Dr. Amararatne Yakupitiyage

Position
Adjunct Faculty
Unit
Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management, Department of Food, Agriculture, and Bioresources
Contact Info
QUALIFICATION
AREA OF EXPERTISE
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS
Ph.D. (Aquaculture), University of Stirling, Scotland, 1989
M.Sc. (Aquaculture), Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand 1984
B.Sc. (Zoology), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 1979
- Aquaculture systems development
- Aquaculture nutrition and energetics
- Fish feed technology and Aqua-feed business
- Fish Pocessing Technologies (small-scale)
- Systems approach for aquatic/ coastal resources management
- Community based/ participatory resources development and management
- Logical Framework Approach (LFA)
- Systems modeling
- Life Cycle Assessment (Aquaculture)
- Outcome-based curriculum development
- Chemistry/ Biology/ Biochemistry (specially UG level courses).
- Pavarot Noranarttragoon, Piyachok Sinanan, Nantachai Boonjohn, Pakjuta Khemakorn and Amararatne Yakupitiyage (2013) The FAD fishery in the Gulf of Thailand: time for management measures. Aquatic Living Resources, DOI: 10.1051/alr/2013045
- Milali Ernest Machumu & Amararatne Yakupitiyage (2013) Effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas in Managing the Drivers of Ecosystem Change: A Case of Mnazi Bay Marine Park, Tanzania. Ambio 42(3): 369-380 Impact Factor = 2.03
- Dok Doma and Amararatne Yakupitiyage (2012) A policy alternative for lagoon management: case study of Sre Ambel coastal marine fisheries, Cambodia. Journal of Coastal Conservation, 15(1): 23-35.
- Plaipetch P, Yakupitiyage A (2012) Use of Yeast-Fermented Canola Meal to Replace Fishmeal in the Diet of Asian Sea Bass Lates Calcarifer (Bloch, 1790). Journal of Aquaculture Research and Development 3:125 doi:10.4172/2155-9546.1000125
- Pichet Plaipetch & Amararatne Yakupitiyage (2012) Effect of replacing soybean meal with yeastfermented canola meal on growth and nutrient retention of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus 1758). Aquaculture Research, 2012, 1–10 doi:10.1111/are.12119
- AIT support to National University of Laos, 2010 2012 – Fisheries Curriculum Development (with Dr. W. Gallardo); 1.5 m Baht (Sida funded)
- Mangroves for the Future (MFF) Programme; Programme of Work #7.1; National capacity and training needs assessments for different stakeholder groups in order to identify gaps, needs, and strengths and opportunities for building capacity in Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) 2007 – 2008(USD 160,250)
- CABI International Aquaculture Compendium (2004 – 2005) (USD 23,574)
- Aquatic Peri-urban Systems in Southeast Asia (PAPUSSA). This project is funded by the European Commission (2003 – 2005) (EURO 79,400)
- Managing Pesticides in vegetable systems in South-east Asia: combining Environment and Trade (MAPET). This project is funded by European Commission (2004 – 2005) (EURO 52,130)