ABSTRACT
The Guangyinsi Cove of Taipinghu Reservoir, is an area of 33.3 ha enclosed by a low dam topped with a net barrier. This project developed a complex, terraced, integrated farming system in the cove. Culture based fisheries have been practiced in the reservoir since its impoundment, and the fish yield reached 100 kg/ha in 1983. From 1985 to 1987 the annual fish yield of the Taipinghu Reservoir was less than 150 kg/ha/yr. This chapter explores the capacity of coves to produce large-sized fingerlings in situ in order to meet the demand for aquaculture in reservoirs, and to increase fish production in the cove itself. The experiment was conducted from 1988 to 1990. Silver carp and bighead crap were stocked as the principle species, into the open water of the cove with common carp and blunt snout bream used as the secondary species.
