II. Research Program Accomplishments

Major accomplishments during the current reporting period include the completion of a number of the activities scheduled under the Sixth and Seventh Work Plans. These include further refinements to several CRSP aquaculture pond models, improvements to the POND© decision support system, continued environmental monitoring, and resumption at other CRSP sites of studies which were originally scheduled for Rwanda. Activities described in the Interim Work Plan were begun during this reporting period. As always, efforts to disseminate research results continued through a variety of channels.