
Since wild sea cucumbers have
become hard to come by, there has been a growing interest in producing them
using aquaculture techniques.
A new ACIAR publication, ‘Asia-Pacifictropical sea cucumber aquaculture’, brings together the Proceedings of a
symposium held in New Caledonia last year, organised by ACIAR, together with
the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. The publication includes a wealth of new
research on aquaculture techniques, as well as reviewing hatchery production,
sea-ranching, export markets and tenure issues.
It is hoped that the publication of these Proceedings will encourage collaboration and technology transfer so that sea cucumber aquaculture can deliver real benefits to poor rural communities.
The publication covers in vitro
fertilisation methods, pond culture and hatchery technologies. In addition, a
number of sea-ranching projects are reviewed in northern Australia, the Philippines,
the Maldives, Madagascar and Fiji.
There is growing international demand
for high-value sea cucumber products, with the largest markets currently
located in Hong Kong, Guangzhou and New York. An historical review of those
markets notes they each have their own preference for different sea cucumber
species, and that this should be taken into account in any resource management
planning.
Authors: Cathy A. Hair, Timothy D. Pickering and David J. Mills (eds)
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