In this issue: 1) New research thrust for Aquaculture Department; 2) Int'l training on aquaculture management underway; 3) Manual on mussel farming off the press; 4) Some general guides and cost estimates for a small-scale prawn culture project; 5) Principles of sea farming and its practice in Japan; 6) Edible crustaceans in the Philippines; 7) Coastal aquaculture symposium in India; 8) Agribusiness systems for crops-livestock-fish farming