Aquaculture Specialist
Professional designation as provided in the site directive
Presented publicly as Mr. Yitzhak Simon (PhD), International Aquaculture Expert & Consultant.
Professional record
Professional CV
A consolidated professional CV covering education, Ministry of Agriculture advisory work, fish-farm leadership, international feasibility surveys, research topics, and selected publications.
Personal details
- Name: Mr. Yitzhak Simon (PhD)
- Address: Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu, 10810, Israel
- Email: isimon@ysimon.info
- Phone: +972 4-609-6616
- Mobile: +972 50-624-1452
- Born: 20 July 1949, Israel
Languages
- Hebrew — native fluency in reading, writing, and speaking.
- English — working proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking.
Computing
- Computer languages and operating systems.
- Arena simulation software.
- Microsoft Excel and Word.
Education
M.Sc. / M.A. in Agricultural Engineering
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
Thesis: “Reaching economic goals with recirculating aquaculture systems: Integrating design, production, and management.” Guided by Prof. Dan Zaslavski and Dr. Rami Guetta, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
B.A. in Economics and Business Administration
Bar-Ilan University
Undergraduate training in economics and business administration.
Full matriculation
Israel
Completed secondary education.
Selected professional courses
- 2010 — Instruction Methods Course, Ministry of Agriculture.
- 2006 — Directors Course, Inter-Kibbutz Industry Association.
- 2005 — Management Course, Ministry of Agriculture.
- 2002 — Communicative Arabic Course, Ulpan Akiva.
- 1998 — Computer courses: Excel 5 and Word.
- 1998 — Agricultural quality management for instructors.
- 1998 — Agricultural quality management for Shaham managers.
- 1996 — Basic Instruction Methods Course, Ministry of Agriculture.
Military service
1967–1970 — Military service
Served in the Paratroopers Nahal and the Nahal reconnaissance unit in Paran.
Professional background
Fish-farm technician and operations roles
Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu Fish Farm
Began work after military service as a technician and staff member in fish-farm operations.
Branch coordinator and production team manager
Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu Fish Farm
Managed a team of approximately ten people. Developed the tilapia fingerling hatching branch, managed fingerling export to farms worldwide, cultivated tilapia breeding groups, and advanced commercial fish-farm infrastructure.
Industrialized fish-farm project
Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu
Built one of Israel’s first industrialized aquaculture projects, advancing semi-closed and intensive production concepts.
National Extension Specialist and Department Manager
Shaham, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
Worked with Israel’s fish growers as a national guide and advisor. Managed the fish-farming department, organized professional study days, grower tours, training for new growers, international farmer tours, and annual national conferences.
Editor of Diyag Umidga
Israeli aquaculture sector
Edited Diyag Umidga, a fish-farming bulletin with more than 50 years of sector history, now distributed digitally to approximately 1,500 addresses.
Research and professional topics
- Development of grouper aquaculture in Israel.
- Solutions for ornamental-fish virus challenges.
- Research on snails in fish ponds.
- Fish nutrition studies.
- Industrialized aquaculture as a central topic in Israel and globally, with high involvement in advancing the field together with Ministry teams.
International surveys and advisory missions
- Aquaculture feasibility surveys in Ghana, Ethiopia, and Kenya, commissioned through the Ministries of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs.
- Local feasibility survey in Ohio, USA, for establishing industrialized hybrid striped bass aquaculture.
- Participation in international commercial exhibitions to promote sales and professional collaboration.
Selected publications
Culture and marketing of tilapia in Israel
Yitzhak Simon
Aquaculture Magazine, official journal of the Israeli Aquaculture Organization
Industrialize Aquaculture in Semi-Closed Recirculating Fish Farm at Kibbutz Sde-Eliyahu
Yitzhak Simon
Aquaculture Magazine, 49(3), official journal of the Israeli Aquaculture Organization
TILAPIA – Growth in concrete tanks, Sde Eliyahu fish-farm
Yitzhak Simon
Aquaculture Magazine, official journal of the Israeli Aquaculture Organization
Tilapia fingerlings in their first year: The Israeli method
Yitzhak Simon
Aquaculture Magazine, official journal of the Israeli Aquaculture Organization
Integration of fish culture and irrigation reservoirs
Yitzhak Simon
Aquaculture Magazine
Integration of Agri-Aquaculture Systems – The Israeli Experience
Sagiv Kolkovski, Gideon Hulata, Yitzhak Simon, Ran Segev, Avi Koren
Professional publication on integrated Israeli agri-aquaculture systems
Desert Aquaculture
Sagiv Kolkovski, Gideon Hulata, Yitzhak Simon, Avi Koren
Aquaculture – Farming Aquatic Animals, edited by John S. Lucas, Centre of Marine Studies, University of Queensland
Reaching economic goals with recirculating aquaculture systems: Integrating design, production, and management
Yitzhak Simon
M.Sc. thesis, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
A novel computer simulation model for design and management of recirculating aquaculture systems
I. Halachmi, Y. Simon, R. Guetta, E. M. Hallerman
Aquacultural Engineering, 32(3–4), 443–464
Developing a simulation model of recirculating aquaculture systems: A Tilapia case study
I. Halachmi, Y. Simon, R. Guetta
Aquaculture Magazine, 5:745–758, peer-reviewed process
Simulation model for finding the optimal layout and management regime for growing Hybrid Striped Bass in a recirculating aquaculture system at Sde Troumot
Y. Simon, I. Halachmi
Aquaculture Magazine, 4:914–931, peer-reviewed process, publication number 714/2005
Applying a simulation model for optimal design and management of recirculating aquaculture systems rearing Tilapia
I. Halachmi, I. Simon
Official journal of the Israeli Aquaculture Organization, Hebrew, 35(1):647–649
Developing a simulation model aiming for design and management of recirculating aquaculture systems
I. Halachmi, Y. Simon, R. Guetta
Mashov Chkalaot, special livestock edition, August 2005, Hebrew, pp. 8–9
Computer Simulation for Design and Management of Recirculating Aquaculture Systems
I. Halachmi, Y. Simon, E. M. Hallerman
Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture, Roanoke, Virginia, pp. 238–247
Simulation model for finding the optimal layout and management regime for growing hybrid striped bass in recirculating aquaculture system
I. Halachmi, Y. Simon, Y. Edan
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture, Roanoke, Virginia, pp. 479–483
Aquaculture system engineering – novel simulation model for designing and managing RAS
I. Halachmi, Y. Simon, R. Guetta
Proceedings of the annual conference of the Israel Association for Agricultural Engineering, Hebrew
Developing simulation model for designing a RAS
I. Halachmi, Y. Simon
Proceedings of the 10th annual conference of the Israeli Association for Aquaculture, Eilat, pp. 26–27, Hebrew
What is “recirculating aquaculture system”
Y. Simon, I. Halachmi
Proceedings of the 10th annual conference of the Israeli Association for Aquaculture, Eilat, p. 28, Hebrew
Fish-growth based simulation model for recirculating aquaculture system
I. Halachmi, Y. Simon
Proceedings of the 8th Annual Dan Popper Symposium, Eilat, p. 21
Applying simulation-based management tool in aquaculture
Y. Simon, I. Halachmi
Proceedings of the 8th Annual Dan Popper Symposium, Eilat, p. 20
Simulation modelling the re-circulating aquaculture system
I. Halachmi, Y. Simon
AgEng 2004 Conference: Engineering the Future, Leuven, Belgium, pp. 608–609
Characterization of the operational model and optimal management of a Recirculation Aquaculture System (RAS)
Y. Simon, R. Guetta, D. Zaslavski, I. Halachmi
Proceedings of the annual conference of the Israel Association for Agricultural Engineering, Technion, Haifa
Simulation model for finding the optimal layout and management regime for growing Hybrid Striped Bass in a recirculation aquaculture system
I. Halachmi, Y. Simon, Y. Edan
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture, Roanoke, Virginia, p. 479
Series of Hebrew articles in aquaculture subjects
Yitzhak Simon
Hebrew aquaculture professional publications