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International Training Courses in Aquaculture and Nutrition of Prominent Amazon Species

By William N. Camargo, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

he Third International Aquaculture Training Course with Prominent Amazonian Species and the First International Tropical Fish Nutrition Course was held at the Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana (IIAP) Ucayali facility in Pucallpa, Peru, from 18 to 22 August, 2003. The Aquaculture CRSP and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale jointly sponsored both training courses. Sixty-four participants from six South American countries—Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela—attended. This was the third of a proposed series of training courses to offer basic tools intended to initiate small but productive aquaculture ventures. The long-term aim is to aid in facilitating food security and additional income to farmers and indigenous communities of the Amazon region. To advocate sustainable production, various native Amazonian plant products, such as fruits, foliage, and agriculture by-products, were promoted as sources of food for plant-eating fishes.

Mobilization of some participants of the Third International Aquaculture Training course with Prominent Amazonian Species to initiate part of the practical work in the Ucayali Naval Base. Photo: W. Camargo	Practical work for the participants of the Third International Aquaculture Training course with Prominent Amazonian Species. Photo: W. Camargo	Participants of the Third International Aquaculture Training course with Prominent Amazonian Species and the First International Tropical Fish Nutrition Course. Photo: W. Camargo