Projects

Ongoing initiatives EnhanceFish decision support tool for aquaculture-based fisheries enhancement Tropical freshwater fisheries research in the Greater Mekong and Amazon regions Mekong giant catfish conservation strategy development Florida fisheries enhancement and restoration   Major research grants DEEPFISHMAN: Management and monitoring of deep-sea fisheries and stocks PI (WP4): Kai Lorenzen & Richard Hillary Funding: European Commission Regions: EU Duration: 2009-2012 TXOTX: Technical experts overseeing third country expertise PI (WP2): Kai Lorenzen Funding: European Commission Regions: EU, West Africa, RFMOs Duration: 2008-2011 PROJECT PAGE Falkland Islands fisheries assessment & research PI: David Agnew & Kai Lorenzen Funding: Falkland Islands Government Countries: UK Duration: 2008-2010 Snook fishery enhancement and management PI: Kai Lorenzen Funding: Mote Marine Laboratory, SCORE Countries: Florida, USA Duration: 2008-2009 PROJECT PAGE Development of a conservation strategy for the critically endangered Mekong giant catfish PI: Kai Lorenzen Funding: DEFRA Darwin Initiative Countries: Mekong region Duration: 2005-2007 PROJECT PAGE EFIMAS - Operational evaluation tools for fisheries management options PI: Richard Hillary & Kai Lorenzen (Imperial College component) Funding: EU Duration: 2006-2008 PROJECT PAGE Fisheries enhancement decision support tool and toolkit PI: Kai Lorenzen Funding: DFID Fisheries Management Programme Countries: Regional S and SE Asia Duration: 2005 PROJECT PAGE Self-recruiting species in aquaculture: their ecology and role in rural livelihoods PI: Dave Little, Kai Lorenzen & Amararatne Yakupitiyage Funding: DFID Aquaculture Research Programme R 7917 Countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Thailand, Vietnam Duration: 2000-2004 PROJECT PAGE Management of irrigation development impacts on fisheries PI: Kai Lorenzen & Laurence Smith Funding: DFID KaR Programme R7793 Countries: Lao, Sri Lanka Duration: 2000-2002. PROJECT PAGE Fisheries management for biodiversity conservation in the Brazilian Amazon PI: Kai Lorenzen & Toby McGrath Funding: DEFRA Darwin Initiative 8/126 Countries: Brazil Duration: 1999-2002 PROJECT PAGE Adaptive learning approaches to fisheries enhancement PI: Caroline Garaway & Kai Lorenzen Funding: DFID Fisheries Management Programme R 7335 Countries: Lao Duration: 1999-2002 PROJECT PAGE Impacts of irrigation and aquaculture development on small-scale aquatic resources PI: Kai Lorenzen Funding: DFID Environment Research Programme R 7235                          Countries: Lao Duration: 1998-2000. Reservoir Fisheries Management in Savannakhet Province, Lao PDR PI: Kai Lorenzen Funding: DFID Fisheries Management Programme Countries: Lao Duration: 1995-97 PROJECT PAGE Culture Fisheries Assessment Methodology PI: Kai Lorenzen Funding: DFID Fisheries Management Programme Countries: China, India, Thailand Duration: 1994-96                                                                  Coastal Aquaculture and Environment: Quantitative Analysis and Modelling Component PI: Kai Lorenzen Funding: DFID Aquaculture Research Programme Countries: Thailand Duration: 1995-96 PROJECT PAGE   Small grants and consultancies California white seabass enhancement modelling. Hubbs Sea-World Research Institute. 2008. Extracting habitat preference and movement information from fisheries monitoring data in tropical river-floodplain systems. Fisheries Society of the British Isles. 2006-2008 Center-commissioned external review of the Greater Mekong Regional Programme, WorldFish Center. Fisheries co-management for poverty alleviation in Cambodia. WorldFish Center 2004. Role of fisheries in rural livelihoods in South and Southeast Asia. International Centre for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM). 2002. Support for University Fisheries Education and Research. DFID Bangladesh. 2001. Biofouling reduction in marine aquaculture – EC SME Exploratory award. Imperial College Consultants (ICON). 2000-2001. Extensive aquaculture of tambaqui in the Amazon. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, Brazil. 1999-2001. Behavioural control of maturation in tilapia. Nuffield Foundation. 1998-2000. Potential of genetically male tilapias for small-scale fish farmers in Central Luzon, Philippines. Centre for Development Studies Swansea. 1998. Enhancement specialist study: potential for enhancing the fishery of Lake Tefe, Amazonas. Stirling Aquaculture. 1998. Stock assessment of southern blue whiting in the Falkland Islands Interim Conservation and Management Zone. MRAG Ltd. 1991. Epidemiology of Kudoa alliaria in southern blue whiting. MRAG Ltd. 1990.