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Minkoff, Gidon. PhD.
Fields of
Work:
Live food production, Larval rearing of marine fishes, Fish reproduction,
Fish husbandry, Hatchery design, Hatchery management.
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Contact
Information:
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Postal Address: 807
Alder Place, Parksville, BC. Canada, V9P 1S2
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Tel.
+1 (250) 248 4411
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Mobile:
+1 (250) 240 6777
Education:
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1987, Ph.D.
Aquaculture, Stirling University Institute of Aquaculture. |
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1983, M.Sc. Zoology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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1978, B.Sc. Biology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Work
Experience:
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2002-2007:
Founder, General manager and President of Sablefin Hatcheries Ltd. Canada |
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1997-2000:
Developing Sablefish production methods, Island Scallops Ltd. Canada. |
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2000-present:
International hatchery consulting business: “Teleostei Hatchery
Consulting”, Canada. |
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2001-2002:
Cod hatchery consultant, Profunda, Norway |
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1998-2000:
Hake hatchery consultant, FONDEF, Chile |
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1996-1998:
Cod hatchery consultant, Sea Forest Plantation, Canada |
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1993-1995:
Founder and Manager of fish hatchery, The Israel Salt Company, Israel |
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1988-1992:
Technical Manager Tinamenor S.A, Spain. |
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1980-1983:
Research technician, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research,
Israel |
Publications
and Reports:
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G.
Minkoff, 1990. Optimisation of larval culture methods. Introductory remarks
In: Mediterranean Aquaculture. Eds.: Floss R., Tort L., Torres P. and Laird
L. Ellis Horwood LTD. Pp 102-105.
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G.
Minkoff and A.P. Broadhurst, 1994. Intensive production of turbot
scophthalmus maximus fry. In: Turbot Culture Problems and
Prospects. Lavens P. and R.A.M. Remmerswaal (Eds.). European Aquaculture
Society, special Publication No. 22, Gent, Belgium. 1994 pp 14-31.
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G.
Minkoff, E. Lubzens and T. Snell 1982. Induction of sexual reproduction in
the euryhaline rotifer (Brachionus plicatilis) study in the time
sequence of events. Israel J. Zoology 31, 2 p. 70.
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G.
Minkoff, E. Lubzens and D. Kahan 1983. Environmental factors affecting
hatching of rotifer (Brachionus plicatilis) resting eggs.
Hydrobiologia, 104, 61-69.
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Minkoff, G. and C. Clarke. 2003. Progress in Commercialization of
Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) Farming. Bull. Aquacul. Assoc. Canada
103-3: 53-58.
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E.
Lubzens, G. Minkoff and S. Marom 1985. Salinity dependence of sexual and
asexual reproduction in the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis.
Marine
Biology 85, 1985, 123-126.
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E.
Lubzens, G. Sagie, G. Minkoff, E. Meragelman and A. Schneller 1984.
Rotifer (Brachionus plicatilis) improve growth rate of carp (Cyprinus
carpio) larvae. Bamidgeh (Hebrew), Vol. 36, 241-248.
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E.
Lubzens and G. Minkoff 1988. Influence of the age of algae fed to rotifer (Brachionus
plicatilis O.F. Muller) on the expression of mixis in their progenies.
Oecologia (Berlin) 75:430-435.
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E.
Lubzens, A. Tandler and G. Minkoff 1989. Rotifers as food in
aquaculture. Hydrobiologia: 187: 387-400. C. Ricci, Snell T.E and C.E.
King (eds) . Rotifer Symposium V.
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A.M. Bullock and G. Minkoff, 1986. Prevalence and pathology of mesenchymal
growth on the head of laboratory reared herring larvae, Clupea harengus
L. J. Fish Diseases, Vol. 9, 6, 551- 554.
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F.
Padros, Minkoff, G. and Crespo, S.
1990.
Desarollo de la branquia en larvas premetamorfics de rodaballo (Scophthalmus
maximus).
Actas IIÉ Congres. Nac. Acuicult. 117-120.
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Blanch A.R., Simon M., Jofre J.T and Minkoff G. 1991. Bacteria associated
with hatchery-cultivated turbot; are they implicated in rearing success? In
LARV91, P.Lavens, P.Sorgeloos, E. Jaspers and F. Ollevier (Eds).
European Aquaculture Society Special Publication No.15, Ghent, Belgium.
1991, pp 392-394.
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Y.Barr and Minkoff G., Pasteurella Piscicida in Israeli Aquaculture.
LARVI’95, European Aquaculture Society Special Publication No.24, Gent,
Belgium. 1995, pp 498-499.
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Brown, J. A.,
Minkoff, G., and Puvanendran, V. 2003. Larviculture of Atlantic cod (Gadus
morhua): progress, protocols and problems. Aquaculture, 227: 357e372. |
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