1. AMAZON BASIN PROJECTS OVERVIEW Amazon Aquaculture Outreach and Research on Indigenous Amazon Fishes SUCCESS STORIES Fred William Chu Koo AquaFish CRSP & Aquaculture CRSP Joint Meeting. Westin Chosun Hotel, Busan, South Korea. 17-24 May, 2008

2. Funding for this research was provided by the Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program (PD/A CRSP) The PD/A CRSP is funded in part by USAID and by participating institutions.

3. Amazon Basin Team Christopher C. Kohler: Project Director, Co-PI Susan T. Kohler: Co-Principal Investigator William Camargo: Research Associate/Coordinator Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Rebecca Lochmann: Co-Principal Investigator University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff Konrad Dabrowski: Co-Principal Investigator Ohio State University

4. Amazon Basin Team Salvador Tello: HC Project Director, Fernando Alcántara: HC PI Palmira Padilla: HC Collaborator Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonia Peruana Marina del Aguila: HC Co-PI, Pedro Ramirez: Extensionist Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana Santiago Duque: HC Co-PI, Miguel Angel Landinez: HC Co-PI Gabriel Barreto: Extensionist Universidad Nacional de Colombia Marle Villacorta: HC Co-PI Universidad Federal Do Amazonas, Brazil Maria Celia Portello: HC Co-PI Instituto de Pesquisas Do Amazonas. Brazil Guillermo Alvarez, HC Collaborator Fondo Nacional del Desarrollo Pesquero (FONDEPES), Iquitos, Peru

5. Amazon Basin Team Manoel Pereira Filho y Rodrigo Roubach: HC Collaborator Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA), Brazil Juan Carlos Alonso: HC Collaborator Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía SINCHI, Leticia, Colombia Carlos Augusto Pinto: HC Collaborator SENA, Leticia, Colombia Michael Ketover and Kirk Leach: HC Collaborators Peace Corps Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador José Machoa Santi: HC Collaborator Comunidad Indígena Sarayaku, Rio Pastaza, Ecuador Luis Arevalo A. and Ricardo Burgos M.: HC Collaborators Fundación Arcoiris, Macas, Ecuador Galo Plaza M. : HC Collaborator Instituto Tecnológico Saleciano, Ecuador

6. 1.Amazon Aquaculture Outreach 2.Nutrition and nutrient utilization in native Peruvian fishes 3.Effects of native Peruvian feedstuffs on growth and health of Colossoma and Piaractus. 4.Broodstock Development of Amazonian Fishes 5.International Aquaculture Extension Courses Amazon Basin Projects

7. Amazon Aquaculture Outreach- Accomplishments 1.Change in attitude among the community. Cooperation agreements. 2. Enhanced the awareness of local and central government. Aquaculture Credits. 3. Quality of life improvement for program beneficiaries (D. Vela and D. Angulo).

8. Aquaculture facilities are growing In Loreto Region: 2000: around 100 acres 2007: about 1400 acres destined to aquaculture practices In the Peruvian Amazon: Currently about 4,000 acres adding Loreto, Ucayali, San Martín, Huánuco, Junín, Madre de Dios and Amazonas. Amazon Aquaculture Outreach- Accomplishments

9. Amazon Aquaculture Outreach Success stories

10. 1.Establishment of Aquaculture as a productive alternative in the Peru and Colombia Amazon. 2. Continuity of local aquaculture practice has been assured through training 1235 HS students. 3. Creation of 2 Aquaculture Associations (Iquitos and Leticia). Aquaculture Licenses.

11. Broodstock Development of Amazonian Fishes-Achievements 1.Determined that low pH levels and high tannic acid levels were more adequate for C. macropomum broodstock reproduction

12. Change to extruded diets dramatically enhanced gonad development of IIAP broodstock increasing reproductive events and seed production Broodstock Nutrition- Achievements

13. IIAP´s Fingerling production at 2000: 500,000 fish Last year fingerling producción (2007) By locations: IIAP Loreto (2´550,000) IIAP Ucayali (820,000) IIAP S. Martín (755,000) IIAP Amazonas (285,000) IIAP Tingo María (1´350,000) TOTAL: 5´760,000 fingerlings (Historic Record) Broodstock Development of Amazonian Fishes-Achievements

14. Nutrition and nutrient utilization in native Peruvian fishes- Achievements 1.Tested ingredients (cassava, plantain, and peach palm meal) were determined to serve as carbohydrate sources in formulated diets for C. macropomum 2.Determined that there was no difference between cooked Vs. uncooked tested ingredients

15. International Aquaculture Extension Courses Accomplishments 1.Five International courses organized (Peru, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador) 2.Interaction, and network development and strengthening (387 total) among: research colleagues, professors, students, farmers, indigenous communities and potential farmers. 3. Young professionals involved in research and aquaculture outreach (C. Chávez, L. Rodríguez, P. Ramírez, M. Aldea, F. Chu, etc.)

16. What we learn from CRSP?

18. Projects in Progress INDUCED BREEDING AND AQUACULTURE OF PAICHE Arapaima gigas IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT AND AQUACULTURE OF THE AROWANA Osteoglossum bicirrhosum IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON.SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT AND AQUACULTURE OF THE AROWANA Osteoglossum bicirrhosum IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON. SELECTED FINGERLING PRODUCTION OF BARRED SORUBIM Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum.SELECTED FINGERLING PRODUCTION OF BARRED SORUBIM Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum. REPRODUCTION OF AMAZONIAN STINGRAYS IN CAPTIVITY.REPRODUCTION OF AMAZONIAN STINGRAYS IN CAPTIVITY. REPRODUCTION AND AQUACULTURE OF TIGER STRIPED CATFISH Brachyplatystoma tigrinum.REPRODUCTION AND AQUACULTURE OF TIGER STRIPED CATFISH Brachyplatystoma tigrinum.

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