1. Developing Sustainable Aquaculture for Coastal and Tilapia Systems in the Americas Principal Investigator: Kevin Fitzsimmons University of Arizona HC Partner Universities Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas Instituto Sinaloense de Acuacultura BIOTECMAR, Caracas, Venezuela Central Laboratory for Aquaculture Research, Abbassa, Egypt American University of Beirut, Lebanon Delaware State University Mon Repos Aquaculture Center, Department of Fisheries Texas Tech University Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco

2. Co-sponsorship of “Second International Workshop on the Cultivation and Biotechnology of Marine Algae: An Alternative for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean” Topic: Production System Design and Best Management Alternatives Topic: Production System Design and Best Management Alternatives Activity: Workshop-Training Activity: Workshop-Training Principal Investigators: Principal Investigators: Pablo Gonzalez Alanis – Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas Pablo Gonzalez Alanis – Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas Mauricio A. Ondarza – Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas Mauricio A. Ondarza – Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas Roberto Arosemena - Instituto Sinaloense de Acuacultura Roberto Arosemena - Instituto Sinaloense de Acuacultura Raul Rincones - BIOTECMAR, Caracas, Venezuela Raul Rincones - BIOTECMAR, Caracas, Venezuela Kevin Fitzsimmons – University of Arizona Kevin Fitzsimmons – University of Arizona

3. Aquaculture & Fisheries CRSP Sponsorship of the Eighth International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture to be held in Egypt Topic: Integrate Production Systems / Production System Design and Best Management Alternatives Activity Fitzsimmons, Kevin, Research Scientist, University of Arizona Pablo Gonzalez Alanis, Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas Ahmed Said Diab, Central Laboratory for Aquaculture Research, Abbassa, Egypt Imad Saoud, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

4. Food safety study of leafy greens irrigated with tilapia farm effluents Topic: People, Livelihoods, and Ecosystem Interrelationships / Human Health Impacts of Aquaculture Experiment Pablo Gonzalez Alanis – Universdad Autonoma de Tamaulipas Dennis McIntosh – Delaware State University Co-PI Kevin Fitzsimmons – University of Arizona

5. Development of snook (Centropomus spp) seed production technology for application in aquaculture and restocking of over-fished populations Topic: Indigenous species development (Integrated Production Systems); Experiment; Activity: Workshop Principal Investigators Reynaldo Patiño (TTU) Wilfrido M. Contreras Sánchez, Ulises Hernández Vidal, Carlos A. Alvarez-González, Arlette Hernández Franyutti, Alejandro Mcdonal Vera, Gabriel Márquez Couturier (UJAT)

6. Elimination of MT from aquaculture masculinization systems: use of catalysis with titanium dioxide and bacterial degradation Topic: Mitigating Negative Environmental Impacts Experiments Kevin Fitzsimmons (UA) UJAT Wilfrido M. Contreras-Sánchez Ulises Hernández-Vidal Rosa Martha Padrón-López William Rodríguez-Valencia

7. Incorporation of the Native Cichlids Tenhuayaca, Petenia splendida, and Castarrica, Cichlasoma urophthalmus into Sustainable Aquaculture in Central America: Improvement of Seedstock quality and substitution of fish meal use in diets Topic. Indigenous Species Development/Experiment/Mexico Kevin Fitzsimmons (UA) UJAT Wilfrido M. Contreras-Sánchez Ulises Hernández-Vidal Carlos A. Alvarez-González, Mario Fernández-Pérez

8. Local ingredients substituting for fishmeal in tilapia and pacu diets in Guyana Topic: Integrated Production Systems / Sustainable Feed Technology Experiment Tejnarine S. Geer, Mon Repos Aquaculture Center, Department of Fisheries Kamila Singh, Associate Director, Mon Repos Aquaculture Center, Department of Fisheries Kevin Fitzsimmons, University of Arizona Dennis McIntosh, Delaware State University

9. Utilization of Local Feed Ingredients for Tilapia and Pacu Production Topic: Integrated Production Systems / Sustainable Feed Technology Activity Principal Investigators Tejnarine S. Geer, Mon Repos Aquaculture Center, Department of Fisheries Kamila Singh, Associate Director, Mon Repos Aquaculture Center, Department of Fisheries Kevin Fitzsimmons, University of Arizona