Transcript 1130PartB - Aquaculture: Collaborative Research Support Program

Network of universities on the
culture of native finfish species
Suyapa Triminio Meyer, Daniel E. Meyer,
Wilfrido Contreras and Amerit Bart
Funding for this research was provided by
the
Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture
Collaborative Research Support Program
(PD/A CRSP)
The PD/A CRSP is funded in part by United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) Grant No. LAG-G-00-96-90015-00 and by participating
institutions.
Background
• CRSP supported research on native species in several
HCs
• native fresh water fish little studied & mostly threatened
•habitat destruction
•pollution
•over fishing (dynamite and poisons)
• many universities working in aquaculture and
conservation
• widespread interest in forming a network
• regional interest in biodiversity and conservation (IRBIO)
•Looking for alternatives to aquaculture production based
in native species
Network of universities on the
culture of native finfish species
Objectives
• Research
• Exchange of experiences, students and
experts
• Diffusion of information
• Interdisciplinary pool of experts
• Networking for funding opportunities
Progress
Cambios de categoría:
Nuevos reportes en Honduras
Th. socolofi, V. hartwegi
Amphilophus alfari
Theraps wesseli
Thorichthys socolofi
(Cichlidae)

Dice “sujetas a
protección especial”,
M. Lemus
debe decir:
amenazadas
Vieja hartwegi
(Cichlidae)
Contribución: Juan Schmitter
H. Bahena
Sicydium gimnogaster
Contribución: Wilfredo Matamoros
Network
• University of Southern Mississippi (USA)
• UJAT (Mexico)
• Catholic University of Temuco (Chile)
• Catholic University of Dry Tropics (Nicaragua)
• San Carlos University (Guatemala)
• El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (EcoSur)
• Zamorano University (Honduras)
Support from
Central American
Regional Institute for
Biodiversity (IRBIO)
A. monticola (Cuyamel)
Centropomus undecimalis
Parachromis dowi
(Lagoon Guapote)
(Common snook, Robalo
Network of universities on the
culture of native finfish species
Special session on the state of native
fresh water fish in Meso-America
Tenth Meeting of the Mesoamerican
Biology and Conservation Society
Antigua, Guatemala
30 October 2006
Suggested research topics and
other activities
• Identification of the status of the population with commercial interest
(fisheries and aquaculture)
• Research on reproduction, restocking and management of
populations
• Definition of criteria for restocking rivers and lakes
• Identify genetic implications of restocking
• Effect of exotic species over native populations
• Regulations for fisheries in countries shared water
• Impacts of human population over bodies of water and their ecosystems.
• Bank for germplasm for fish
• Access to information on publications, collections, libraries on fresh
water species
• Mapping of fresh water bodies and species
• Restoration of habitats: plants and animals
Actions to follow
• Strength and increase the number of
member of the network
• Write proposals for funding of activities
(meetings, research, actions)
Contact information:
Suyapa Triminio Meyer
[email protected]
Daniel E. Meyer
[email protected]
Thank you for your attention