University of Hawai'i
Sea Grant College Program

 

Extension Faculty
Hawai'i

   

Area of Expertise:

  • Aquatic food production systems
  • Culture of food and ornamental fishes, invertebrates and plants

Experience:

  • 2000-present  Affiliate Faculty of Aquaculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
  • 1999-present  Aquaculture Extension Specialist, University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program
  • 1998-1999 Visiting Associate Professor of Marine Science, Department of Marine Science, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
  • 1991-1998  Associate Researcher, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai‘i
  • 1985-1991 Assistant Researcher, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai‘i
  • 1984-1988  Instructor, Windward Community College, University of Hawai‘i
  • 1984-1985  Aquatic Biologist, State of Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources
  • 1979-1984 Research Scientist/Program Manager, The Oceanic Institute and Oceanic Consultants, Inc.
  • 1978-1979   Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Hawai‘i

Education:

  • B.S. 1968  Zoology, University of Wisconsin
  • 1969-1972  NDEA Title IV Graduate Fellow
  • M.S.1972 Biological Oceanography, University of Hawai‘i
  • Ph.D.1976 Biological Oceanography, University of Hawai‘i

Affiliations:

  • World Aquaculture Society
  • Network of Tropical Aquaculture Scientists
  • Hawai‘i Aquaculture Association
  • Big Island Aquarium Society
  • American Fisheries Society
  • American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
  • Hawai‘i Academy of Science

           
Current Projects:

  • In partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture, a project aimed at improvement of fish stocks and management practices for tilapia producers is beginning its second year.

Project Partners:

  • University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
  • Pacific Aquaculture & Coastal Resources Center: http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/~pacrc/bigisaquapg/index.html
  • The College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management:  http://hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/cafnrm/
  • College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa:  http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/ctahr2001/
  • Hawaii Community College:  http://hawaii.hawaii.edu/
  • The Department of Research and Development, County of Hawaii:  http://www.hawaii-county.com/directory/dir_research.htm
  • United States Department of Agriculture
  • Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service:  http://www.csrees.usda.gov/
  • The Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture:  http://www.ctsa.org/
  • State of Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture
  • Aquaculture Development Program:  http://www.hawaiiaquaculture.org/
  • Plant Quarantine Branch:  http://www.hawaiiag.org/hdoa/pi_pq_import.htm
  • Anuenue Fisheries Research Center, Division of Aquatic Resources, State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources:  http://www.hawaii.gov/dlnr/dar/library/afrc.htm
  • Businesses
  • Tropical Ponds Hawaii
  • Honomu Aquatics
  • Day2 Enterprises
  • Kauai Sustainable Agroecological Systems
  • Romy's Kahuku Prawn & Fish, Inc.
  • Molokai Sea Farms:  http://www.broodstock.com/
  • Mokuleia Aquafarm
  • Hawaii Fish Company

Name:James Szyper, Ph.D.
Title: Aquaculture Extension Specialist
Cooperative Extension Service
Email: jszyper@hawaii.edu
Address: 875 Komohana Street
Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720-2757
Phone: (808) 981-5199
Fax:(808) 981-5211