Survey Aquaculture development in west Azarbaijan Including all types ( as warmwater culture ,coldwater culture )

According to population increase , the problem of protein providing that needs for people and limitation of fishing , in recent years fish culture in internalwater resources has a important role in most countries. These cases are : Provide for protein , employment opportunities , income for urban and rural households and optimal exploitation from water resources . There are so many capacity and potential such as : water resources , suitable lands for aquaculture and multiplication centers , permanent and seasonal rivers , labor and capitals in west Azarbaijan Province . In the past decade the aquaculture activities has developed in this area . Now there are 40 coldwater culture farm and 14 warm water culture farm in this province . Meanuhile number 2 warm water and 2 cold water farm and multiplication center with government s support are establishing . Cage Culture , fish pound farming , shrimp culture in ponds ,artemia syst harvesting from urmia lake are the another aquacultures activities in west Azarbaijan. Aquacultures activities development should be conform with resources and equipments , production factors , supply and demand of market , quantity and quality of production and disposition of consume , therefore the survey of mentioned variables relation with aquaculture activities has been important . In this research we explained the aquaculture potential and that s problems and limitations from experts , managers and fish farms owners point of view . Finally we can say there was a large and considerable activities about aquaculture development & expand in the past decade , But this activities has been without attention to market needs , quality of production , disposition of consume, financial sources problems , drought problems and expand of sub industries. That is more important that we have attention in site selection . The statistical results by using of Analys of Variance showed : 1 There isn relation between size of fish farm , quality of fish culture , the level of managers and fish farmers education , level of availability to experts & experienced and profit of aquaculture activities . ( a < 0.01 ) 2 There is relation between fish culture period , kind of culture ( cold water warm water ) farm manager s information level and profitability of aquacultures activities . ( a > 0.01 ) 3 There isn relation between total productivity of aquaculture activities and experience of manager & fish farmers , capacity of farm , and availability to experts . ( a < 0.01 ) 4 There is relation between managers and fish farmers technical information , kind of culture , quality of fish culture in cold water & warm water , training time , level of managers and fish farmers education and productivity of aquaculture . ( a > 0.01 ) 5 There isn t relation between managers & fish farmers education level and attain to aquacultures purposes . ( a < 0.01 ).

Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute

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