02364nam a2200253   450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000200007324500570009326000520015030000110020249000220021350001630023550200580039852013530045665000150180965000170182470000390184170000470188070000450192771000190197281000540199185600650204520260818155547.0221297         th                  eng    a.b104489741 aPhan, Sin Chong10aModelling and systems analysis of fish pond cultures  aBangkok :bAsian Institute of Technology,c1972  a147 p.1 aThesis ;vno. 497  aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering of the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.  aThesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1972  aThe role of fish pond culture and its potential for development  as a source of inexpensive high-grade animal protein and its  significance as a means  for alleviating the proteins shortage in developing countries are. discussed. Using Thailand as an empirical case study the major inputs, constraints, and key production factors  in fish pond cultures ate identified. Techniques in fish farm management are examined in details and the institutional constraints discussed. An outline for feasibility evaluation of fish pond culture is presented.  Recognizing the profit motive as. the prime incentive for fish pond culturing a mathematical model was developed to aid in economic analysis and decision-making of fish farming· The mathematical model proposed can be employed to upgrade· decision making and culture methods to increase yields per unit effort and to reduce production-costs per unit of weight of fish produced.  A demand analysis for fish, in the case of Thailand,  is performed so as to identify the desirable national increment and potentials for outside financial support in marine fisheries and in fish pond cultures. Problems of finance and capital in fish pond culturing are evaluated also. The need for a combination of biological and engineering skills to exploit fish pond culture is delineated from a  'systems approach·'  0aFish ponds 0aFish-culture1 aFrankel, Richard J., eChairperson1 aDrew, Donald R., eExamination Committee  1 aPakorn Adulbhan, eExamination Committee2 aLee Foundation2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tThesis ;vno. 497  3Full-Textuhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B24396