Goings-on in the Pond
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he PD/A CRSP wishes Tom Popma all the best on his retirement. Popma, Auburn University Professor in the Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, retired from both Auburn and the PD/A CRSP at the close of the Ninth Work Plan. He had been a member of the Auburn faculty since 1977. During his first three years with Auburn and prior to the establishment of the PD/A CRSP, Popma worked on a USAID-funded aquaculture project in Colombia. He later joined the PD/A CRSP Rwanda Project in September of 1988. Over the past 14 years he also worked on CRSP projects in Honduras and Kenya. Popma’s efforts and global dedication to aquaculture projects will be missed by the CRSP. We wish him luck in his future endeavors.
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The CRSP welcomes Gwyn Newcombe, coordinator for a new program initiative. Newcombe will be assisting with stakeholder and expert panel meetings in preparation for the program’s next five-year grant proposal.
CRSP researcher Christopher Knud-Hansen visited Thailand from 25 January to 14 February 2002 to work on Tenth Work Plan projects at the Asian Institute of Technology. While there, he met with Eng-Leong “Jacky” Foo from the Integrated Bio-Systems Network, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, and Mr. Peter Guagliano, an advisor with the Training and Occupation for Disabled Association, Poi Pet, Cambodia. These two people were visiting AIT to gather information for a United Nations proposal they are developing regarding integrated farming systems for rural Cambodia. Knud-Hansen shared his CRSP-related research in his discussions with the pair, and some of his ideas may appear in the final proposal.
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Claude Boyd, CRSP researcher from Auburn University, was invited to speak at a shrimp culture conference hosted by the Fisheries Department of Madagascar, where he will be discussing environmental issues involved with shrimp culture.
CRSP researcher Chris Brown was a guest lecturer for a Biological Oceanography class at Florida International University. For the lecture, he used CRSP project data to illustrate basic principles of aquaculture nutrition, management, and research innovation.
Yang Yi, CRSP researcher at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), attended the 6th Asian Fisheries Forum, hosted by the Asian Fisheries Society, from 25 to 30 November 2001 at Kaoshiung, Taiwan, and presented three papers on tilapia culture, fertilization, and rice-fish culture in China. Additionally, during the forum Yi was elected as the councilor of the Asian Fisheries Society.
Kwei Lin, CRSP researcher at AIT, was invited to give a talk on pond water quality in shrimp culture at the Global Aquaculture Alliance Symposium in Singapore, 27 to 28 November 2001. Lin was also invited by the Asian Productivity Organization to present a paper entitled “Aquaculture in Thailand” at a meeting in Taiwan from 1 to 6 December 2001.
Bill Tollner, CRSP researcher from the University of Georgia, presented “Pond models: Hill-side and levee pond design” to 13 farmers, instructors, and NGO technicians on 15 February 2002 at Zamorano University, Honduras. Jennifer Maldonado of the University of Georgia’s New Media Institute presented “Web development role analysis” to five employees at Zamorano on 22 February 2002. 
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