Department of Freshwater Aquaculture
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Background The missions of the department are to offer education, research and training on freshwater aquaculture to meet the increasing demands in the region. Education The department offers two major fields on seed production and culture techniques. Major subjects of educational program consist of Freshwater aquaculture systems, Fish breeding technology, Ornamental fish culture. In addition to theories courses, students are also attending practical subjects on fish breeding in hatchery. Besides offering coursed for Bachelor student, the department also serves coursework on Freshwater Aquaculture for Master and Doctoral students. Research The department has succeeded in artificial propagation of many indigenous fish species. These consist of Pangasius catfish, Clarias catfish, Climbing perch, Giant snakehead, Marble loach, Marble goby, barbs, Chinese and Indian carps. The department also conducts research, develop and apply different aquaculture systems to the farmers in the Mekong delta. In the future, sustainable aquaculture is one of the priority researches for the Mekong delta. Training The department regularly or casually offers short training courses for local and international participants such as: - Integrated farming system such as VAC, rice - fish, giant prawn - rice - Intensive pond culture systems (catfish, climbing perch, snakehead) and in cage (catfish, marble goby, Tilapia, barbs) - Freshwater Fish Seed production such as Pangasius catfish, Clarias catfish, snakehead, climbing perch, feather knife fish, Chinese carps and Indian carps - Study tours on inland aquaculture in the Mekong Delta.
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Facilities
The department manages hatcheries which are designed in traditional and modern styles for different purposes. These facilities serve for practices of students and for research of post graduate students and staffs.
Personnel
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Duong Nhut Long |
Assoc Prof. PhD |
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Freshwater aquaculture systems |
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Pham Thanh Liem |
PhD |
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Freshwater fish seed production, Fish genetics |
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Bui Minh Tam |
PhD |
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Freshwater seed production, aquarium |
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Duong Thuy Yen |
PhD |
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Fish genetics |
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Tran Van Dua |
Diploma |
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Freshwater fish seed production |
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Lam My Lan |
PhD |
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Freshwater aquaculture systems |
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Nguyen Van Trieu |
MSc |
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Freshwater fish seed production |
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8 |
Nguyen Thanh Hieu |
MSc |
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Freshwater aquaculture systems |
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Tran Van Han |
MSc |
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Freshwater aquaculture systems |
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Nguyen Hoang Thanh |
MSc |
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Freshwater fish seed production |
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Pham Thi Cam Lai |
Diploma |
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Secretary |
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Nguyen Hong Quyet Thang |
BSc |
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Freshwater fish seed production |
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Phan Hai Đang |
BSc |
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Freshwater aquaculture systems |
Contact address:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Duong Nhut Long
Head, Department of Freshwater Aquaculture
College of Aquaculture and Fisheries
Can Tho University, 2/3 street, Can Tho City, Vietnam
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Graduation Ceremony of International Master Program in Aquaculture - Course 1
On September 25th, 2018, Can Tho University (CTU) solemnly held Graduation Ceremony of International Master Program in Aquaculture, first course. Attending the ceremony was professors from Ghent University, Belgium; representatives of the Rectorate Board and leader representatives of CTU's units, and first batch of graduates in international master program in Aquaculture....
- Announcement and call for abstracts for the International Fisheries Symposium – IFS 2016
- Master Program in Tropical Aquaculture
- Master Program in Tropical Aquaculture 2019
- Can Tho University successfully hosted the international symposium on “Aquatic products processing: Cleaner Production Chain for Healthier Food”
- Faculties and Students of CAF actively attend IFS 2015 in Penang Malaysia
ASEAN Fisheries Education Network - ASEAN-FEN
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In order to strengthen and promote collaboration in education, research, information exchange as well as staff and student exchange in aquaculture and fisheries among ASEAN countries and with other international institutions and organizations for sustainable development of aquaculture and fisheries in the region, nine Universities including Can Tho University (Vietnam), Kasetsart University (Thailand), Nong Lam University (Viet Nam), Prince of Songkla University (Thailand), Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya (Thailand), Universitas Airlangga (Indonesia), Universitas Brawijaya (Indonesia), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (Malaysia), Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia) has jointly established and made the Declaration of the ASEAN Fisheries Education Network (ASEAN-FEN) on 30 October 2014 during the International Fisheries Symposium – IFS2014, Surabaya, Indonesia. Please visit the website (http://www.aseanfen.org/) for further information about the ASEAN-FEN.
As the results, IFS will be one of important activities of the ASEAN-FEN which will be co-organized by the nine core universities every year. Please visit the annual IFS websites for further information
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