository. ISBN 92-5-103917-8.
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d Chinese Academy of Fishery Science (CAFS) Archived 2011-06-18 at the Wayback Machine NOAA. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ Journal Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine CAFS. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ National Aquaculture Sector Overview: China FAO, Rome. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ a b CAFS research achievement Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine CAFS. Accessed 26 July 2011.
- ISBN 978-983-2346-35-7.
- ^ "Living Fossil" Fish Making Last Stand in China National Geographic, 15 August 2011.
- ^ "Chinese sturgeon". Chinese Ministry of Culture. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ Chinese Sturgeon Set Free China Daily, 29 April 2005.
- ^ Scientists sound alarm as Chinese sturgeon battle for survival FIS, 24 July 2007.
- ^ a b About us Archived 2011-08-16 at the Wayback Machine Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
- ^ Yangtze River Fishery Research Institute
External links
- Russian article
- Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences main web site