Site Description Updates Aquaculture CRSP Annual Meeting 2007 Emily Morgan Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Background Email dated Sep 19, 2006 from Hillary states that: site description booklet provides general background information site description booklet needs updating since it was written and published more or less 7 years ago (in 1999) The site description update was due on December 10, 2006 to Hillary for final editing and layout

On Nov. 15, 2006, with the help of the CLSU project staff, we started to extend assistance to the PMO to coordinate the editing of the site description booklet for this important undertaking.

Original Hillary’s Site Assignments: Bill Tollner and Charles Ngugi: Eldoret/Moi University site, Kenya -- NEW Egerton University site, Kenya -- NEW Suyapa Meyer: Zamorano University site, Honduras (with Bill) -- NEW Nicaragua – all sites --NEW Guatemala – all sites --NEW Panama- update as necessary – UPDATE (2 locations) Claude Boyd: South Africa site(s) -- NEW Brazil site(s) -- NEW Jim Diana and Yang Yi: Thailand –update plus add new sites – UPDATE and NEW Indonesia – UPDATE Bangladesh- all sites -- NEW Nepal – all sites -- NEW Vietnam- all sites -- NEW Cambodia- all sites -- NEW Laos –all sites -- NEW China- all sites -- NEW Remedios Bolivar and Kevin Fitzsimmons: Philippines sites – update sites – UPDATE Peru – UPDATE Colombia – NEW Bolivia -- NEW Wilfrido Contreras: Mexico – UJAT -- NEW Egypt – update as necessary -- UPDATE Maria Haws: Mexico- Sinaloa and other sites -- NEW Malawi – inactive site but needs to be added --NEW Kwamena Quagrainie: Ghana – all sites -- NEW Tanzania – all sites -- NEW Rwanda – update as necessary -- UPDATE Nancy Gitonga/Betty Nyandat: Sagana site, Kenya – UPDATE

The TC members were provided a pdf copy of the existing booklet to follow it closely in preparing any new or updated site descriptions.

Site Description Outline (Off-station sites) Draft by Bill Tollner September 27, 2006 Country map indicating location Location coordinates Relevant photographs (1 or 2) Description of the area or region Climate (Koppen) Temperature Humidity Seasonality Topography Geology and Soils Nature of the off-site work and its relevance to aquaculture (narrative)

List of Submitted Updates (as of 2/25/2007) Betty Nyadat (Jan. 18, 2007) (with some corrections from Jim Bowman on 2/6/2007) Sagana Fish Farm Yang Yi (Jan. 19, 2007) China (Wuhan Univ.) China (Hainan Univ.) China (Zhejiang Univ.) China (Southwest Univ.) China (Huazhong Univ.) China (Xiamen Univ) Indonesia (Banda Aceh) (submitted by Kevin Fitzsimmons on Oct. 6, 2007 to Jim Diana and Hillary; cc: Yang Yi. Received through Hillary on Jan. 4, 2007). Maria Haws (Dec. 6, 2006) Mexico (Bahia Santa Maria, Sinoloa) Mexico (Boca de Camichin, Nayarit) Kwamena Quagrainie (Dec. 6, 2006) Ghana (Ashanti Region) Ghana (Brong Ahafo Region) Remedios Bolivar (Dec. 8, 2006) Philippines (CLSU) Philippines (Negros Island) Philippines (Iloilo) Bill Tollner (Dec. 18, 2006) Kenya (Nzoia Basin) Kenya (Moi Univ., Eldoret) Bill Tollner/Suyapa Meyer (Dec. 18, 2006) Nicaragua (Esteli) Honduras (Olancho) Honduras (Zamorano)

Edited Updates Mexico Nicaragua Honduras Ghana China Philippines Kenya Bahia Santa Maria, Sinoloa Boca de Camichin, Nayarit Ghana Ashanti Region Brong Ahafo Region Philippines FAC, CLSU BAC, Iloilo Negros Island Kenya Moi Univ., Eldoret Nzoia Basin Sagana Freshwater Aquaculture Center Nicaragua Esteli Honduras Olancho Zamorano Univ. China Wuhan Univ. Hainan Univ. Zhejiang Univ. Southwest Univ. Huazhong Univ. Xiamen Univ. Indonesia Banda Aceh

Constraints Editing can only be done in Word files Some updates were submitted in pdf files Project staff copied the files into Word files so that these can be edited Some updates have missing information (i.e. elevation, topography, affiliations, current contacts, etc.)