Future Activities
1- The central laboratory for aquaculture research has a well qualified human resources and good physical facilities to perform the major role in aquaculture and lakes developments should be changed to an institute under the Agricultural Research Center (ARC), this will start by research and extension points which will changed to research and extension stations allover joined Egypt. The central laboratory at Abbassa.
2. The role of CLAR is to perform applied researches to fill the gap between demand and supply, self-sufficient for fish protein, then export to abroad.
3. The research direction is to focus on aquaculture, spawning of fishes and crustacae, sea-shore, aquaculture in desert, low scale and new graduate aquaculture, integrated aquaculture agriculture, animals, use of biotechnology in diagnosis of diseases in farm levels (diagnostic kits), use of vaccines and local immunostimmulants, economic, environmental and socioeconomic aspects, diversification aquaculture through introduce new local species, production species resist environmental, cold, salinity and diseases, and suitable for different aquaculture systems, lakes development with focus on organic fishes.
4. CLAR will continue manpower development for scientists, administrative and management personal through in-country and overseas long and short term training programs.
5. Extension role will be continue and improve through transfer the technologies and management practices through regular training programs for extension workers, fish farmers, an employed youth.