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Expert in Fish Farming, Food and Ornamental Fish, Processing and Marketing
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert has been involved in aquacultural business development during and since his postgraduate university. Experience starting from the initial business conception, through design and development of production, processing and marketing of shrimp, food fish and ornamental fish.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise |
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Degree |
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Institution |
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Honors |
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1976
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B.Sc.
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Biology
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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1977
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M.Sc.
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Ecology and Marine Biology
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Hebrew University
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Honours
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Employer |
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Title |
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2005 to 2008
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Rift Valley Koi Ltd. Israel
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Partner / Manager
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Development of koi farm producing high grade and disease free koi for the European and World market.
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1996 to 2010
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Crownpark Ltd. UK
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Owner
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Company importing and wholesaling koi from own farm in Israel and Japanese Koi Farms into the UK and Europe.
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1992 to 1997
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Pisces Aquaculture Ltd, UK
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Partner, Manager
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Set up farm producing mainly Tilapia for the supermarkets. Production utilised cooling water form a textile factory that utilised the waste heat from an in house power plant. The development of the farm from conception, design, funding, construction, development of broodstock and production and processing of the product.
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1990 to 1992
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Tewin Mill Fish Farm, UK
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Partner
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Partner in wholesale business involved in the importation, aclimatization and sale of ornamental fish in the UK.
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1983 to 1990
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Pisces Aquaculture Ltd.
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Owner
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Owner of a family farm ( small holding ) in Israel that initiated the production of koi and the ornamental fish industry in Israel. From conceptoion as a result of an identification in the market need to design production and distribution worldwide.
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1980 to 1983
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Aquaculture Production Technolgy Ltd.
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Project Manager, Phillippines
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Development of the largest freshwater prawn ( Macrobrachium rosenbergii) farm including hatchery, nursery and growout. Production output of 4500 tons/ annum. Expert made the initial feasability study and site selection in 1980 and then mamaged the project from design through construction production and marketing.
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Expert's Firm
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Field Extension Office
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Introduction of prawn production trials in the existing fish production farms in Israel.
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Associations/Societies
Chairman: Professional Koi Dealers Association, UK (1993-2002).
Member: Steering Committee on KHV for DEFRA, UK (2004-2007).
Member: Shinkokai - Koi Dealers Association – Japan (1995-2007).
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Awards/Recognition
ADAS Awards – Gold Tesco Award for Producers; Silver MAFF Award for Collaborative Marketing.
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2000 to 2004
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DEFRA
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Commitee Member
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Stearing Commitee on KHV
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Consultant for the development of Tilapia farm in Bendel State, Nigeria utilizing Brewery waste as feed source. 1985-1990.
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Consultant from Tahal ( Israel Water Design ) for fish farm projects in Kenya, Nigeria and Mexico 1985-1990.
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Beauty Fish – Moshav Givat Hen. Farm producing disease free koi in a closed recycled system. Design and implementation of systems for the economic production of high grade koi.
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Research and Development manager for a team of five scientists researching the commercial production of rotifers and protozoa and their cysts for the larval nutrition of fish species with small sized mouths.
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1983 to
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Israel
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Conception and development of ornamental fish as an industry in Israel. Importation of original parent stock and development of the industry.
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1980 to 1983
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Philippines
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Project Manager for Manila Bank prawn production integration in Luzon, Philippines. Saw project from feasibility through design and construction of hatchery nursery and grow-out of 4500 ton/ annum of Machrobrachium rosenbergii.
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1983 to 1989
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Nigeria
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Consultant for the development of Tilapia farm in Bendel State, Nigeria utilizing Brewery waste as feed source.
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1983 to 1989
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Kenya
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Consultant from Tahal ( Israel Water Design ) for fish farm projects in Kenya, Nigeria and Mexico.
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1990 to 2007
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UK
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Entrepreneur of Pisces Aquaculture Fish farm based in Courtaulds site in Spondon Derbyshire. ( Major industrial complex with its own gas fired power station). This farm bred, and grew 300 tons Tilapia/annum and 30 tons ornamental and course angling fish utilizing hot water from the power station. With own processing facility supplied directly to Tesco supermarkets together with another 1200 tons of additional species of farmed fish annually.
1996 – 2003. Proprietor of Crownpark Ltd – company dealing with :-
1) The importation and sale of Koi Carp from Japan and my own farm in Israel.
2) The representation and sale of food fish from a number of European fish farms into the UK supermarkets and catering industry.
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| Language Skills: |
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Hebrew
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He is fluent in Hebrew language and proficient in reading and writing
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French
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Limited communication skills.
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Spanish
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Limited communication skills
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English
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Mother tongue
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Ability to delineate market needs and production capabilities in terms of the state of art of the applied technology available.
Ability to take applied research and realise into commercial production.
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| Additional Skills and Services: |
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Extensive knowledge of the producers of aquaculture and processing equipment and consumables.
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Other Skills and Services
High level of expertise in hatchery and growout of fish. Master in the appreciation and valuation of koi carp ( invited as Judge to National All Japan Koi Show ).
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