ACRSP ELEVENTH WORK PLAN
NOAA Sea Grant Joint
Technical Assistance
Initiative &
Cornell- Mexico Project
Eunice Pérez Sánchez, Margarita Cervantes Trujano, Michael B.
Timmons, Dale Baker, John Jacob, Ralph Rayburn, Kevin Fitzimmons,
Barry Costa-Pierce, Ruperto Chaparro, Martin Schreibman, Martin Hevia
PARTNERS AND PROJECTS
PARTNER INSTITUTIONS
Cornell University (PI)
New York Sea Grant
Texas Sea Grant
URI Sea Grant
Puerto Rico Sea Grant
University of Arizona
Brooklyn College
Universidad Juarez Autonoma de Tabasco (HC-PI)
Technological Institute of Boca del Rio
PROJECTS
First Annual Sustainable Aquaculture Technology Transfer Workshop
Establishment of the Center for Aquaculture Technology Transfer
Development of a Recirculating Aquaculture System Module for Family/Multi-Family Use
OBJECTIVES
1. Recruit key Aquaculture research and extension personnel within the
Mexican university and institutional system.
2. Conduct an organizational meeting of the Center for Aquaculture
Technology Transfer (CETRA) to determine center goals, select the
permanent director, and establish group structure.
3. Establish ties with US-based researchers and SeaGrant Institutions to
create basis for on-going collaborative research and extension activities
(Web Site development).
4. Conduct the 1st Annual Sustainable Aquaculture Technology Transfer
Workshop based on Cornell University’s Annual Recirculating
Aquaculture Short Course.
5. Identify aquaculture goals for Mexican family/multi-family stakeholders.
6. Design a suitable recirculating aquaculture system module to meet
these goals (may be done as part of a special seminar at the technology
transfer workshop).
7. Develop a manual for technology implementation and management.
1st ANNUAL SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER WORKSHOP
240 attendees/One day workshop
Tilapia/Shrimp/Marine fish farmers
2nd Aquaculture International Forum
Hermosillo, Sonora. December 2005
2nd SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE TECHNOLOGY: RECIRCULATION SYSTEMS WORKSHOP
Lab training sessions
Research and
academic exchange
30 attendees/Three days workshop
Tilapia/Shrimp farmers
Technological Institute of Boca del
Rio (ITBoca)
Boca del Río, Veracruz, March 2006
Invited instructors:
Raul Piedrahita, UCDavis
German Merino, Universidad Católica
del Norte, Chile
Veracruzana University
Expert consultation
Family Tilapia Farm
Veracruz Aquarium
3rd SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE TECHNOLOGY: RECIRCULATION SYSTEMS WORKSHOP
Lab training sessions
Design and
Engineering sessions
15 attendees/Three days workshop
Ornamental/Tilapia farmers
Metropolitan University
Mexico City, July 2006
Expert consultation
Intensive (private
investor) and extensive
(family group) ornamental
fish farms
4th SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE TECHNOLOGY: RECIRCULATION SYSTEMS WORKSHOP
Lab training sessions and experimental units visit
Research and academic exchange
135 attendees/Three days workshop
Tilapia farmers
7th International Symposium on
Tilapia Aquaculture (ISTA7)
Boca del Río, Veracruz, Sept 2006
Boca del Río Technological Institute
Forthcoming workshops:
South Baja California, Puebla and
Mexico State
Expert consultation and visit
Two intensive tilapia farms (private investors)
TRANSLATION TO SPANISH OF THE SECOND EDITION OF RECIRCULATING AQUACULTURE
SYSTEMS
•English-Spanish translation expert
selected
•Chapter 3 translated to Spanish
•Chapter
3
Spanish
version
reviewed by expert for language
consistency
Development of a Recirculating Aquaculture System Module for Family/Multi-Family Use
Family group Tilapia/rabbit farm (Veracruz)
RAS design for 60 kg Tilapia/unit/cycle (Completed October 2006)
PG student Ana Trasviña (MSc awarded January 2007)
Puebla State Government in queue to buy the technological package for its
rural development program
Manual for technology implementation and management under review for
publication
CENTER FOR AQUACULTURE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (CETRA)
DIRECTOR ( elected Dec 2005)
Eunice Pérez-Sánchez
EXECUTIVE BOARD ( elected Jan 2007)
Chairwoman
Pacific Coordinator
Gulf of Mexico Coordinator
USA Coordinator
Communications
Membership
Outreach and Education
Academics
Margarita Cervantes-Trujano
Cesar Díaz-Luna
Lourdes Jiménez-Badillo
Michael B. Timmons
Laura Treviño
Carmen Leticia Mar-Tovar
Lus López
Ana G. Trasviña-Moreno
First meeting: May 11, 2007
WEB SITE (Posted Feb 2006- last update Sept 2006)
http://www.cetra.org.mx
Thank you