Transcript Sustainable tilapia and coastal aquaculture in the Americas

Sustainable tilapia and coastal
aquaculture in the Americas
May 2008 – January 2009
Wilfrido Contreras, Pablo Gonzalez, Pamila Ramotar
and Kevin Fitzsimmons, PI’s
AquaFish CRSP
Seattle WA
February 15, 2009
Investigations
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1. Workshop on the Cultivation and Biotechnology of Marine
Algae.
2. Local Feed Ingredients for Tilapia and Pacu Production
3. Development of Snook (Centropomus spp) Seed Production
4. Elimination of MT from Aquaculture Systems: Titanium
Dioxide and Bacterial Degradation
5. Native Cichlids, tenhuayaca, Petenia splendida and
Castarrica, Cichlasoma urophthalmus into Sustainable
Aquaculture
6. Food Safety Study of Leafy Greens Irrigated with Tilapia
Farm Effluents
7. Local Ingredients Substituting for Fishmeal in Tilapia and
Pacu Diets in Guyana
8. ISTA 8 in Cairo Egypt
Investigations
1. Workshop on the Cultivation and
Biotechnology of Marine Algae.
Pending at WAS 2009 in Veracruz
Investigations
 2.
Local Feed
Ingredients for Tilapia
and Pacu Production
 Workshops in August
2008
 Field trials started in
Oct 2008
 Trials flooded out in
Nov 2008, to be
restarted in the spring
09
Investigations
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Development of
Snook
(Centropomus spp)
Seed Production
 Hatchery
completed
 Broodstocks on site
 Spawning trial run
in Dec 2008
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Investigations
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4. Elimination of MT from Aquaculture Systems:
Titanium Dioxide and Bacterial Degradation
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TiO2 trial completed – Data analysis underway
120 bacterial strains isolated from Masculinization
system
 48 isolates have been identified
 Trials with most common strains will be conducted in
March 2009
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ELISA equipment and methodology on-line
Investigations
 5.
Native Cichlids,
tenhuayaca, Petenia
splendida and
Castarrica,
Cichlasoma
urophthalmus into
Sustainable
Aquaculture
 Breeding program
underway
 Feed trials completed
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Investigations
 6.
Food Safety
Study of Leafy
Greens Irrigated
with Tilapia Farm
Effluents
 New greenhouse
built
 Trials underway
Investigations
 7.
Local
Ingredients
Substituting for
Fishmeal in Tilapia
and Pacu Diets in
Guyana
 Feed ingredients
being analyzed
 Diets to be tested
Investigations
 8.
ISTA 8 in
Cairo Egypt
 Held in
October 2008
 ISTA 9
planned for
Oct 2010 in
Shanghai
Conclusions
 Good
progress on almost all the
investigations
Funding for this research was provided by the
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
SUPPORT PROGRAM
The AquaFish CRSP is funded in part by United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Cooperative Agreement No. EPP-A-00-06-00012-00 and by US and Host Country partners.
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(USAID). Mention of trade names or commercial products in this presentation does not constitute endorsement or recommendation
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