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Area of Expertise:
- Aquatic food production systems
- Culture of food and ornamental fishes, invertebrates and plants
Experience:
- 2000-present Affiliate Faculty of Aquaculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
- 1999-present Aquaculture Extension Specialist, University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program
- 1998-1999 Visiting Associate Professor of Marine Science, Department of Marine Science, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
- 1991-1998 Associate Researcher, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai‘i
- 1985-1991 Assistant Researcher, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai‘i
- 1984-1988 Instructor, Windward Community College, University of Hawai‘i
- 1984-1985 Aquatic Biologist, State of Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources
- 1979-1984 Research Scientist/Program Manager, The Oceanic Institute and Oceanic Consultants, Inc.
- 1978-1979 Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Hawai‘i
Education:
- B.S. 1968 Zoology, University of Wisconsin
- 1969-1972 NDEA Title IV Graduate Fellow
- M.S.1972 Biological Oceanography, University of Hawai‘i
- Ph.D.1976 Biological Oceanography, University of Hawai‘i
Affiliations:
- World Aquaculture Society
- Network of Tropical Aquaculture Scientists
- Hawai‘i Aquaculture Association
- Big Island Aquarium Society
- American Fisheries Society
- American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
- Hawai‘i Academy of Science
Current Projects:
- In partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture, a project aimed at improvement of fish stocks and management practices for tilapia producers is beginning its second year.
Project Partners:
- University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
- Pacific Aquaculture & Coastal Resources Center: http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/~pacrc/bigisaquapg/index.html
- The College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management: http://hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/cafnrm/
- College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/ctahr2001/
- Hawaii Community College: http://hawaii.hawaii.edu/
- The Department of Research and Development, County of Hawaii: http://www.hawaii-county.com/directory/dir_research.htm
- United States Department of Agriculture
- Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/
- The Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture: http://www.ctsa.org/
- State of Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture
- Aquaculture Development Program: http://www.hawaiiaquaculture.org/
- Plant Quarantine Branch: http://www.hawaiiag.org/hdoa/pi_pq_import.htm
- Anuenue Fisheries Research Center, Division of Aquatic Resources, State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources: http://www.hawaii.gov/dlnr/dar/library/afrc.htm
- Businesses
- Tropical Ponds Hawaii
- Honomu Aquatics
- Day2 Enterprises
- Kauai Sustainable Agroecological Systems
- Romy's Kahuku Prawn & Fish, Inc.
- Molokai Sea Farms: http://www.broodstock.com/
- Mokuleia Aquafarm
- Hawaii Fish Company
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