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Area of Expertise:
- Aquaculture
- Water Quality
- Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture Systems
Experience:
- 1997-present Aquaculture Extension Specialist, University of Hawai‘i
Sea Grant College Program
- 1994-1997 Aquaculture Extension Agent, University of Hawai‘i Sea
Grant College Program
- 1992-1994 NOAA Aquaculture Demonstration Center Project
Manager / Kentucky State Extension Aquaculture Specialist, Kentucky
State University
Education:
- B.A. 1985, Aquaculture, University of Hawai‘i
- M.S. 1988, Zoology, University of Hawai‘i
- Ph.D.1991, Aquaculture and Fisheries Science, Auburn University
Affiliations:
- Sustainable Living Institute of Maui- Steering Committee
- `Ao`ao O Na Loko I`a O Maui (fishpond restoration group)- board member
- World Aquaculture Society- member
- Maui County Farm Bureau- member
- Maui County Mayor’s Agriculture Advisory Committee
- Hawai`i Aquaculture Association-member
Current Projects:
- Sustainable Living Institute of Maui
- Aquaponics Project with University of Arizona
- Aquascience curricula with Kamehameha and Lahainaluna High Schools
- Small Scale Integrated Agriculture-Aquaculture Production
- Feasibility of bivalve culture
- Small scale bio-diesel production
Project Partners:
- Maui County Office of Economic Development: http://www.mauicounty.gov/mayor/economic/
- Maui Community College: http://maui.hawaii.edu/
- Paia Learning Center
- American Samoa Community College: http://www.ascc.as
- University of Arizona: http://www.arizona.edu/
- University of Hawai‘i at Hilo: http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/
- United States Department of Agriculture: http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome
- Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture: http://www.ctsa.org/
- Aquaculture Development Program, State of Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture: http://www.hawaiiaquaculture.org/
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