Tzachi Samocha Webinar on 21 October 2020

Sustainable Biofloc Systems for Marine Shrimp
Design-Operations-Profitability
Tzachi M. Samocha
Tzachi Samocha is a recently retired Regents Fellow & Professor with Texas A&M AgriLife Research. After obtaining his Ph.D. from Tel Aviv University, Israel he joined the National Center for Mariculture in Eilat, Israel where he served as Head of the Shrimp Research Unit from 1980 through 1988. In 1988 he joined the Texas A&M University System and for 27 years he served as Director of R&D at the AgriLife Research Mariculture Lab, Corpus Christi, Texas.
His research scope covered numerous areas including induced maturation, larval rearing, and nutrition of several Penaeid shrimp species. In addition, he performed numerous studies in indoor raceways and outdoor ponds to develop new concepts in sustainable, biosecured, biofloc-dominated intensive nursery and grow-out systems.
He has conducted research on aquaculture effluent water remediation using Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) system, halophyte, and microalgae. As part of his job responsibility as Director of R&D, he was heavily involved in technology transfer to commercial producers and industry related businesses.
Tzachi is currently providing consulting and training services on different aspects of shrimp production to clients in different parts of the world.