EFSTATHIOS LAMPAKIS Ichthyologist &

Consultant

CONTACT DETAILS PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

+0971(0) 52 507 0160 Ichthyologist, with thirty years of experience in the field of aquaculture. Specialist in aquaculture with multi-level management experience.

A successful career in managerial positions, such as Manager in Finfish Fish [email protected] , Regional manager in Fish Farms offshore cages, Manager of

inland aquaculture using RAS.

Dubai, UAE Provider of consulting services in the fields of aquaculture and aquaponics in the UAE and the region. Design, study, supervision, implementation and https://www.linkedin.com/in/efstathios- monitoring of inland Aquaculture and Aquaponics projects for freshwater lampakis-00043922/ and seawater species in desert, arid and marginal areas Successful implementation of Aquaponics cultivation projects, using freshwater to produce vegetables and saltwater to produce Halophytes. E D U C A T I O N

UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS Production and management experience, on the species 1984-1988

Department of  Sea bream (Sparus aurata)

Fisheries & Aquaculture  Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Technology GREECE  Surpsout Sea bream (Puntazo puntazo)

 Red Sea bream (Pagrus major) T H E S I S  Red porgy (Pagrus pagrus)

 Red pandora (Pagelus erithinus) “Aquaculture Guide” Presentation of the cultivation  Subaiti (Sparidentex hasta) systems for the most commercial aquatic animals. Emphasis on water  Sheim (Acanthopagrus latus) requirements according to the  Gabbit (Rabdhosargus sarba) cultivation system.  Hammour (Epinephelus coioides) PUBLICATIONS  Tilapia (Oreochromis sp.)

Experimental Production trials on the species “Small Scale Fresh Water Aquaponics as Solution in Deserted and Arid  Sole (Solea solea) Areas” manuscript reference is HAAF-19-007. Aquaculture US Herald  Red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) Scholarly Open Access 2019  Octopus (Octopus vulgaris)

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E X P E R T I S E PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Management, Design, and Freelance Consultant 2018 – Present Guidance of affordable & productive Aquaculture and Aquaponics Consultations on a variety of Aquaculture and Aquaponics projects, systems Providing Pre-Feasibility, Ichthyological, Biosecurity studies, design, and Application of advanced cultivation supervision. methods at all stages of fish production. Consultant Global Food Industry (GFI) Sharjah UAE. June – 2020 – Present

Standardization and Application in

Freshwater commercial aquaponics. Cultivate tilapia to support the soilless Biosafety - ISO Procedures, (SOP's) cultivation of leafy green vegetables. Targeting the increase in vegetable and Protocols for , On- growing farms and Aquaponics. production, the expansion of aquaponics will be done using automated control and monitoring systems Experience and ability to cooperate and train staff of various Consultant nationalities ZASMA Aquaculture Abu Dhabi UAE Feb-2020 – Present

Experience in the application of Best An integrated project that includes Fish Hatchery - Grow-out Farm – Packing Aquaculture Practices & Biosecurity Station and saltwater aquaponics. The project is based on RAS and is at the study level. The construction is expected to start during 2020. Technical knowledge of RAS systems, The hatchery capacity of up to 5.0 million Juveniles and Grow-out Farm up design and implementation to 100.0 tons annually. Four species will be grown in both the hatchery and the farm. The global sea bream species and the native species Hammour,

Specialization in high-tech systems Sheim and Gabbit.

Halophytes will be used aquaponically for water treatment before being

discharged into the environment.

Consultant

Private fresh water farm Sweihan Al Ain UAE May – 2019 – Present

Tilapia Grow-out Farm. The project is based on RAS and is at the study level.

The construction is expected to start during 2020. The capacity of the farm planned to be up to 160.0 tons annually.

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S K I L L S PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (cont.)

Team leadership skills and team spirit Consultant EBF (Emirates Bio-Farm) Al Ain UAE December – 2019 – Present Easy to adapt in any working EBF is a certified, Leading Organic farm in the UAE. Organic production of environment Tilapia combined with aquaponics will be implemented. The yearly production of Organic Tilapia up to 30.0 tons annually. Small Hatchery and Practical - Analytical and critical Nursery facilities supporting the project. For confidentiality reasons cannot thinking provide more information at the moment.

Excellent knowledge of Aquaculture Consultant management software, Aqua International Centre for Bio-saline Agriculture (ICBA), Manager. Dubai UAE Jan-2018 – Present.

Internal Auditor (UAE) Since January 2018, I have been collaborating with ICBA as an exclusive  ISO 1401:2015 & OHS.AS Aquaculture consultant. Various projects have been carried out on the use 18001: 2007 of remote and arid areas and the utilization of the rejected saltwater from Environment Management system desalination plants. Most of the projects were under the EXPO 2020, EXPO Awareness Live in collaboration with ICBA and other UAE governmental entities.  ISO 1400:2015 Projects that carried out in collaboration with ICBA Excellent knowledge of computer skills  ICBA - EXPO 2020 EXPO Live II, Nov-2019 – Present  Macintosh iOS. “Integrated Agro - Aquaculture system IAAS, for marginal environment  Windows for PC, using the rejected brine from desalination”  Microsoft office Design, consultation, and supervision of four farms in Al Ain, UAE. RAS o Excel, application that uses the discharged saltwater for Tilapia cultivation and o Word irrigation of the open field Salicornia cultures. o PowerPoint  ICBA - EXPO 2020, EXPO Live II, Oct-2019 Apr-2020 Languages “Integrated aqua-agriculture Transforming waste to Profit, Pilot capacity  Greek mother tongue building program on integrated farming in UAE”  English: Very good Trainer for farmers and extensions officers on Aquaculture activities, and o (FCE of London Aquaculture follow-up and troubleshooting procedures. The training will University) become soon on the web translated into three languages (Arabic, English,

and Urdu).

Blind typing on Greek and English keyboards  ICBA - EXPO 2020, EXPO Live II: Jan-2018 – Jul-2019 “Integrated Agro-aquaculture system IAAS, for marginal environment using the rejected brine from desalination” Successful implementation of an Aquaponics project using desalinated sewer water integrated with RAS. The aim was to control the use of discarded salt water by desalination plants for irrigation purposes. Salicornia open field cultures and two fish species (Tilapia and the native species Sheim) have been successfully used.

Papers with the results of the projects will begin to be published in 2020 and will continue as the projects progress.

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A C H I E V E M E N T S PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (cont.)

Tilapia in Aquaponics using RAS Consultant

Fresh Water Aquaponics Farm, Al Ain, Sweihan UAE, May-2019 - Present  30kg/m2 Productivity  1.58 FCR From 60 to 326gm  1.2%/day Water refreshment Consultation and supervision of modification and system re-design of the  0-30ppt Salinity levels Commercial size Aquaponics farm using Tilapia to support aquaponically five greenhouses 36x8 meters, for vegetable production. Vegetables production After the necessary modification, the capacity of the farm increased up to  Cucumber 12kg/m2 15-20 tons of fish and 70-100 tons of vegetables annually.  Kale 10kg/m2 Successfully produced  Lettuce 6,2kg/m2  Lettuce, Kale, Cucumber, Coriander.

 Parsley 4kg/m2  Capsicum and Basil cultivation is also in progress.

 Coriander 3kg/m2 Consultant

Fresh Water Aquaponics Farm, Al Ain, Al Khatim UAE, Aug-2019 - Present

Medium size Freshwater Aquaponics build in RAS for vegetable cultivation. The project is implemented under a net house and followed the seasonal environmental fluctuations. The cultivation period for most vegetables was from November to April  It is the first Aquaponics farm in the United Arab Emirates, where vegetables and herbs have been produced in a soilless floating raft system, without using pesticides, additional fertilizers and minerals.  The farm was awarded by the Ministry of Food and Security in 2019.  Publication of the results is in progress, and will come up until the end of 2020

Consultant Garden of Eden Al Ain, Al Remah UAE, Dec-2017 – Feb-2020

Study and Business plan for commercial integrated farming in a deserted farm, as a part of an agro-touristic model (under construction). The project financed by Khalifa Fund. Main goals of the study:  Sustainable water and wastewater management  Saline and freshwater Aquaponics in the same facilities.  Integration and environmentally friendly waste management

The production capacity of the Aquaculture part has been designed to be

up to 200tns of Tilapia and Sea bream.

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A C H I E V E M E N T S PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (cont.)

Fish Hatchery in the UAE Hatchery Manager & Project Consultant The first massively production of ANAF (Pioneering Aquaculture and Solutions), native species in the region. Aug-2014 – Dec-2017, Umm Al Quwain UAE

Survival rates “Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Marine Research Centre Hatchery”

 65% for Gabbit The project was under the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment. Hatchery Manager from the side of the operator (ANAF).  32% for Sheim

 5% for Hammour The projected production was up to 10 million juveniles per year of the  2% for Subaiti native species

Creation of breeders  Subaiti (Sparidentex hasta)  2nd generation of Sheim  Sheim (Acanthopagrus datnia)  2nd generation of Gabbit  Gabbit (Rabdosargus sarba)  1st generation of Hammour  Hammour (Epinephelus coioides)

 1st generation of Subaiti The succeeded Production was almost the double of the projected at 2nd

Staff training in the cultivation of production year. st indigenous fish  1 year: 5.0 million native species and 2.0 million of Sea bream.  2nd year: 17.0 million local species and 3.0 million Sea bream

The hatchery was operated in RAS. Finfish fish Hatchery(s) (Greece) High-tech monitoring systems using the latest technology have been

Survival rates successfully implemented and operated in all departments.  Sea bream 15-20% Is the first massive production of native fish species in the Middle East  Sea bass 30-40% Side Manager on Offshore Cage Farms & Head of Fry Quality Creation of high productive systems Dias Aquaculture SA Greece Apr-2009 – Jul -2014 in rotifer cultivation  Flow-through continuous  Managing 2 offshore, on-growing (Sea bream and Sea bass) cage cultures farms in Saronikos Gulf with annual production capacity up to 2,500

 Achieved concentrations up tons.

to 10million/ml  Evaluation and selection of companies providing juveniles to the

group.

 Determination and Setting, juveniles quality standards and Using Bio-rectors in algae cultivation achieved Implementing standardized supply procedures Delivery and  Nannochloropsis 2b/ml uploading  Chlorella 2b/ml  Supervision of cooperating companies (under contract) in the region  Isochrysis 100m/ml of Fthiotida.  Tetraselmis 40m/ml

Training of staff Training  Creation of executives who took over management

position in other hatcheries after three to four years of training

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A C H I E V E M E N T S PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (cont.)

Offshore GREECE  Monitoring experiments in collaboration with the fish feed  Survival rate up to 85%from company, Biomar under production conditions.  Training and supervising of new Ichthyologists on management and  2 to 350gm production procedures for the on-growing Farms.  FCR :1.68

 ex-farm cost 3.2 euro per kg

Hatchery Manager

Reduction of cultivation period up to Hellenic Fish-farming S.A Greece Jan2001 – Dec 2008

4 months in selected batches where quality selection was made. Design – Construction Supervision and Operation Manager of a Hatchery for Sea bream and Sea bass.

 Annual production capacity of over 40 million juveniles.

 Training of staff and creation of Application of advanced cultivation methods for live feed (rotifer and executives who took over phytoplankton) management position in the  Standardization and application of Biosecurity procedures and protocols company after two years of training. for the Hatchery.  Participate in designing and successfully operate CO2 removing systems

Experimental tests - achievements Hatchery Manager, Quality Manager Sea Farm Ionian S.Α Greece Aug1998 – Dec 2000  Pagellus erythrinus. Production of 100.000 One of the first companies in Greece where established ISO 2002

juveniles. procedures in all production steps (Hatchery, On-growing farms, and the

 Octopus vulgaris Packing station).

Breeding program, The hatchery had low production capacity and a lot of problems in all steps production of 50.000 post of production. Quality issues on both Sea bream and Sea bass juveniles and hatched larvae. very poor egg quality. With modifications and improvements, in the system and the implementation of proper management, production capacity increased PRACTICAL TRAINING from one point three to eight million, in the same facilities. Production development from 1998 to 2000 “Collection and study on wild fish.  Identification and Classification of Sea bream : 0.8 million to 3.5 million/annually wild local specie of the genus Mugil”  Sea bass : 0.5 million to 4.2 million/annually  Red snapper: 0.0 to 100,000

Evaluation of cooperating juvenile supplier companies in Greece, Cyprus,

and Italy. Revision of quality standards and implementation of high

standards in the production and delivery of fish juveniles.

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Workshops & Conferences PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (cont.)

October 2015 Production Manager European Customer Seminar Paliovarka SA, Greece, Sep-1996 –Jul-1998 INVE Aquaculture, Greece 14 to 15 October 2015 Renovation and improvements on fish Hatchery, the On-growing farm, and Packing station. September 2017 Production development from 1997 to 1998 Ghent University,  Hatchery: 2.0 to 4.5 million/annually Fish and symposium  On-growing: 100 over 300 tons/annually Belgium 4 to 7 September 2017 Fish Feed Research and Development Manager

April 2019 Provimi Hellas SA, Greece, Mar-1996 – Aug -1996

Presenter: Saline aquaponics

Application of Fish Feeding Protocols for species Training Course

“Integrated agro-aquaculture  Sea bream systems for desert environments in  Sea bass the UAE” Dubai 29 April – 2 May 2019 Hatchery Manager October 2019 Thalassa Hellenic Sea Foods SA (Nireus Aquaculture S.A) Greece Marine Innovation Park (MIP) Aug-1990 – Feb-1996 “Strategy plan, part of Sheikh Khalifa Marine Research Center” The first marine fish hatchery in Greece, which operated with a water Dubai 28 & 29 October 2019 recycling system (RAS). Starting as a supervisor in the weaning department I became a hatchery November 2019 manager four years later. EXPO LIVE project: “From Desert

Farm to Fork: Value chain I attended training, by scientists from the French Institute "Institut Français development for innovative de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer” (IFREMER) and experts in fish

farming from the French consulting company" France Aquaculture S.A” on halophyte-based food products” Dubai 4 November 2019 the fields of  Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) & Water treatment December 2019  Management UAEU – Netherlands  Larvae Management, ”Aquaculture Workshop Challenges  disease and quality control, & Opportunities”  Optimal fish manipulation practices at all stages of the hatchery Dubai 11 December 2019  Practical quality assurance & Biosecurity application

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