Chapter 2 Carp Production in Asia: Past Trends and Present Status1
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Chapter 2 Carp Production in Asia: Past Trends and Present Status1 Madan Mohan Dey2, Ferdinand J. Paraguas2, Ramachandra Bhatta3, Ferdous Alam4, Miao Weimin5, Somying Piumsombun6, Sonny Koeshandrajana7, Le Thi Chau Dung8, and N V Sang9 2.1 Introduction contribution of carp production to the total aquaculture and freshwater fish production in Of the total world carp production, 95 per cent each country. Section 4 deals with the results of was from Asia in 2001. In this region, there are the producer survey conducted by the WorldFish more than 20 main native carp species, Center and its partner institutions. This includes a contributing about 80 per cent of the total description of the profile of carp producers freshwater fish production. China, India, including socioeconomic demography of carp Bangladesh and Indonesia accounted for most of farmers, characteristics of carp farmers and carp the carp production in Asia: 80 per cent, 12 per farming, stocking characteristics, producers’ cent, 3 per cent, and 1 per cent, respectively. preference ranking of carp species and traits and Altogether, they contributed 95 per cent of the their reasons for such preference. The future world carp production. Low-income people favor outlook on carp farming is also discussed in the carps because of their low price and good taste. In section. Finally, concluding remarks follow this. many areas in Asia, carps are the major source of animal protein for the poor. 2.2 Recent trends and current production This chapter focuses on the status and future of carp production in Bangladesh, China, India, Carp production is growing rapidly in Asia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. The analysis is increasing from 5.537 million t in 1990 to 16.313 largely based on primary data collected through million t in 2001, an annual growth rate of 11 per surveys of 2 025 carp fish farmers conducted cent (Table 2.1). Among all the species of carps, during 1998-99. In addition to the primary data, Chinese carps i.e. silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys databases compiled by the Food and Agriculture molitrix), grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and bighead carp unpublished reports from Asian countries were (Aristichthys nobilis) are the major species, also used. accounting for 23 per cent, 22 per cent, 16 per cent and 11 per cent, respectively, of the total The chapter is composed of five sections. Asian carp production in 2001. Indian major Following the introduction, the second section carps i.e. rohu (Labeo rohita), catla (Catla catla), describes recent trends and the current production mrigal (Cirrhinus cirrhosus) accounted for 5 per of carp in the region. The third section discusses cent, 4 per cent and 4 per cent, respectively, in the the status of the carp industry in the six countries. same period. H. molitrix, C. idella, C. carpio, This includes, among others, recent trends A. nobilis and crucian carp (Carassius carassius) (growth) and the current production of carp are in the top position because of the influence of species, species-wise production analysis and China, the main world producer of these species. 1 WorldFish Center Contribution No. 1729. 2 WorldFish Center, Jalan Batu Maung, Batu Maung, 11960 Bayan Lepas, Penang Malaysia. 3 Department of Fisheries Economics, College of Fisheries, University of Agricultural Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, 575 002, India. 4 WorldFish Center-Bangladesh Office, House No. 22-B, Road No. 7, Banani, Dhaka 1213, Bangladesh. 5 Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Science, Asia-Pacific Regional Research And Training Center for Integrated Fish Farming, Wuxi Fisheries College, Nanjing Agricultural University, No. 1 Qitang, Wuxi 214081, China. 6 Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Kasetsart University Campus, Phaholyotin Road, Bangkok 10900, Thailand. 7 Research Center for Marine Fisheries, Product Processing and Socioeconomics (RCMFPPSE), Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Jl. RM. Harsono No. 8 Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia. 8 Research Center for Aquaculture No.1, Vietnam. 9 Vietnam Agricultural Science Institute, Vietnam. 6 WorldFish Center | Carp Genetic Resources for Aquaculture in Asia CHAPTER 2 | Carp Production In Asia: Past Trends And Present Status 7 6 WorldFish Center | Center WorldFish Carp Genetic Resources for Aquaculture inAsia Aquaculture for Carp GeneticResources 10 “modified intensive”, “super intensive”, etc. (Pillay 1997). (Pillay etc. “super intensive”, intensive”, “modified continuum and in actual practice modified to suit farm conditions, they are often categorized as “modified extensive”, “modified semi-intensive”, “modified semi-intensive”, “modified extensive”, as often are categorized they andinactualconditions, to suitfarmcontinuum practice modified stagesina conceptual are thesesystems As 1993). Pullin 1996; Molnar etal. 1993; Edwards 1988; etal. inputs(Edwards onfeed reliant largely andintensive, fertilizerfeed inputs; some and/or having semi-intensive, fertilizer; feed or no having extensive, classifiedas can be broadly Aquaculture Table 2.1. Carp Production from aquaculture of the selected countries, Asia and World (in metric tonnes) Year Bangladesh China India Indonesia Philippines Thailand Asia World 1990 4 093 124 (91.79) 628 157 (63.96) 131 725 (61.89) 4 780 (5.89) 18 945 (19.40) 5 069 717 (77.19) 5 627 775 (73.80) 1991 4 169 740 (90.14) 765 581 (64.59) 113 948 (58.63) 4 897 (5.57) 21 106 (17.17) 5 270 986 (75.61) 5 636 589 (71.62) 1992 4 817 666 (90.25) 894 801 (66.35) 125 018 (58.71) 7 474 (6.42) 28 930 (20.43) 6 076 646 (76.83) 6 433 814 (72.61) 1993 5 731 191 (88.55) 1 037 987 (76.62) 164 548 (67.14) 80 (0.07) 29 958 (18.53) 7 183 165 (78.43) 7 490 870 (74.37) 1994 6 980 027 (88.39) 1 067 280 (74.29) 174 764 (68.45) 4 249 (3.54) 32 954 (18.54) 8 496 347 (78.13) 8 767 159 (74.58) 1995 8 261 854 (87.82) 1 211 033 (76.22) 192 397 (68.75) 2 842 (2.91) 33 601 (16.74) 9 934 215 (78.62) 10 197 660 (75.36) 1996 9 517 916 (86.61) 1 459 506 (86.45) 230 124 (70.00) 2 004 (2.20) 45 174 (19.70) 11 475 070 (79.39) 11 744 451 (76.26) 1997 329 000 (94.76) 10 580 210 (85.56) 1 560 020 (86.86) 181 413 (62.07) 1 865 (1.77) 43 747 (18.22) 12 940 002 (80.98) 13 221 798 (77.82) 1998 381 000 (90.68) 11 228 999 (84.95) 1 551 437 (85.06) 143 822 (52.10) 4 755 (5.47) 50 105 (22.08) 13 604 766 (80.59) 13 916 887 (77.68) 1999 450 000 (87.87) 11 948 233 (84.03) 1 712 193 (83.32) 208 977 (62.55) 10 574 (10.03) 50 570 (20.02) 14 628 684 (79.56) 14 997 943 (76.79) 2000 504 000 (88.25) 12 380 911 (81.62) 1 703 357 (92.36) 224 868 (61.93) 10 682 (9.53) 54 482 (20.10) 15 137 148 (78.48) 15 524 966 (75.85) 2001 530 000 (88.55) 12 892 221 (80.83) 1 964 287 (93.61) 236 363 (58.94) 19 568 (15.82) 60 199 (20.78) 16 003 387 (78.06) 16 427 626 (75.54) *Figures in parentheses indicate carp production as a percentage of freshwater aquaculture production in that country. Source: FAO. 2003. Fisheries Statistics [Online] Available: http://www.fao.org/fi/statist/FISOFT/FISHPLUS.asp [2003, June]. A. nobilis, C. carassius Asia has taken place mainly due to the very high A large increase in the total carp production in 2001 2001 (Table 2.1). Carps are by far the most 2.3 Carp aquaculture in Asia in aquaculture Carp 2.3 (pond) production. About 88 per cent of all fish ( Other culture systems include the integration of H. molitrix, C. idella, C. carpio, A. nobilis Bangladesh L. rohita, C. catla, C. cirrhosus Carp production accounted for 89 per cent of the of cent per 89 for accounted production Carp godon piceus China During 1989-90, carp aquaculture contributed 91 During carp 1989-90, aquaculture contributed 91 In 2001 In China 2001 accounted for 79 per cent and 76 annually. aquaculture in the region over the annual last decade. growth rate (12 per cent) in carp and low use of feed and fertilizers). However, together account for more than 78 per cent of total fishfreshwater production in the country in total together accounted freshwater for about 73 per cent of the aquaculture production. Carps are widely cultured, the respectively. world, there are some commercial ponds that are the intensity of polyculture of fish is concerned, the ponds. Carp culture in oxbow lakes (i.e. in ponds is most widely practiced in Bangladesh. important species in pond culture operations. decreased at an average rate of 1 per cent importance, importance, including black carp ( despite the introduction of numerous exotic extensive modified freshwater freshwater species. Eight of the 10 major carp carp culture with rice farming and with poultry in poultry with and farming rice with culture carp culture-based fisheries) is also practiced. As far as produced in ponds are carps. Polyculture of carps of Polyculture carps. are ponds in produced per cent of the total production in Asia, which per cent of the total carp production of Asia and technology. practicing semi-intensive pond culture may be rated as traditional to rose to 96 per cent during 1999-2000. At the reached nearly 12 million tonnes in 2001 and pekinesis same time, carp production from capture fisheries capture from production carp time, same species being cultured are of national economic Megalobrama Megalobrama amblycephala ).