Achievements

FRI Batu Maung.
·Successful completion of fisheries resources assessment surveys in the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea, covering the EEZ waters.
·Development of oyster, Crassostrea iredalei, hatchery and culture technology.
·Development of seaweed, Gracilaria sp. farming and agar extraction techniques.

· Development of open sea cage culture technology.

• Establishment of impacts of aquaculture activities in the mangrove areas.
  
• Establishment of impacts of tourists on the coral ecosystems in the marine parks.
  
• Establishment of baseline information on levels of fish products contaminants including antibiotics, heavy metals, pesticides and microorganisms.
  
• Establishment of suitable sites for marine shrimp culture through the application of RS/GIS techniques.
  
• Development of new techniques for cockle culture in deeper waters and improvement in cockle sorting technique.
  
• Formulation of water quality criteria for aquaculture and the coastal waters;
  

FRI Sarawak Branch, Bintawa, Kuching.

• Establishment of an inventory for the seaweed, Gracilaria sp., resources in Sarawak coastal waters.
  
• Successful identification of areas and fish species for the recreational fishing in Sarawak waters.
  
• Successful artificial fertilisation of Terubok, Tenualosa toli.
  
• Recruitment of Banana shrimp in mangrove estuaries.
  
• Fish Aggregating Devices for pelagic fisheries in Sarawak.
  

Brackishwater Aquaculture Research Centre (BARC), Gelang Patah, Johor.
· Development of intensive circular pond system for marine shrimp, Peneaus sp. culture.
· Development of closed culture system for marine shrimp, Peneaus sp. using biological filteration.
· Development of ponds with HDPE lining to increase production and culture cycles.
· Development of marine finfish nursery system using raceways.
· Development of pond culture techniques for major marine finfishes including seabass, grouper, snapper, pompano and red sea drum.
· Development of portable feed spraying and prawn grading machines.

National Prawn Fry Production and Reseach Centre (NAPFRE), Pulau Sayak, Kedah

• Development of viable marine shrimp, Peneaus monodon and P. merguensis hatchery technologies that have successfully spawned over 100 private hatcheries.
  
• Development of viable freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii hatchery technology that has successfully spawned over 20 private hatcheries.
  
• Development of hatchery propagation techniques for the mud crab, Scylla serrata.
  
• Development of hatchery techniques for the production of squid, Sepiotheuthis lessoniana, juveniles.
  
• Development of formulated marine shrimp and seabass feeds, including through partial replacement of fishmeal as the main raw ingredient.
  
• Establishment of suitable technique for the culture of live food organisms for hatchery operations;
  

Marine Finfish Production and Research Centre(MAFPREC), Tg Demong, Besut, Terengganu.

• Development of techniques for the propagation of several marine finfish species in captivity. Among these species include: seabass (Lates calcarifer). orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides), golden snapper (Lutjanus johnii), magrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus), tiger or brown-marbled grouper (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus), "pompano" (Trachinotus blochii) and red snapper (Lutjanus erythropterus).
  

Freshwater Fisheries Research Station (FFRC), Batu Berendam, Melaka.

• Development of artificial/induced propagation techniques for many commercially important freshwater finfishes including esteemed local species Temoleh, Probarbus jullienni, Baung, Mystus sp., and Tengalan, Puntius bulu.
  
• Development of rapid diagnostic kit for the detection of bacterial diseses in common freshwater fish.
  
• Development of intensive pond culture systems for freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium sp., Tilapia  and Temoleh.
  
• Development of closed and recirculating water tank culture system for Tilapia and catfish, Clarias sp., using biological filteration.
  
• Artificial propagation of ornamental aquatic plants, including through the application of tissue culture technique.
  
• Successful genetic selection of Tilapia strains for fast growth, red coloration and body form.
  
• Successful propagation in captivity of the ornamental fish Arowana, Sclerophagus formosus.
  
• Establishment of viable breeding techniques for the commercially important ornamental fish species.
  
• Development of a practical cage design for freshwater cage culture in lakes/reservoirs.
  
• Development of formulated feeds for the commercially important freshwater fish  species, including the indigenous Temoleh and Tengalan.