New Researchers Join CRSP Projects in Asia
by Jeff Burright
 he Tenth Work Plan highlights an
unprecedented amount of research from countries new to the PD/A CRSP.
These studies, experiments, and activities are accompanied by a host of
new investigators who will bring a refreshingly broad range of cultural
and educational backgrounds to the program. Below are brief introductions
to some of the new Principal Investigators conducting research in Asia
under the Tenth Work Plan, as well as a table (facing page) with a complete
listing of all Tenth Work Plan investigations in Asia sorted by country.
Please also refer to other articles in this issue of Aquanews (p.
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Le Thanh Hung is the Senior Lecturer of the Faculty of Fisheries at the University of Agriculture and Forestry in Vietnam. He has experience in freshwater aquaculture systems in the tropics and fish nutrition and feeding with a focus on catfish. Under the Tenth Work Plan, he will be collaborating with C. Kwei Lin, Yang Yi, and Jim Diana on a study in Thailand and Vietnam that will explore ecologically sound stocking and management strategies for cove aquaculture, enhancing fish production and economic returns and establishing management systems that are more ecologically sustainable than current cage culture. |
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Le Thanh Luu is the Vice-Director of the Research Institute for Aquaculture #1, Vietnam, with over 25 years experience in the aquaculture field. He has experience in small-scale aquaculture in brackish and freshwater ecosystems with attention to many aspects including different culture systems, resource management, aquaculture education and training, and fish nutrition. He will be collaborating with C. Kwei Lin, Yang Yi, and Jim Diana on a study in Thailand and Vietnam that will survey watershed areas in Thai Nguyen and provide an objective means for planners to determine potential aquaculture development in the province. |
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Nguyen Thanh Phuong received his Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences with a specialization in Aquaculture and Aquatic Environments from the Institut Nationale Polytechnique de Toulouse, France. He is a consultant for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) studying community-based aquaculture and mangrove integrated farming for the sustainable use of resources in the Ca Mau province of Vietnam. Under the Tenth Work Plan, he will be collaborating with C. Kwei Lin, Yang Yi, and Jim Diana on a study in Thailand and Vietnam that explores the environmental impacts of catfish cage culture in Vietnam. |
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Md. Abdul Wahab is currently a Professor of Limnology and Water Quality & Environmental Impacts at the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) with over 20 years of experience in teaching and research. He was also the founding head of the Department of Fisheries Management at BAU in 1996, and he was responsible for developing the new department’s curriculum and structure. He will now join the CRSP for the first time, working in Bangladesh and Thailand with Kwei Lin, Yang Yi, and Jim Diana on a study and activity that will evaluate and compare different fertilization regimes used for aquaculture in Bangladesh and recommend the best systems to small-scale rural farmers. |
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Madhav Shrestha received an M.Sc. and Ph.D. from AIT, and his theses coincided with CRSP research and were supervised during their respective times by Chris Knud-Hansen and C. Kwei Lin. He was also involved with the CRSP in 1996-1997 when he worked as postdoctoral researcher. Currently, he is an associate professor at the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Nepal. He will be collaborating with C. Kwei Lin, Yang Yi, and Jim Diana on an experiment in Nepal and Thailand to determine the composition of foods consumed by Nile tilapia and the optimal ratio of grass carp to Nile tilapia and polyculture. |
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Steven Brechin is an Associate Professor of Environmental Sociology at the University of Michigan with a focus on International Environmental Issues. He is a first-time CRSP collaborator studying abandoned and converted shrimp ponds in Thailand and their potential for alternate usage along with Amrit Bart and Jim Diana. |
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Mali Boonyaratpalin is a fish nutritionist with the Department
of Fisheries of Thailand where she advises the government on policy matters
concerning fish feed and nutrition. She continues to conduct research
on problems that address both productivity and environmental issues such
as healthy feed and low pollution diets. She received her Ph.D. in Fisheries
from Auburn University in 1978. She will be studying the effects of pond
age on bottom soil quality with CRSP researcher Claude Boyd under this
work plan. |
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Ted Batterson is a Professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University with a focus on water quality, limnology, and fertilization. He has had prior CRSP experience with his work on the Indonesia and Thailand Projects from 1985 to 1993, on which he worked closely with fellow CRSP Principal Investigator Christopher Knud-Hansen. |
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Donald Garling is also a Professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University. He received his Ph.D. in Zoology from Mississippi State University. A member of the PD/A CRSP Technical Advisory Committee for five years starting in 1982, he also co-authored one of the chapters in the book Principles and Practices of Pond Aquaculture: A State of the Art Review, published by the CRSP in 1983. |
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Christopher Knud-Hansen is currently the president of Aquatic
Solutions, a consulting company for lake management and aquaculture pond
systems, in Boulder, Colorado. He has previously been an associate professor
and a visiting professor in his over 25 years of experience. He worked
on the Indonesia and Thailand Projects with Ted Batterson from 1987 to
1993, and he also authored a practical handbook for the CRSP titled Pond
Fertilization: Ecological Approach and Practical Application in 1998. |
Under the Tenth Work Plan, Batterson, Garling, and Knud-Hansen will
be working together with Amrit Bart on an experiment in Thailand and an
activity in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The activity’s
aim is to spread existing scientific knowledge generated by the PD/A CRSP
on how to improve the predictability of pond management and productivity
through an understanding of pond dynamics by teaching the host country
universities, governments, and aquaculture extension personnel how to
practically apply ecological principles to improve pond fertilization
efficiencies. The experiment will attempt to adapt existing technologies
using natural clinoptilolite zeolites in an effort to provide a more socially
acceptable and efficient way to integrate animal manures in pond fertilization,
conserve and recycle on-farm resources, and lessen environmental impacts. |
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