Guyana receives international help in aquaculture development

Jul 04, 2009 News

Guyana’s emerging aquaculture sector is receiving expert international technical assistance that will help increase exports of farm-raised tilapia. Recently, 2,200 pounds were shipped from Berbice.
The National Aquaculture Association of Guyana (NAAG) recently welcomed representatives from the United States Agency for International Development, Aquaculture and Fisheries Collaborative Research Support Programs (USAID AquaFish CRSP) and the Partners of the Americas farmer-to-farmer programme, and will soon be welcoming the former head of Israeli Fisheries Department, Aquaculture Division.
From June 16 to June 21, aquaculture expert Kevin Fitzsimmons of the University of Arizona and the USAID AquaFish CRSP, was in Guyana to work with NAAG, the Government of Guyana’s aquaculture research station at Mon Repos, and Maharaja Oil Mill. Guyana, the only new country to be admitted to CRSP in more than a decade, practices such integrated aquaculture and polyculture and can give Guyana an edge in the industry while maintaining environmentally friendly farming practices.
This month, Guyana’s aquaculture sector will benefit from more international expertise, when Igal Magen, the former Head of the Aquaculture Division of the Fisheries Department of Israel’s Ministry of Agriculture joins the USAID, Guyana Trade and Investment Support (USAID GTIS) project for two years.
Mr. Magen will help raise the knowledge and technical capabilities of aquaculture entrepreneurs in Guyana. His work will include hand-on support in areas such as pond management, land development, and irrigation, along with trials at Mon Repos to explore potential new approaches to stocking and supplying fish.
An expert from the Partners of the Americas Farmer-to-Farmer programme, Jason Licamele, arrived in June. Mr. Licamele is spending three weeks assisting members of NAAG and commercial and government hatchery sites with improved aquaculture hatchery management techniques, focusing on tilapia. Mr. Licamele is a specialist in fish aquaculture and hydroponic plant production and his work is being done in combination with the efforts of the UK Department for International Development (DFID), which supplied supermale tilapia broodstock for hatchery production.
After spending some time familiarising himself with Guyana’s aquaculture sector, Mr. Licamele said, “Guyana’s aquaculture potential is as vast as its water supply. There is still work to be done and feats to conquer, but the reward will be well worth the efforts put forth by the collaboration of all those involved.”
On Guyana’s future prospects, he added, “I think that the development of National Aquaculture Association of Guyana, members innovative farming crops, reducing fertilisation costs and increasing yields.”

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