Concept Note
FAO TCP/RAS/3511 Regional training workshop on
Aquaculture planning and management tools
Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, November 2016
Background
It is predicted that the world demand for food fish will continue to increase significantly in the
coming decades as the result of anticipated population growth and economic growth and
recovery. It was projected the global demand for food fish will increase by 30 million tonnes by
2025. Sustainable growth of aquaculture is considered as the most feasible way to meet the
increasing demand for food fish globally with the stagnant capture fisheries. A FAO Regional
Initiative on Sustainable Intensification of Aquaculture for Blue Growth in Asia-Pacific (RI-BG)
has been implemented since early 2014 to support the sustainable growth of aquaculture in the
Asia-Pacific region.
Obviously, sustainable growth of aquaculture in Asia-Pacific is vitally dependent on improved
planning and management. In order to improve the planning and management of aquaculture for
sustainable development in Asia, FAO started an initiative in 2013 to develop and implement
aquaculture planning and management tools tailored for Asia-Pacific region. As the continuation
of the earlier work and support to RI-BG, a FAO regional TCP project to support the piloting of
selected aquaculture planning and management tools in three selected ASEAN members was
approved in 2015 and is being implemented currently in three participating countries, namely
Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.
As the important activity of the Regional TCP project, regional training workshop for trainers on
four aquaculture planning and management tools identified as the priority tools for piloting will
be organized in Bangkok in November 2016.
The four regional training workshop will cover the following aquaculture planning and
management tools:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Aquaculture ecological carrying capacity assessment;
Aquaculture feasibility study;
Aquaculture farm level biosecurity control; and
Aquaculture traceability system.
Objective
The major objective of the regional training workshops is to enable the full understanding of the
key national project staff to the selected aquaculture planning and management tools and build
the capability of the key national project staff to conduct the national training for ultimate users
of the tools and successfully pilot the tools according to the project requirement.
Expected outputs
The regional training workshops are expected to deliver the following main outputs:
1. Full comprehension of the workshop participants to the principal, framework and details
of respective tools;
2. Capability to implement the national training and pilot the tools at selected sites for
identified aquaculture systems and commodities following the overall project
requirement;
3. Draft implementation plan for piloting selected tools in each country are prepared.
Participants
Regional training workshops will be participated by the project national experts who are
responsible for leading and coordinating the country activities for piloting the selected tools and
key national professional nominated to support the piloting of the tools in the respective
countries.
Number of the participants:
Title of Training workshop
Indonesia
Thailand
Vietnam
Total
Aquaculture ecological carrying capacity
3
4
3
10
Aquaculture feasibility study
3
3
3
9
Aquaculture farm level biosecurity
2
3
3
8
Aquaculture traceability system
4
2
2
8
Language
All the training materials will be prepared in English and all the training workshops will be
conducted in English.
Dates and Venue
The regional training workshops will be conducted following the timetable below:
Title of training workshop
Date
Aquaculture ecological carrying capacity
7-9 Nov 2016
Aquaculture feasibility study
10-12 Nov 2016
Aquaculture farm level biosecurity
13-15 Nov 2016
Aquaculture traceability system
21-23 Nov 2016
All the four regional training workshops will be conducted in Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.
Tentative Program of Regional Training Workshop on
Ecological Carrying Capacity Assessment Tool for Aquaculture
07-09 November 2016, Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok
Day
Time
Activities
07 Nov/Mon 08.30-09.00 Registration of participants
09.00-10.00 Opening Session:
Opening remark by FAO Lead Project Officer
Introduction of participants
Introduction to the project and the regional
training workshop
10.00-10.30 Coffee break
10.30-11.30 Presentation on Introduction to Carrying capacity
- Aquaculture Impacts
11.30-12.00 General discussion
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-15.00 Carrying capacity estimation:
Presentation on Structure of the tool
Discussion
15.00-15.20 Coffee break
15.20-16.50 Carrying capacity estimation:
Presentation on Estimating Nutrient output
Discussion
16.50-17.00 Wrap up of the day
08 Nov/Tue 08.30-10.00 Carrying capacity estimation:
Presentation on Estimating water exchange
Discussion
10.00-10.20 Coffee break
10.20-12.00 Carrying capacity estimation:
Presentation on Estimating carrying capacity
Discussion
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-15.00 Practical Case study example:
Presentation on Data collection and input
Discussion
15:00-15.20 Coffee break
15.20-16.50 Practical Case study example:
Presentation on Calculating carrying capacity
Discussion
16.50-17.10 Wrap of the day
09 Nov/Wed 09.00-10.00 Presentation on Application of carrying capacity
through governance
Training evaluation and wrap-up
10.00-10.20 Coffee break
10.20-12.00 Preparation of draft piloting plan for carrying
capacity assessment tool by the participants
(country team workshop)
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-15.00 Presentation and discussion on country piloting
plan of the tool
15.00-15.20 Coffee break
15.20-16.00 Any other matters and closing session
Tentative Program of Regional Training Workshop on
Feasibility Studies Tool for Aquaculture
10-12 November 2016, Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok
Day
10 Nov/Thu
11 Nov/Fri
Time
Activities
08.30-09.00 Registration of participants
09.00-10.00 Opening Session:
Opening remark by FAO Lead Project Officer
Introduction of participants
Introduction to the project and the regional
training workshop
10.00-10.30 Coffee break
10.30-11.30 Presentation on Introduction to Feasibility Studies
- Economic and social feasibility
11.30-12.00 General discussion
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-15.00 Feasibility Studies:
Presentation on Structure of the tool
Discussion
15.00-15.20 Coffee break
15.20-16.50 Feasibility Studies:
Presentation on Study scoping and Technical
Feasibility
16.50-17.00 Wrap up of the day
08.30-10.00 Feasibility Studies:
Presentation on Operational and Social
Feasibility
10.00-10.20 Coffee break
10.20-12.00 Carrying capacity estimation:
Presentation on Economic feasibility
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-15.00 Practical Case study example:
Selection of case studies, Scoping and
technical feasibility
15:00-15.20 Coffee break
15.20-16.50 Practical Case study example:
Operational, Social and Economic Feasibility
16.50-17.10 Wrap of the day
12 Nov/Sat
09.00-10.00 Training and Practical Case study evaluation:
Training evaluation and wrap-up
10.00-10.20 Coffee break
10.20-12.00 Preparation of draft piloting plan for feasibility
study tool by the participants (country team
workshop)
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-15.00 Presentation and discussion on country piloting
plan of the tool
15.00-15.20 Coffee break
15.20-16.00 Any other matters and closing session
Tentative Program of Regional Training Workshop
on Farm Level Biosecurity Plans
13-15 November 2016, Sukosol Hotel, Bangkok
Day
13 Nov/Sun
Time
Activities
08.30-09.00 Registration of participants
09.00-10.00 Opening Session:
Opening remark by FAO Lead Project Officer
Introduction of participants
Introduction to the project and the regional
training workshop
10.00-10.30 Coffee break
10.30-11.30 Presentation: Introduction
Aquatic animal health management and
biosecurity principles
Farm level biosecurity plans – what are they?
11.30-12.00 General discussion
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-15.00 Presentation: Introduction to farm biosecurity
handbook – primary tool for ToT
15.00-15.20 Coffee break
15.20-16.50 Presentation: Handbook components overview
Pathways for disease spread
How to use this manual
Information gathering
Risk analysis
Farm biosecurity audit and implementation
plan
Documentation: farm biosecurity manual
16.50-17.00 Wrap up of the day
14 Nov/Mon 08.30-10.00 Presentation: Farm biosecurity risk analysis
10.00-10.20 Coffee break
10.20-12.00 Team exercise: Country/sector specific risk analysis
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-15.00 Presentation: Generic farm biosecurity audit
template
15.00-15.20 Coffee break
15.20-16.50 Team exercise: Developing country/sector specific
audit templates
16.50-17.10 Wrap of the day
15 Nov/Tue
09.00-10.00 Presentation: Farm biosecurity in context of zone
level biosecurity and overall aquatic animal health
management
10.00-10.20 Coffee break
10.20-12.00 Training evaluation and wrap-up
12.00-13.30 Lunch break
13.30-15.00 Discussion on in-country piloting of the tool
15.00-15.20 Coffee break
15.20-16.00 Any other matters and closing session