Consultancies Conducted and Reports Generated
NACA (Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia), Kasetsart University Campus, Bangkok, Thailand:
2004-2006
Specialist in shrimp hatchery management and post-larval disease control on a Danida – funded project investigating means of reducing risks of aquatic animal disease outbreaks. Including preparation of a “BMP Hatchery Manual for P. monodon in Vietnam”
http://www.enaca.org/modules/wfdownloads/singlefile.php?cid=141&lid=691
2004
Specialist in shrimp hatchery management on a mission to Dipasena farm hatcheries in Sumatra and Java to assess their hatchery operations.
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), Rome:
2006
Participated in the production of the document “International Principles for Responsible Shrimp Farming 2006. For FAO, NACA, UNEP, WB, WWF :
http://www.enaca.org/modules/wfdownloads/singlefile.php?cid=142&lid=735
2006
Consultant charged with the preparation and update of information on the whiteleg shrimp, L. vannamei for the FAO website:
http://www.fao.org/fi/website/FIRetrieveAction.do?dom=culturespecies&xml=Litopenaeus_vannamei.xml
2005
Consultant invited to participate in the FAO expert workshop on development of technical guidelines for the responsible movement of live aquatic animals in Dambulla, Sri Lanka.
2004
One of principal investigators and authors of FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 446 on Improving Penaeus monodon hatchery practices: Manual based on experience in India.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/010/a1152e/a1152e00.htm
2003
Principal investigator and author of FAO document involving the introduction and movement of Penaeus vannamei and P. stylirostris into Asia – the status and problems.
http://www.enaca.org/modules/wfdownloads/singlefile.php?cid=2&lid=472
2003
Responsible for editing a report on technical guidelines for the management of health and maintenance of biosecurity in white shrimp P. vannamei hatcheries in Latin America.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/y5040e/y5040e00.htm
STREAM (Support To Regional Aquatic Resources Management), NACA, Kasetsart University Campus, Bangkok, Thailand (www.streaminitiative.org):
2003
Consultant on an APEC project investigating the potential of aquaculture to provide alternative livelihoods to people involved in destructive fishing practices.
http://www.streaminitiative.org/Library/pdf/apec/01SouthSulawesi.pdf
Stirling Aquaculture, Stirling University, Scotland:
2004
Specialist in shrimp farm and hatchery management on a mission to Madagascar to audit a 250 ha shrimp farm and hatchery and identify and resolve production problems.
Independent:
2007
Private consultant for CABI, UK (www.cabi.org). Review of L. vannamei as an invasive species for the Invasive species Compendium (ISC) for promotion of sustainable use of aquatic resources.
2003-present
Private Consultant on maturation and larval rearing of P. vannamei for various commercial companies in Thailand, India, vietnam and Indonesia.
2005-present
Consultant to Kona Bay Marine Resources shrimp broodstock facility on Big Island, Hawaii to provide customer support for broodstock purchasers.
2006-present
Consultant to audit and troubleshoot Aquamas Shrimp farm in Madagascar.
2005-present
Consultation for Ridleys Aquafeed, Australia to advise their clients on prawn hatchery and farm problems and solutions.
2004-2005
Consultant to Thai Union Feeds Co, Bangkok, Thailand, designing, building and managing a maturation system for P. vannamei shrimp in Phuket Thailand.
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