Marine Finfish Hatchery Training Course for the Philippines, April
NACA held the first in-country marine finfish hatchery training course for the Philippines, 7-27 April 2008. The objective of the training course was to disseminate marine finfish hatchery technologies that have been developed by various institutes and projects in the Asia-Pacific region. 10 fully funded positions were made available by ACIAR.

Development of Better Management Practices for Marine Finfish Aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific Region
Marine finfish aquaculture provides an important livelihood option for poor coastal fishing communities in some parts of southeast and east Asia. The sector has been criticized by many for contributing to environmental problems such as coral reef destruction, high nutrient loadings and use of 'trash' fish as feed. There is an urgent need to encourage better management practices that will ensure the economic and environmental sustainability of small-scale farmers.