Production manager, Suf Fish/Lev Yam
Short Bio
Academic education: M.Sc. in Marine culture – Agriculture faculty, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2003-present Owner of "B.T.I" (Bio marine technology) - consult, establish and manage marine culture fish farming
2010-present Establish and manage (Biology / technical / administration) "Suf-fish" ltd - marine culture fish farm at Ashdod port Israel, which cultivates and sells approx. 1000 tons of marine fish per year
2017-present manage (Biology / technical) "Lev Yam" ltd - marine culture, off shore fish farm at Michmoret Israel, which cultivates and sells approx. 300 tons of marine fish per year
2008-2010 Establish and manage a land facility for cultivating cat-fish
2007-2010 Establish and manage (Biology / technical / administration) - "Orata" ltd - marine culture fish farm in Vlore bay, Albania, with a cultivating potential of approx. 3000 tons of marine fish per year
2005-2007 Establish and part time manager of "Bio Tecmar" marine fish farm in La-Paz bay, Mexico
2003-2007 Establish and manage (Biology / technical / administration) "Kimadoro" - marine culture fish farm in Limassol bay, Cyprus, which cultivated and sold approx. 500 tons of marine fish per year.
1993-2008 Establish and manage (Biology / technical / administration) "Suf-fish" - marine culture farm in the Gulf of Eilat Israel, which cultivated and sold approx. 1500 tons of marine fish per year
1987-1993 In charge of marine fish Nursery -The Israeli Center for Marine Culture in Eilat, Israel. Working on M.Sc. - "Growth variation in Sea Bream larvae"
1980-1987 Various jobs and studies in the marine field and others. Studies for B.Sc. in the Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Abstract- Cultivating fish in marine cages- Terms for a feasible project
The human population is increasing rapidly. In recent years, the demand for fish as food for humans is growing much more than the population increase.
It's a fact that fishing from nature will not supply this demand. In fact, today fish cultivated in aquaculture already supply around 50% of the demand while in the near future, this percentage will probably grow more and more. Fresh water is a limited source around most parts of the globe which leads us to conclude that cultivating fish in marine cages is a necessity, and it should become the dominant part in fish aquaculture.
All that sounds very practical in theory but in reality, things are much more complicated. Around the globe there are enormous numbers of new and relatively old projects of growing fish in marine cages. Some of them like the Norwegian Salmon industry, are showing long economic stability and are considered a big success.
On the other hand, many projects, some of them on a very large scale are far from showing economic stability or failing on other issues, which might lead to many bankruptcy's and bitter disappointment. Probably, in these cases a few basic elements were not considered enough when starting the project and in other places, basic elements might change and cause dramatic failures.
Demand for marine fish exists in most parts of the globe but it doesn't necessarily mean that growing fish in sea cages is feasible everywhere, even when it looks very promising in a curtain place. A real study, taking in as many aspects as possible must be done before and while operating, on any fish cages project.
This can minimize the gap between the promising theoretic economic potential of growing fish in marine cages and the reality. In this talk we try to understand which elements can lead to a more feasible marine cages project.