Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Name: Alaa El-din Ahmed Kamal El-Haweet
Date of Birth: 11 / 2 / 1959
Sex: male
Nationality: Egyptian
Marital status: Married – 2 sons
Native language: Arabic
Additional language: English
Present post: Associate professor, fishery biology Lab.,
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, Egypt
Also: Associate Professor, Fisheries Biologist
Fisheries Department, College of Maritime Transport & Technology
Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Egypt.
Mailing address: 15 Sabri Basha St. flat no 23, San Stefano, Alexandria, Egypt.
Telephone: Home; 00203-5836704 Work; 00203- 4807140
Mobile; 002-0106633546
E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]
EDUCATION
1982 B.Sc. in General Oceanography, Science Faculty, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
1991 M. Sc. in Biological Oceanography, Faculty of Science, with thesis title: “Biological studies of some Cichlid species in Lake Borollus” Science Faculty, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
1996 Ph.D. in Fisheries Science, Fisheries Faculty, with thesis title “Fishery biology of ribbon fish Trichiurus japonicus in Kagoshima Bay, Japan” Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
EMPLOYMENT RECORD
1982- 1983 Work as a researcher assistant in the research programs of Oceanographic Department, Science Faculty, Alexandria Univ.:
1. Estimation of the primary productivity of the south eastern Mediterranean Sea, Egypt (USAID fund)
2. Fisheries management of Lake Manzala, Egypt (USAID fund)
1983- 1999 Work as special researcher in the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt, in Suez Branch (1983-86) and in Alexandria Branch (1986-99).
1999-2006 Work as a researcher in the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, Branch, Egypt.
2006- 2008 Work as associate professor in the National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, Branch, Egypt.
2008- Work as associate professor in Fisheries Department, College of Maritime Transport & Technology Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Egypt.
FAO EXPERT
- In 1999, I assigned from Regional Office for the Near East, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Cairo, Egypt, to write a paper on “FISH MORTALITY, WITH SPECIAL REFERNCES ON MASS MORTALITY” to present at the ROPME workshop on marine mammals and fish mortality in Doha, Qatar.
- In 2002, I assigned from Regional Office for the Near East, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Cairo, Egypt, to write a proposal on “FISHERIES MANAGEMENT OF BARDAWEEL LAGOON ON MEDITERRANEAN COAST OF NORTH EGYPT”
- In 2003, I assigned from Regional Office for the Near East, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Cairo, Egypt, to write on “FISHERIES COUNTRY PROFILE OF EGYPT”
- In 2007, I assigned from EastMed Formulation – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, to prepare an “ARABIC-ENGLISH FIELD GUIDE FOR FISHERY SPECIES IDENTIFICATION IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN”.
AOAD EXPERT
- I went in a mission for 3 months in 2004 to United Arab Emirate as expert of Arab Organization for Agriculture development (AOAD) for “EVALUATION AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR EMIRATE FISHERY” and Supervise training program for Governmental fisheries centers stuff.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
1984-1986 Team Member in the project “Fish stock assessment of Suez Gulf” National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt
1985-1986 Team Member in the project “Fisheries management of Lake Bardawell” Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt
1987-1988 Team Member in the project “Systematic monitoring of pollution in Egyptian waters” Cooperation programme between National Research Center and National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt
1987-1991 Team Member in the project “Fisheries management of Lake Borollus, Egypt” USAID project
1991-1992 Team Member in the project “The status of Pollution: by oil along the coast of the Gulf of Suez and the Mediterranean Sea” ESSO Egypt.
1991-1992 Team Member in the project “Environmental Impact Study; Hurghada, Red Sea” ASAMERA, Egypt Limited.
1996-1997 Team Member in the project “Trophodynamic of the south eastern Mediterranean Sea, Egypt” Final year of USAID project.
1997-1999 Team Member in the project “Development of Fisheries of the Halayb Areas, Red Sea, Egypt” Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Egypt
1999-2001 Co-principle investigator in the project “The environmental impact on Abu Qir Bay Fisheries, Mediterranean Sea, Egypt” National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
2000-2002 Fisheries task leader in the project “Food Production in Freshwater Ecosystem – Fisheries development of Wadi al Rayan Lakes, Fayoum province- Egypt” USAID project
2003-2004 Fisheries task leader in the project “MELMARINA; Monitoring and modeling coastal lagoons: making management tools for aquatic resources in North Africa” EC project
2003-2004 Fisheries task leader in the project “MED-CORE; Mediterranean Coast-River Ecosystems” a comparative and integrated approach to the ecology of Mediterranean coastal zones for sustainable management. EC project
2003- 2005 Fisheries task leader in the project “Sallum Bay - undeveloped fishing ground, Mediterranean Sea, Egypt” National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
2003- 2007 Fisheries task leader in the project “Development of Fish Production in Northern Lakes, Egypt” Academy of Scientific Research and Technology Egypt.
2004 Fisheries Task leader in the project “Benthic Survey of P2 Platforms- Rashid Petroleum Company” National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
2004- 2007 Principle investigator in the project “Assessment of demersal fish off Nile delta region” National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
2005- Fisheries Task leader in the project “Improved fisheries productivity and management in tropical reservoirs- Lake Nasser”. World Fish Center project.
2006 Fisheries Task leader in the project “Biomap of Egyptian Fauna and flora” EEAA, Egyptian Agency for Environmental Affairs.
2006 Principle investigator in the project “Cooperation in the development of a plan for the Integrated Coastal Zone Management of the coastal areas between Matruh and Sallum, Egypt”, funded by the AECI, the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation, and coordinated by the University of Cantabria, Spain, and EEAA, the Egyptian Agency for Environmental Affairs.
2007 Principle investigator in the project “Assessment of fisheries and marine biodiversity of Sallum Gulf within the broader context of Marsa Matrouh coastal area” funded by IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation
2008 Fisheries Task leader in the “EC-SMAP III- ALAMIM Project” for Lake Mariut EC project
REVIEWING:
- “AGE AND GROWTH OF CUTLASSFISHES, TRICHIURUS SPP., FROM SOUTH CHINA SEE” Fisheries Bulletin Journal
- “STUDIES ON LENGTH-WEIGHT AND LENGTH-LENGTH RELATIONSHIPS OF A CATFISH EUTROPIICHTHYES VACHA HAMILTON (SCHILBEIDAE: SILURIFORMES) FROM INDUS RIVER, SINDH, PAKISTAN” Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences
PUBLICATIONS
- “Investigation of the Cichlid’s fishery in Lake Borollus” Internation Conference on Future Aquatic Resources in Arab Region (Feb. 1993)
- “Age and growth of Ribbon Fish Trichiurus japonicus in Kagoshima Bay, Japan” Fisheries Science, 62(4), 529- 533 (1996)
- “Age Composition of Ribbon Fish Trichiurus japonicus in Kagoshima Bay, Japan” Fisheries Science, 62(4), 654- 655 (1996)
- “Stock assessment of sardine in the Egyptian Mediterranean waters by virtual population analysis: case for the coast from Alexandria to Abu Qir, Egypt” Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 4. (3), 2000
- “Catch composition and management of day-time Purse seine (Shansholla) Fishery on the Southern Mediterranean Sea Coast, Abu Qir Bay, Egypt” Mediterranean Marine Science. vol. 2/2, 2001
- “An integrated limnological and acoustic fish study of the new man-made Wadi El-Raiyan Lakes. Fayoum Province, Egypt” presented in the ICES symposium “Acoustics in Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology” France,2002
- “Acoustic size vs. real size relationships for tilapia and mullet species of Wadi Al-Raiyan Lakes” Poster in the ICES symposium “Acoustics in Fisheries and Aquatic Ecology” France, 2002
- “Assessment of purse seine fishery and sardine catch of Gaza Strip” Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research. vol. 30(B), 2004
- “Bottom trawl fisheries in Gaza Strip” Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries. Vol.8 (4), 2004
- “Economic performance of Palestinian trawl fishing fleet in Gaza strip in 1997-2002” Alex. J. Agric. Res. 49 (3), 2004
- “Population dynamics of Boops boops L. from Gaza 1999-2000 and Alexandria Mediterranean Waters in 2003-2004” Alex. J. Agric. Res. 50 (1), 2005
- “Validation of length frequency analysis for Boops boops (Bogue) growth estimation” Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research. Vol. 31 (1) 2005
- “Artisanal fisheries along Alexandria coast FROM MONTAZAH TO AL-ANFOUSHY, Egypt” Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries. Vol.9 (4), 2005
- “Economic Performance of Palestinian Purse Seine Fishing Fleet in Gaza Strip in 1997-2002” Alex. J. Agric. Res. 50 (2), 2005
- “Diversity and distribution of macrobenthos and fish in Abu Qir Bay, Alexandria, Egypt” Paper presented to MEDCORE Project International Conference, held in Florence, Italy from 10-14 November, 2005
- “Population dynamics of Spicara smaris L. from Egyptian Mediterranean Waters near Alexandria” in press.
- “Assessment of Lake Nasser Fisheries” Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research. Vol. 34 (2) 2008.
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
- Supervise a Ph. D. thesis on “STOCK ASSESSMENT & FISHERY MANAGEMENT OF Boops boops IN MEDITERRANEAN WATER OF GAZA STRIP, ALEXANDRIA AND SALOUM- EGYPT” at Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Egypt.
- Supervise a M. Sc. thesis on “ARTISANAL FISHERIES OFF ALEXANDRIA COSTSAL AREA WITH SPECIAL REFRENCE TO THE FISHERY BIOLOGY OF SIGANUS SPP” at Zagazeg University.
- Supervise a Ph. D. thesis on “FISHERY MANAGEMENT FOR EUTHYNIUS ALLETTERATUS – SCOMBERIDAE AT ABUQIR BAY ALEXANDRIA” at Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Egypt.
- Supervise a M. Sc. thesis on “FISHING PORT MANAGEMENT OF OMAN” at Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Alexandria, Egypt.
- Registered as a lecturer in General Authority for Fisheries Resources Development, Egypt. For training program of governmental fisheries centers stuff.
ORGANIZED WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING COURSES
- Participated in the “INTERNATIONAL OCEAN SYMPOSIUM” Tokyo, Nippon Foundation, 1996.
- Attained a training course in ACOUSTIC SURVEY to use SIMRAD EY500 echosounder and EP500 software for analyzing its data and fish abundance and biomass estimation. Wadi AlRaiyan, Egypt, 1999.
- Attend a course in “MANAGEMENT AND USE OF FISH RESOURCES IN INLAND WATER BODIES OF MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES” Saragoza, Spain 2001.
- Attend the first ICAMS Nile Delta workshop “DEVELOPMENT OF AN INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR OPERATIONAL MONITORING & INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF THE NILE DELTA COASTAL ZONE” April 2003, Ismailia, Egypt.
- Attend a workshop of FAO in “FISHERIES STATISTICS” Academy of Science and Technology, Alexandria, Egypt, 2003.
- Attend a 1st course in “COURSE ON THE MARINE RESOURCES SURVEY” Tunisia 2003.
- Participated in the annual workshop of MED-CORE project, Morocco, 2003.
- Attend a workshop in “STATUS OF BIODIVERSITY OF RIVER NILE” British Council, Cairo, Egypt, 2003.
- Attend the Seminar on "USE OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE", 13-25 June 2005, Spain.
- Invited as a keynote speaker in “the INTERNATIONAL ARAB AFRICAN FISH RESOURCES CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION” 28-30 June 2007, Cairo International Convention Center (CICC).
- I assigned from Egyptian government for represent Egypt in General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), Marrakesh, December 2008.
- I assigned from Egyptian government for represent Egypt in Arab Fishery Experts meeting, Tunis, June 2009.
- Membership of ICLARM association (INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR LIVING AQUATIC RESOURCES MANAGEMENT) since 1985.
ACTIVITIES
- Membership of Lake Borollus steering committee. Ministry of Agriculture, General Authority for Fish Resources Development (GAFRD) since 2002.
- Membership of National Fisheries Statistical steering committee. Ministry of Agriculture, General Authority for Fish Resources Development (GAFRD) since 2006.
- Membership of National Tuna steering committee. Ministry of Agriculture, General Authority for Fish Resources Development (GAFRD) 2006-2007.
COMPUTER EXPERIENCES:
Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
Length-Based fish stock assessment FiSAT II
Graphics & GIS: Harvard Graphics and Adobe Photoshop 4&5, ArcView3.
