About Mr. Uri Ben Israel

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Alphalapia General Manager

Uri Ben Israel is a senior fish Farming Consultant and is widely recognized as a leading consultant in the fish farming business. He now has over thirty five years of experience in fish farming and has worked on many projects worldwide. He has extensive experience in developing commercial production methods for the intensive and semi-intensive culture of fish farming in the tropics. His practice includes consultation in farm design, technological innovation, production methods, disease control, training and processing- plant design. In addition he has extensive experience in operations and general project- management issues.

Mr. Ben-Israel got his start, working for 16 years on the Bet-Alfa(Israel) Fishing Industries farm, working his way to management. In the interim he graduated from the Ruppin Institute (Business Administration), went on to earn diplomas in Aquaculture (Academic course sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, Israel.), completed a course in Fish Disease (Nir David National Laboratory for Fish Disease, Israel) and obtained a diploma in International Marketing from the Israel Export Institute.

Mr. Ben Israel is an expert in fish marketing and served as the marketing manager of "Dag She'an" a leading fish processor in Israel. Mr. Ben Israel managed, consulted and oversaw many fish farming initiatives for over thirty-five years in Israel, Jamaica, Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador and more.
Mr. Ben Israel was planning and constructing a red Tilapia fish farm in Jamaica - called "AQUALAPIA".
The annual production of the farm was 4,000 tons of fish. Later on, Mr. Ben Israel managed the farm for three years.