Prof. Thomas T. George Brief History

Prof. Thomas T. George

Brief History

I was born on 16 August, 1939 in Sudan. In 1966, I graduated from Khartoum University. I was the Director of the Fisheries Research Center, Agriculture Research Corporation (ARC) during 1975-1985 and was promoted to Professor in 1985. In 1990 I was a landed-immigrant in Canada. I am a recognized consultant by United Nations FAO, UNDP, WHO, Arab Organization AFC, AOAD and Canada CIDA, IDRC.

Website: www.tilapiamiracle.com; Email: [email protected]; Tel: 416-275-7365.

I have been a career scientist since 1966 and am well-traveled with many credentials in international aquaculture and fisheries as a scientist, an independent Consultant or Team-leader with CIDA, WHO, FAO, UNDP and AOAD. I have been an active participant or chairperson in international conferences, workshops and exhibitions held in Asian, African, Arab, European and North American countries.
As an FAO Consultant in 1975, I surveyed all the fish and shellfish introductions (positive/ negative impacts) in Africa and prepared a report for the Committee of Inland Fisheries of Africa (CIFA) Meeting which was held in Accra, Ghana in 1975. In 1976, I participated with a film (Aquaculture, Democratic Republic of The Sudan) in the First FAO/UNDP/ Government of Japan International Aquaculture Conference held in Kyoto, Japan. Also, I participated as Head of a Session in the First Arab Symposium on Aquaculture of Fish and Shellfish held in Hyatt Regency Hotel, Kuwait in 1982 and in the release of the Aquaculture Strategy Plan for Canada in 1995 by DFO Minister Brian Tobin at Prince George Hotel, Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1975, I prepared a detailed National Plan for Aquaculture Development in the Sudan at the FAO Regional Workshop on Aquaculture Planning and Development in Africa, Accra, Ghana. In October 2011, I prepared The Aquaculture Development Strategy Plan and The Action Plan for the Gazira State, Sudan. In 1995, I participated as an aquaculture consultant in the FAO 50’s Anniversary which was held in Chateau Frontenac Hotel, Quebec City, Canada where it was established in 1945..
I planned, formulated and executed several aquaculture projects funded by IDRC, WHO, IFS, and the World Bank as the Project Leader. In addition, I have promoted integrated agro-aquaculture in rural areas and the use of fish as biological control agents (grass carp and tilapia) for aquatic weeds, Bilharzias’ snails and larvae of malaria-transmitting mosquitoes. I could breed the grass carp by induced breeding (hypophysation) for the first time in Africa. In 1995, I contributed in lifting the ban on the culture of tilapia in Canada imposed by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and published in 1996 the first paper in Canada on its culture potential. In 2003, I assisted Al Neelain University, Khartoum, Sudan, in establishing the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture within the Faculty of Agricultural Technology and Fish Science as its Head and graduated the first batch of students in 2006.
Throughout the years, I have published scientific papers in international journals, contributed significantly to public awareness on aquaculture and fisheries through multi-media presentations and interviews: TV, radio and the press.

Publications:

1. George TT. 2013. An unprecedented incidence of tilapia mass mortality due to Streptococcus iniae in the White Nile, at Jebel Aulia dam reservoir, Khartoum, Sudan. Bull, Aquacul. Assoc. Canada 111-1. p. 34-41..

2. George TT. 2011. An unprecedented incidence of tilapia mass mortality due to Streptococcus iniae in the White Nle at Jebel Aulia Dam, Sudan. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research, Posters-at-a-Glance, P22, Responses to Environmental Stressors from Individuals to Ecosystems, Royal York Hotel, Toronto, 6-8 January 2011.

3. George TT. And VRP. Sinha. 208. AQUACULTURE PUBLIC CONCERNS AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES. In. NEW FRONTIERS of ZOOLOGY, Zoological Society of India 2008, p. 137-149.

4. George TT. 2007. Wild and Farmed Fish, their Nutritional Value and the Role of Aquaculture for World Food Production. AAC Spec. Publ. No. 12, p.15-18.

5. George TT. 2007. The Grass Carp and Tilapias as Biological Control Agents and their Role in Aquaculture for Food Security. AAC Spec. Publ. No.13, p. 26-29.

6. Afra A-A Ahmed, A, Musab S. Abdalla and Prof. Thomas, T. George. 2006. Egg Enumeration, Incubation, Hatching and Development of the "Miracle Fish”, Oreochromis niloticus, in the Sudan. AAC Spec. Pub. No 12, p. 60-64.

7. George TT, OM Saeed, AI Moghraby. 2006. Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Sudan with Emphasis on the Southern States. Proc. Malakal Workshop, Malakal, Sudan.

8. George TT. 2006. Survival of a Deformed “Miracle Fish” Oreochromis Niloticus in an Intensive Water Recirculating System. Bull. Aquacul. Assoc. Canada 106-3, p. 28-32.

9. George TT. 2005. The Most Recent Nomenclature of Tilapia Species in Canada and the Sudan. AAC Spec. Publ. No.10, p. 33-37.

10. George TT, OM Saeed. 2001. Evaluation of the Current Status of Sudan Fisheries and Proposals for Capacity Building, Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries Publication.

11. George TT, C Weaver, T Shaw. 1998. Status of commercial tilapia culture in Canada. Bull. Aquacul. Assoc. Canada 98-2. p. 53-55.

12. George TT. 1998. Canadian doctors confirm the infection and effects of Streptococcus iniae in fish and humans. Bull. Aquacul. Assoc. Canada 98- 2, p. 87-89.

13. George TT. 1997. Saltwater culture of tilapia and possible commercial application in Canada. Bull. Aquacul. Assoc. Canada 97-2, p. 42-44.

14. George TT. 1996. Tilapia – a potential culture species in Canada. Bull. Aquacul. Assoc. Canada 96-3, p. 44-46.

15. George TT. 1995. Fish Ontario Education Programme (FOEP): A Proposal submitted to the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources to Re-Activate the Visitors’ Centre at Ringwood Fish Culture Station for General Public Awareness and Students’ Education, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, January 10, 1995. p.1-19.

16. George TT. 1994. Why Aquaculture? Symposium Guyana’s Development Support Through Science And Technology, , Toronto, Canada, May 8, 1994.

17. George TT. 1993. A model of possible aquaculture intensification in Guyana. Science and Technology Conference: Application for the development of Guyana and protecting its environment, Howard Johnson Hotel, Scarborough, Canada.

18. George TT, El-N B Ahmed, OM Saeed.1985. Aquaculture in the Sudan: present status, research trends and development prospects. Proc. IDRC Pen and Cage Culture Workshop, Cairo, Egypt.

19. George TT. 1983. Results of aquaculture research in the Sudan and future research trends. Proc. First Arab and#8232;Symposium on culture of fish and shellfish, Kuwait.

20. George TT. 1982. The Chinese grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella, its biology, introduction, control of aquatic macrophytes and breeding in the Sudan. Aquaculture: 27, p. 317 – 327.

21. George TT. 1981. Proposed future permanent organization set-up and immediate work programmes for the Directories of Fisheries in the Southern Region of Sudan. A bibliography on the River Nile , Vol. 1 The River Nile, Terje Tvedt, Universitas Bergensis. 30 pp.

22. George TT. 1979. Prospects of developing cage and pen culture in Sudan. Proc. IDRC/SEAFDEC Intern. Workshop on Pen and Cage Culture, p. 12 – 22, Philippines.

23. George TT. 1979. The biology of Gambusia affinis and its role as an exotic species in Sudan with respect to other indigenous larvivorous fishes. WHO Traveling Seminar, Bulgaria/Russia, EM/TR.SMR.LRV.FSH.MSQ. CTR/73 Sudan.

24. George TT. 1979. Prospects of Developing Cage and Pen Culture in Sudan. SEAFDEC/AQD Institutional Repository (SAIR). In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Pen Cage Culture of Fish, 11-1b February 1979, Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines (pp. 125-126).

25. George TT, AI Moghraby.1978. Status of aquatic pollution in Sudan, its control and protection of living resources. Proc. FAO/SIDA Workshop on Aquatic Pollution. Nairobi and Mombasa, FIR:TPLR/78/Inf. 20.

26. George TT. 1977. Critical Appraisal of Water Pollution in the Gezira Canals with Particular Reference to Aquaculture. Proc. 19th Annual Conf. of the Philosophical Society of Sudan. Sudan. Notes and Records. p. 56 – 64.

27. George TT.1975. Water Pollution in Relation to Aquaculture in Sudan. FAO/CIFA Symposium on Aquaculture in Africa, Accra, Ghana. FAO/CIFA/75/SE-12.

28. George TT. 1975. Introduction and Transplantation of Cultivable Species in Africa. FAO/CIFA Symposium on Aquaculture in Africa, Accra, Ghana. FAO/CIFA/75/ SE-12.

29. George TT. 1975. THE HISTORY AND STAUS OF FISH CULTURE IN SUDAN AND THE URGENCY OF AN EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT INTO AN INDUSTRY: A REVIEW. FAO AQUACULTURE SYMPOSIUM IN AFRICA, 1975. FAO/CIFA/75/SC-5. p.109-131.

30. George TT. 1975. Observations on the growth of Tilapia nilotica L. in Tropical Freshwater Fish Ponds Treated With Different Fertilizers. FAO/CIFA Symposium On Aquaculture In Africa, Accra, Ghana, 30 September-6 October 1979. FAO/CIFA/75/SE11, p. 1-14.

31. George TT. 1975. National Plan for Development of Aquaculture in the Sudan.. Report of the First Regional Workshop on Aquaculture Planning in Africa, Accra, Ghana, 2-17 July, 1975, ADCP/REP./75/1, p. 98- 107.
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32. George TT. 1972. A NOTE ON THE GROWTH OF TILAPIA NILOTICA L. IN MONO-####### CULTURE. Reprint, Central Institute of Fisheries Education Annual Day, Souvenir, Bombay, India, p. 42 – 43.

33. George TT. 1971. Preliminary Account of the Fish and Fisheries of Lake Nubia during 1967-1968. Jour. Indian Fish. Assoc. (1) 2. p’ 65 – 88.