The fifth manual in the FAO Training Series on simple methods for agriculture. It deals with the practical aspects of management related to freshwater fish culture. This volume covers the management of earthen pond itself, showing how to improve and check water quality, how to control water loss and how to protect structure and fish stocks.

This manual deals in two volumes with the practical aspects of management related to freshwater fish culture in earthen ponds. The first volume (FAO Training Series No. 21/1, 1996, ISBN 92-5-102873-7, US$51.00) explains how to manage the pond itself. This second volume deals with how to manage fish stocks and, as a whole, a fish farm. Fish handling, propagation, feeding, harvesting, grading and storage are explained in simple terms, as well as the prevention and treatment of simple fish diseases and the monitoring of fish farm activities.