he Sixth Central American Symposium on Aquaculture—6 CASA— held 22 to 24 August 2001 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, served as a showcase of the PD/A CRSP successes in Honduras. The meeting, with attendance of over 350, featured concurrent tilapia and shrimp sessions and was co-sponsored by the Asociación Nacional de Acuicultores de Honduras (ANDAH) and the Global Aquaculture Alliance. CRSP participants presented in and moderated sessions on marketing, genetics, and feeding. In addition, a special session entitled “Institutionalizing aquaculture development in Honduras: A multi-disciplinary approach” was hosted by CRSP researcher Dan Meyer of Escuela Agrícola Panamericana on 23 August. The session featured six presentations by CRSP Honduras Project participants as well as a roundtable discussion and a hands-on demonstration of the WIDeST website.

Proceedings of the tilapia sessions were produced with support from the PD/A CRSP. The 148-page volume can be ordered from Dan Meyer (see related article). CRSP researchers gave the following presentations; the papers appear in the proceedings volume, and abstracts appear as Notices of Publication in this and upcoming issues of Aquanews:

• R. Phelps. Sex reversal: The directed control of gonadal development in tilapia
• D. Meyer. Nutrition and feeding of tilapia
• K. Fitzsimmons. Marketing tilapia
• N.O. Fúnez, I. Neira, and C. Engle. Supermarket outlets for tilapia in Honduras: An overview of survey results
• I. Neira and C. Engle. Markets for tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) in Nicaragua: A descriptive analysis of restaurants, supermarkets and stands in open markets.
• B. Verma. Overview of the PD/A CRSP project: Institutionalizing aquaculture development in Honduras.
• D. Meyer. Techniques for culturing tilapia on small farms
• E.W. Tollner. Levee pond design model
• T. Popma and D. Meyer. Training and technical assistance in warmwater fish culture
• B. Verma and R. Isaula. Information technology for aquaculture development in Honduras.

 

CRSP participants also took part in the following discussions and demonstrations:

• Discussion of tilapia genetics, reproduction, and sex-reversal procedures - R. Phelps, K. Fitzsimmons, D. Meyer, T. Popma
• Discussion of marketing of tilapia - K. Fitzsimmons, I. Neira, N.O. Fúnez, J. Molnar
• Production and marketing strategics used by small and medium-scale fish farmers in Honduras - J. Molnar, T. Popma
• Discussion of extension and development of aquaculture - B. Verma, J. Molnar, E.W. Tollner, T. Popma, D. Meyer
• Hands-on demonstration of the Web-based Information Delivery System for Tilapia (WIDeST), a resource on aquaculture for decision makers - R. Isaula and S. Meyer

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