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204 Contributorsfor Freshwater Fisheries Engineering of China. He has served as council membersof several professional societies. He has been involved in a number of national andinternational research projects in different disciplines, and has also acted as consultantto international and local projects conducted in China. His research interest coverslake and reservoir fisheries management, aquaculture, and fisheries ecology, withfocus on cage culture, lake and reservoir enhancement, and freshwater fisheriesmanagement. He has built up wide collaborative relationships with many foreignscientists, including those from Czech Republic, Denmark, Canada, the U.S,Australia, Thailand, etc. He has published over 50 research papers and two professionalbooks.Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 South Donghu Road,Wuhan 430072, PR China, jsliu@ihb.ac.cnMiao Weimin , Master of AquacultureMr. Miao Weimin joined Freshwater Fisheries Research Centre in 1982. He hasworked as a researcher, lecturer, and administrator ever since he joined the institution.He headed and participated in a number of research projects on carp geneticimprovement, inland open water fisheries and socioeconomics, etc. He is also anexperienced lecturer and postgraduate supervisor of Nanjing Agricultural University.He worked as UNDP consultant under HDI Program in Myanmar in 1995, wherehe successfully set up a number of pioneer aquaculture operations in hilling ShanState. As the coordinator, he successfully organized nearly 30 international trainingcourses/workshops on aquaculture and sustainable inland fisheries development,which were attended by some 800 fisheries officers from more than 70 countries inthe past two decades.Miao has a rather broad knowledge and practical working experiences on aquacultureand inland fisheries development. He has good understanding on prospects and developmentstrategies of aquaculture and inland fisheries in the region. He is currently thevice chair of Specialized committee on Inland Aquaculture of China Fishery Societyand Board Member of Asia-Pacific Chapter of World Aquaculture Society.Mr. Miao Weimin was appointed by FAO as the aquaculture officer at the FAORegional Office for Asia and the Pacific in July 2008.FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Maliwan Mansion, 39 Phra AtitRoad, Bangkok 10200, Thailand, Weimin.Miao@fao.orgNguyen Thanh Phuong , BSc, MSc (AIT), PhD (Toulouse)Phuong has more than 20 years experience in aquaculture research, teaching, anddevelopment. He has been involved in a number of projects in different disciplinesand has also acted as consultant to international and local projects conducted in VietNam, especially in the Mekong Delta. Phuong has, for example, worked on thedevelopment of feed and feeding for catfishes ( Pangasius bocourti andPangasianodon hypophthalmus ) and indigenous fishes, development of bettermanagement practices (BMP) for Pangasius catfish production in Viet Nam, developmentof analytical and biological methods in support of sustainable aquaculturepractices in Viet Nam, targeting catfish and shrimp (2007–2009), training and