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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.

Contact Information:
Postal Address:  807 Alder Place, Parksville, BC. Canada, V9P 1S2  
Tel.  +1 (250) 248 4411                   
Mobile: +1 (250) 240 6777

Education:

1987, Ph.D. Aquaculture, Stirling University Institute of Aquaculture.
1983, M.Sc. Zoology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1978, B.Sc. Biology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

Work Experience:

2002-2007:  Founder, General manager and President of Sablefin Hatcheries Ltd. Canada
1997-2000:  Developing Sablefish production methods, Island Scallops Ltd. Canada.
2000-present:  International hatchery consulting business: “Teleostei Hatchery Consulting”, Canada.
2001-2002: Cod hatchery consultant, Profunda, Norway
1998-2000: Hake hatchery consultant,  FONDEF, Chile
1996-1998: Cod hatchery consultant, Sea Forest Plantation, Canada
1993-1995: Founder and Manager of fish hatchery, The Israel Salt Company, Israel
1988-1992: Technical Manager Tinamenor S.A, Spain. 
1980-1983: Research   technician, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Israel

 

Publications and Reports:

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. 

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. 

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. 

G. Minkoff, E. Lubzens and D. Kahan 1983.  Environmental factors  affecting   hatching of  rotifer (Brachionus  plicatilis)  resting eggs. Hydrobiologia, 104, 61-69. 

Minkoff, G. and C. Clarke.  2003.  Progress in Commercialization of Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) Farming.  Bull. Aquacul. Assoc. Canada 103-3: 53-58. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.  

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. 

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. 

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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