Thomas E. Adams
Title: Professor, Dept. Of Animal Sciences
Institution: Univ. of California Davis
Degrees: B.S., Washington State Univ.
M.S., Washington State Univ
Ph.D., Colorado State Univ.
Topics: Aquaculture-Endocrinology
Stan Allen
Title: Assistant Professor
Institution: Haskins Shellfish Lab, Rutgers Univ.
Office Phone: (609) 785-0074
Home Phone: (609) 785-1802
E-mail: sallen@gandalf.rutgers.edu
Degrees: B.S., Franklin & Marshall
M.S., Univ. of Maine
Ph.D., Univ. of Washington
Topics: Aquaculture; fisheries; genetic breeding.
Roger Arndt:
Title: Professor
Institution: Univ. of Minnesota
Office Phone: (612) 627-4012
Degrees: B.C.E. City College of New York
S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Topics: Aeration research; hydrologic forecasting.
Bruce Barber
Title: Professor, Dept. of Animal Veterinary and Aquatic Science.
Institution: Univ. of Maine
Office Phone: (207) 581-2783
Degrees: B.S., Ohio State Univ.
Ph.D., Univ. of South Florida
Topics: Shellfish biology; Physiological Ecology of Marine Bivalves;
fisheries science.
Roland Barnaby
Title: Marine Educator, Maine/New Hampshire Sea Grant Program
Institution: Univ. of New Hampshire
Office Phone: (603) 679-5616
Home Phone: (603) 436-0198
E-mail: rollie.barnaby@unh.edu
Degrees: B.ED., Plymouth State College
M.ED., Univ. of New Hampshire
Topics: Marine mammal/fishing gear interactions; Northwest Atlantic
Hagfish fishery; harbor porpoise entanglements in gill nets and acoustic
deterrents; Gulf of Maine commercial fisheries; aquaculture; fisheries
issues in general; fisheries cooperatives; conflict resolution.
Terence P. Barry
Title: Researcher, Dept. of food sciences
Institution: Univ. of Wisconsin
Office Phone: (608) 263-1242
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Wisconsin
M.S., Univ. of Hawaii- Hawaiian Institute of Marine Biology
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Topics: Effects of selected hormones and male cohorts on steroid production;
final oocyte maturation and ovulation in walleye.
Chris Bartlett
Title: Finfish Aquaculture Specialist
Institution: Washington Tech. College
Office Phone: (207) 853-2518
Home Phone: (207) 853-6016
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Maine at Orono
Topics: Alternate aquaculture finfish species in northern New England.
Brian Beal
Title: Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences
Institution: Univ. of Maine at Machias
Office Phone: (207) 255-3313
Home Phone: (207) 255-8442
E-mail: b.beal@maine.maine.edu
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Maine at Machias
M.S., Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D., University of Maine at Orono
Topics: Bi-valve culture and field grow-out; biology and decline of
Maine's soft-shell clam population
Howard A. Bern
Title: Professor of Integrative Biology
Institution: Univ. of California Berkeley
Degrees: B.A., Univ. of California Los Angeles
M.A., Univ. of California Los Angeles
Ph.D., Univ. of California Los Angeles
Topics: Endocrinology
Christopher Bidwell
Title: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Animal Sciences
Institution: Purdue Univ.
Degrees: B.S., Purdue Univ.
M.S., Purdue Univ.
Ph.D., Univ. of California Davis
Topics: Expression of the vitellogenin receptor in fish oocytes.
Fred P. Binkowski
Title: Advisory Services
Aquaculture Specialist
Institution: Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Office Phone: (414)382-1700
FAX: (414) 382-1705
Home Phone: (414) 457-2690
Degrees: B.A., Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
M.S., Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Topics: Aquaculture; business development; fisheries management; Great
Lakes.
Stephen Boyle
Title: Professor
Institution: Virginia/Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Degrees: B.S., Rutgers Univ.
M.S., Univ. of Rhode Island
Ph.D., Rutgers State Univ.
Topics: Development of Polymerase chain; Reaction technique for the
detection of mycobacteriosis in hybrid striped bass.
Jane C. Burns
Title: Co-director, Kawasaki Research Center
Institution: Univ. of California at San Diego
Degrees: B.A., Wesleyan Univ.
MD. Univ. of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Topics: Kawasaki syndrome; Aquaculture
Thomas Caceci
Title: Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Institution: Virginia/Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.
Office Phone: (703) 231-7666
Home Phone: (703) 951-5053
E-mail: elitist@vt.edu
Degrees: B.A., Kenyon College
Ph.D., Georgetown Univ.
Topics: Genetic engineering of crustaceans; development of artificial
antifreeze proteins; structure-function relations of aquatic animals.
Donatella M. Casirola
Title: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. Of Physiology
Institution: New Jersey Medical School
Office Phone: (201) 982-4519
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Pavia
Ph.D., Univ. of Pavia
Topics: Thiamin Transport
James Cato
Title: Director, Florida Sea Grant College Program
Institution: Univ. of Florida
Office Phone: (904) 392-5870
Home Phone: (904)378-6542
E-mail: jcc@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
Degrees: B.S., Texas Tech Univ.
M.S., Texas Tech Univ.
Ph.D., Univ of Florida
Topics: Economics of Florida's coastal resources; composting and using
by products from blue crab and calico scallop processing plants in Florida;
hard clam culture.
Ted M. Cavender
Title: Curator of fishes
Institution: Ohio State Univ.
Degrees: B.S., Union College
Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago
Topics: Fossil history of North American freshwater fishes; taxonomy
and distribution of the bull trout.
Thomas T. Chen
Title: Professor, Biological sciences
Institution: Univ. of Maryland
Office Phone: (301) 783-4830
Degrees: B.Sc., National Chung-hsing Univ.
M.A., State Univ. of New York
Ph.D., Univ. of Alberta
Topics: Growth hormones; growth factor genes in finfish and shellfish;
molecular toxicology.
Kenneth K. Chew
Title: Professor, School of Fisheries
Institution: Univ. of Washington
Office Phone: (206) 543-4290
E-mail: kchew@fish.washington.edu
Degrees: B.A.,Chico State College
M.S., Univ. of Washington
Ph.D., Univ. of Washington
Topics: Development of hatchery and aquaculture techniques, including
enhancement and grow-out, for bi-valve shellfish; global and national aquaculture
of clams oysters, abalone; Developed the triploid "year-round" oyster.
Ted Cooney
Title: Fisheries Oceanographer
Institution: Institute of Marine Science. School of Fisheries and Ocean
Sciences, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks
Office Phone: (907) 474-7407
Home Phone: (907) 479-3629
E-mail: ffrtc@aurora.alaska.edu
Degrees: B.S.,Univ. Of Washington
M.S., Univ. of Washington
Ph.D., Univ. of Washington
Topics: Salmon biology and life cycle, salmon hatcheries; marine ecology;
biological and fisheries oceanography; effect of oil pollution on salmon
R. LeRoy Creswell
Title: Head, Dept. of Tropical Aquaculture
Institution: Dept. of Tropical Aquaculture, Florida
Office Phone: (407) 465-2400
Degrees: B.A., Univ. of Miami
M.S., Frostburg State Univ.
Topics: Cultivation of the American Oyster;
King Crab mariculture technology in Antigua
Angela Cristini
Title: Professor, Dept. of Biology
Institution: Ramapo College
Office Phone: (201) 529-7724
Degrees: Ph.D., City Univ. of New York
Topics: Crustaceans-Effects of pollutants.
David Culver
Title: Associate Professor of Zoology
Institution: Ohio State Univ.
Office Phone: (614) 292-6995
Home Phone: (614) 459-2326
E-mail: dculver@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Degrees: B.A., Cornell Univ.
M.S., Univ. of Washington
Ph.D., Univ. of Washington
Topics: Interaction among nutrient inputs, plankton dynamics, and recruitment
and aquaculture of larval fish; impact of zebra mussels on pelagic food
webs in Lake Erie; effect of phosphorous fertilization on productivity
of an acid impacted reservoir after liming.
Konrad Dabrowski
Title: Professor of Natural Resources
Institution: Ohio State Univ.
Office Phone: (614) 292-4555
Home Phone: (614) 538-1052
E-mail: kdabrows@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Degrees: M.S., Agriculture Univ., Poland
Ph.D., Agriculture Univ.
D.Sc., Agriculture Univ.
Topics: Biochemical change in early life history in fish; nutrient
(amino acid, fatty acid, vitamin) requirements in fish; reproductive physiology
and toxicology of fish; fish nutrition; fish production.
Margaret A. Davidson
Title: Executive Director
Institution: South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
Office Phone: (803) 727-2078
Home Phone: (803) 577-6133
E-mail: davidsma@musc.edu
Degrees: B.A., Louisiana State Univ.
J.D., Louisiana State University Law Center
M.M.A., Univ. of Rhode Island
Topics: Sea-level rise; sustainable economic development; aquaculture;
marine resource policy and economics; wetlands.
M. Richard DeVoe
Title: Associate Director
Institution: South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
Office Phone: (803) 727-2078
Home Phone: (803) 795-9143
Degrees: A.A., Rockland Community College
B.S., Fairleigh Dickinson Univ.
M.A., City College of New York
M.M.A., Univ. of Rhode Island
Topics: Natural Resource Policy and management with special interest
in marsh management; impoundments and estuaries; aquaculture and regulatory
aspects of aquaculture development.
James Diana
Title: Professor, School of Natural Resources and Environment
Institution: Univ. of Michigan
Office Phone: (313)763-5834
Degrees: B.S., California State Univ. Long Beach, M.A., California
State Univ.
Ph.D., Univ. of Alberta
Topics: Biology and ecology of fishes; Energy storage, growth, and
maturation in Yellow Perch.
Serge Doroshov
Title: Professor, Dept. of Animal Sciences
Institution: Univ. of California Davis
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Moscow
Ph.D., Institute of Oceanology
Topics: Reproduction and development of white sturgeon; aquaculture.
Brian Doyle
Title: Associate Director and Marine Advisory Service Leader, Maine/New
Hampshire Sea Grant Program
Institution: Univ. of New Hampshire
Office Phone: (603) 749-1565
Home Phone: (603) 868-5393
E-mail: brian.doyle@unh.edu
Degrees: B.S., State Univ. of New York
M.S., State Univ. of New York
Topics: Atlantic salmon restoration; coastal erosion and protection;
aquaculture
A.G. Eversole
Title: Professor
Institution: Clemson Univ., Dept of Aquaculture, Fisheries and Wildlife
Office Phone: (803) 656-5328
Home Phone: (803) 654-6069
E-mail: agvrs@clemson.edu
Degrees: B.S., Pennsylvania State Univ.
M.S., Syracuse Univ.
Ph.D., Syracuse Univ.
Topics: Effect of temperature on feeding activity of White River crayfish;
status of distocambarus younineri; nutrient dynamics in crayfish
culture ponds; fish species -crayfish, clams, eels, blue-back herring;
aquaculture.
John W. Ewart
Title: Aquaculture Specialist, Univ. of Delaware Sea Grant Marine Advisory
Service
Institution: Univ. of Delaware Graduate College of Marine Studies
Office Phone: (302) 645-4060
Home Phone: (302) 645-8291
E-mail: john.ewart@mvs.udel.edu
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Rhode Island
M.S., Univ. of Delaware
Topics: Aquaculture development; production systems, waste management,
and information management; shellfish and finfish aquacultutre; aquaculture
technology transfer and training; fisheries and marine resource development.
James Falk
Title: Univ. of Delaware Sergeant Marine Advisory Service
Institution: Univ. of Delaware
Degrees: B.A., Texas Tech. Univ.
M.Ag., Texas A&M Univ.
Topics: Coastal resource planning and management, human dimensions
of recreation participation, and coastal tourism marketing.
Ronaldo P. Ferraris
Title: Professor, Dept. of Physiology
Institution: New Jersey Medical School
Office Phone: (201) 982-4519
Degrees: B.S., Xavier Univ.
M.S., Univ. of Hawaii
Ph.D., Univ. of Hawaii
Topics: Gastrointestinal Physiology
George J. Flick, Jr.
Title: Professor, Food Science and Technology
Institution: Virginia Tech
Office Phone: (703) 231-6965
Home Phone: (703) 552-0307
E-mail: seag@vtvmcc.vt.edu
Degrees: B.A., Louisiana State Univ.
M.S., Louisiana State Univ.
Ph.D., Louisiana State Univ.
Topics: Food Safety (chemical and microbiological), with special interest
in emerging pathogens such as Listeria and E. coli; quality
assurance programs; seafood processing technology; seafood biochemistry.
Gef Flimlin
Title: Marine Agent
Institution: New Jersey Sea Grant Marine Advisory Service, Rutgers
Cooperative Extension
Office Phone: (908) 349-1152
Home Phone: (609) 652-2909
E-mail: flimlin@aesop.rutgers.edu
Degrees: B.S., St.Peter's College
M.S., C.W. Post College
Topics: Commercial fisheries, aquaculture; shellfish and finfish culture;
seafood marketing.
Susan Ford
Title: Associate Research Professor
Institution: Haskins Research Lab, Rutgers Univ.
Office Phone: (609) 785-0074
Home Phone: (609) 447-4165
E-mail: sford@gandalf.rutgers.edu
Degrees: B.S., Rutgers Univ.
Ph.D., Duke Univ.
Topics: Invertebrate (mollusk) diseases and parasites; MSX and Dermo
disease resistance; oyster parasites and diseases; resistant oyster strains.
Joe Fox
Title: Technical Advisor Ladex
Institution: Texas A&M Univ.
Degrees: B.S., Southwest Texas State Univ.
Ph.D., Texas A&M Univ.
Topics: Crustacean aquaculture; design, operation, and training manual
for an intensive culture shrimp hatchery; Oyster depuration in a closed
recirculating system.
Paul A. Fuerst
Title: Professor, Molecular Genetics & Zoology
Institution: Ohio State Univ.
Degrees: A.B., Manhattan College
M.S., Brown Univ.
Ph.D., Brown Univ.
Topics: Molecular biology and evolution; genetics of captive and national
populations of endangered lake victoria cichlids.
Patrick Gaffney
Title: Associate Professor, Marine Biology and Biochemistry
Institution: Univ. of Delaware Graduate College of Marine Studies
Office Phone: (302) 645-4364
Home Phone: (302) 645-1151
E-mail: patrick.gaffney@mvs.udel.edu
Degrees: A.B., Univ. of California
Ph.D., State Univ. of New York
Topics: Development of oysters resistant to MSX and Dermo diseases;
development of gene library and DNA markers for identification of disease-resistant
genes in eastern oyster; use of genetic markers for stock identification
in commercially important finfish and shellfish and for evaluating success
of artificial enhancement of California red abalone populations.
Marie Lee Gallagher
Title: Professor
Institution: East Carolina Univ.
Office Phone: (919) 757-6752
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Tennessee
M.S., Univ. of Florida
Ph.D., Univ. Of California
Topics: Nutrient requirements of the lobster and nutrition pathology;
nutrition and nutritional diseases of freshwater temperate fishes.
Scott M. Gallagher
Title: Assistant Scientist, Biology Dept.
Institution: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Office Phone: (508) 457-2000 ext. 2783
Home Phone: (508) 563-3207
E-mail: sgallagher@whoi.edu
Degrees: B.A., Alfred Univ.
M.S., Long Island Univ.
Ph.D., Boston Univ.
Topics: Aquaculture; ecology; fisheries; hazards; zebra mussels; oceanography;
embryonic and larval development in marine fish; predator-prey interactions
between larval fish and microzooplankton.
Donald C. Garling Jr.
Title: Professor, Fisheries and Wildlife
Institution: Michigan State Univ.
Office Phone: (517) 353-1989
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Dayton
M.S., Eastern Kentucy Univ.
Ph.D., Mississippi State Univ.
Topics: Biochemistry and physiology of trout
Roger E. Garrett
Title: Director, Aquaculture and Fisheries Program
Institution: Univ. of California Davis
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Missouri
M.S., Univ of Missouri
Ph.D., Cornell Univ.
Topics: Lobster culture system; aquaculture and fisheries
Arthur Gee
Title: Professor, Biology Department
Institution: Lutheran Univ.
Office Phone: (206) 535-7496
Degrees: B.S., Purdue Univ.
M.S., Purdue Univ.
Ph.D. Purdue Univ.
Topics: Molecular identification of shellfish pathogens
Clifford A. Goudey
Title: Fisheries Engineer; Project Director of Center of Fisheries
Engineering
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Office Phone: (617) 253-7079
Home Phone: (617) 241-8714
E-mail: cgoudey@mit.edu
Degrees: B.A., Univ. of Maine
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Topics: Aquaculture pens; underwater vehicle design; human-powered
submarines; trawls and nets; fisheries engineering; by-catch; commercial
and environmental economics.
Jeff Gunderson
Title: Professor, Fisheries; Aquaculture Extension Coordinator
Institution: Univ. of Minnesota Sea Grant
Office Phone: (218) 726-8715
Home Phone: (218) 727-0188
E-mail: jgunderson@mes.umn.edu
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; M.S., Univ. of Wisconsin
Topics: Aquaculture in cold climates; raising and marketing crayfish;
exotic species-zebra mussels and ruffle; exotic species outreach education
efforts.
Perry B. Hackett
Title: Professor, Dept. of Genetics and Cell Biology
Institution: Univ. of Minnesota
Office Phone: (612) 624-6736
Degrees: B.S., Stanford Univ.
M.S., Univ. of Colorado, Denver
Ph.D., Univ. of Colorado, Denver
Topics: Growth Hormones
Steve C. Harbell
Title: Area Marine Resources Agent
Institution: Washington Sea Grant Program, Univ. of Washington, Cooperative
extension, Washington State Univ.
Office Phone: (206) 875-9331
Home Phone: (206) 249-4968
E-mail: sharbell@u.washington.edu
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Washington
M.S., Univ. of Washington
Topics: Fishing Vessel Safety; sustainable development in stressed,
rural coastal economies.
Reginal Harrell
Title: Associate Professor
Institution: Univ. of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies, Horn
Point Environmental Laboratory, and Maryland Sea Grant Extension
Office Phone: (410) 228-8200
Home Phone: (410) 476-5143
E-mail: harrel@hpel.umd.edu
Degrees: B.S., Clemson Univ.
M.S., Clemson Univ.
Ph.D., Univ. of South Carolina
Topics: Conservation; quantitative and population genetics; fish physiology,
nutrition, and aquaculture; climate and hazards; resource policy.
Larry G. Harris
Title: Professor, Dept. of Zoology
Institution: Univ. of New Hampshire
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of California, Berkeley
M.S., Hawaii Inst. Of Marine Biology
Ph.D., Univ. of California, Berkeley
Topics: Marine Biology
Ronald P. Hedrick
Title: Professor and Aquaculturist
Institution: Univ. of California, Davis
Office Phone: (916) 758-1097
E-mail: rphedrick@ucdavis.edu
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Oregon
B.S., Oregon State Univ.
Ph.D., Oregon State Univ.
Topics: Control of White Sturgeon iridovirus; diseases of cultured
fish and shellfish.
Nona Henderson
Title: Extension Specialist, Seafood Marketing
Institution: Rutgers Univ. Cooperative Extension
Office Phone: (908) 932-8087
Home Phone: (908) 821-2468
E-mail: henderson@aesop.rutgers.edu
Degrees: B.A., Wellesley College
M.M.A., Univ. of Washington
Topics: Seafood Waste Utilization; aquaculture marketing; seafood safety;
seafood processing and product development.
William Hernkind
Title: Biology Professor
Institution: Florida State Univ.
Office Phone: (904) 644-6882
Home Phone: (904) 877-1084
Degrees: B.S., State Univ. of New York, Albany; M.S., Univ. of Miami
Ph.D., Univ. of Miami
Topics: Spiny lobster recruitment in the Florida Keys. Leading Authority
on the Carribean Spiny Lobster.
William K. Hershberber
Title: Professor, School of Fisheries
Institution: Univ. of Washington
Office Phone: (206) 685-2881
E-mail: wkh@fish.washington.edu
Degrees: B.S., Juniata College
M.S., Pennsylvania State Univ.
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State Univ.
Topics: Genetics of BKD disease resistance Chinook salmon; endangered
species; salmon; genetic markers to identify specific salmonid stocks;
chromosome set manipulation, e.g., triploidy and tetraploidy, to develop
salmonid stocks for aquaculture.
Doris T. Hicks
Title: Seafood Technology Specialist
Institution: University of Delaware
Degrees: B.S., Rutgers Univ.
M.S., Univ. of Delaware
Topics: Seafood Safety and processing, sensory evaluation, and produce
development.
Ronald G. Hodson
Title: Associate Director; Aquaculture Specialist; Associate Professor
of Zoology
Institution: North Carolina Sea Grant College Program; North Carolina
State Univ.
Office Phone: (919) 515-2454
Home Phone: (919) 362-7840
E-mail: ronald hodson@ncsu.edu
Degrees: B.S., Manchester College
M.S., Univ. of Arkansas
Ph.D., Texas A&M Univ.
Topics: Finfish Aquaculture, particularly hybrid striped bass.
G. Joan Holt
Title: Associate Professor; Research Scientist
Institution: Univ. of Texas at Austin
Office Phone: (512) 749-6716
E-mail: joan@utmi.zo.utexas.edu
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Texas at Arlington
M.A., Univ. of Texas at Arlington
Ph.D., Texas A&M Univ.
Topics: Marine and larval aquaculture; brown tide and salinity effect
on larval growth; recruitment of young redfish to their base; ornamental
fish culture; closed system marine aquaculture; red drum aquaculture.
Theresa T. Hrubec
Title: Professor
Institution: VA/MD Veterinary School
Degrees: B.S., George Washington Univ.
B.A., George Washington Univ.
M.S., George Washington Univ.
Ph.D., VA/MD Veterinary School
Topics: Reference intervals for hybrid striped bass; comparison of
culture system and type of hybrid.
Xiaohang Huang
Title: Professor- Marine Biology
Institution: University of New Hampshire
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Quingdao, China
M.Sc., Institute of Oceanology
D.Sc., Univ. of Paris
Topics: Algae; Primary producers.
Anne Kapuscinski
Title: Aquaculture Specialist
Professor of Fisheries
Institution: Univ. of Minnesota
Office Phone: (612) 624-3019
Home Phone: (612) 647-0694
E-mail: ark@finsandfur.fw.umn.edu
Degrees: B.A., Swarthmore College
M.S., Oregon State Univ.
Ph.D., Oregon State Univ.
Topics: Biotechnology public policy; genetic diversity within fish
stocks; genetics of fish species used in aquaculture.
Philip Kemp
Title: Seafood Marketing and Aquaculture Specialist
Institution: North Carolina Sea Grant Marine Advisory Service
Office Phone: (919) 247-4007
Home Phone: (919) 247-5444
E-mail: skip kemp@ncsu.edu
Degrees: B.S., Auburn Univ.
M.S., Auburn Univ.
Topics: Shellfish aquaculture-oysters, clams, and scallops, including
use of an innovative method he developed for raising oysters at the water's
surface; seafood marketing.
Ron Kinnunen
Title: District Extension Sea Grant Extension
Institution: Michigan State Univ., Univ. of Michigan
Office Phone: (906) 228-4830
Home Phone: (906) 225-1899
E-mail: kinnunen@msuces.canr.msu.edu
Degrees: B.S., Michigan State Univ.
M.S., Michigan State Univ.
Ph.D., Candidate, Michigan Technological Univ.
Topics: Climatic effects on Lake herring recruitment in Lake Superior;
fish diseases and contaminants; Great Lakes commercial fisheries; underwater
preserves; exotic species (ruffe, zebra mussels, sea lamprey).
Armand Kuris
Title: Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences
Institution: Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
Degrees: B.S., Tulane Univ.
M.A., Univ. of California, Berkeley
Ph.D., Univ. of California, Berkeley
Topics: Parasites; Crustaceans; Fisheries
Marsha M. Landoit
Title: Professor, School of Fisheries
Institution: Univ. of Washington
Office Phone: (608) 263-1242
Degrees: B.S., Baylor Univ.
M.S., Univ. of Oklahoma
Ph.D., George Washington Univ.
Topics: Characterization of the infectious hematopietic necrosis virus
glycoprotein using neutralizing monoclonal antibodies.
Hans Laufer
Title: Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology
Institution: University of Connecticut
Office Phone: (203) 486-4117
Home Phone: (203) 644-3311
Degrees: B.S., City College of the City Univ. of New York
M.S., Brooklyn City College of the City Univ. of New York
Ph.D., Cornell Univ.
Topics: Reproductive endocrinology of crustacea and other invertebrates
as applied to aquaculture; developmental biology of invertebrates.
Addison L. Lawrence
Title: Professor, College of Science & Technology
Institution: Texas A&M Univ.
Degrees: B.S., Southeast Missouri State
M.A., Univ. of Missouri
Ph.D., Univ. of Missouri
Topics: Culture of Marine Shrimp: Principles and Practices; Panaeid
Shrimp Nutrition.
Phillip G. Lee
Title: Professor, Marine Biomedical
Institution: Marine Biomedical Inst., Univ. of Texas Medical Branch
Office Phone: (409) 772-2133
E-mail: lee@mbian.utmb.edu
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Oklahoma
M.S., Univ. of South Florida
Ph.D., Texas A&M Univ.
Topics: Aquaculture; animal nutrition; squid and cuttlefish mariculture;
new technologies.
Douglas W. Lipton
Title: Coordinator, Maryland Sea Grant Extension Program
Institution: Univ. of Maryland
Office Phone: (301) 236-5972
E-mail: dlipton@arec.umd.edu
Degrees: B.S., State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook
M.A., Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William &
Mary.
Ph.D., Univ. of Maryland
Topics: Marine resource economics; fisheries; aquaculture; environmental
valuation; seafood industry.
Jim Lucas
Title: Direct Extension Sea Grant Agent
Institution: Michigan State Univ.
Univ. of Michigan
Office Phone: (906) 635-6368
E-mail: lucas@msuces.canr.msu.edu
Degrees: A.S., Delta Community College
B.S., Michigan State Univ.
M.A., Central Michigan Univ.
Topics: Tribal Fisheries- Great Lakes; aquaculture; fisheries; Great
Lakes.
Junda Lin
Title: Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences
Institution: Florida Sea Grant; University of Florida
Office Phone: (407) 768-8000 ext. 7587
Degrees: B.S., Xavier Univ.
M.S., Rutgers Univ.
Ph.D., Univ. of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Topics: Molluscan; crustacean; algal aquaculture; effects of mangrove
marsh management.
John W. Lynn
Title: Professor of Zoology and Physiology
Institution: Louisiana State Univ.
Office Phone: (504) 388-1756
Home Phone: (504) 767-2463
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Houston
M.S., Univ. of Houston
Ph.D., Univ. of California at Davis
Topics: Morphology, physiology, and biophysics of fertilization and
early development in shrimp and prawns; marine shrimp reproduction and
mariculture; physiology and control of zebra mussels.
David MacNeill
Title: Great Lakes Sports Fishery Extension Specialist
Institution: Cornell Univ.
Office Phone: (716) 395-2638
Home Phone: (315) 589-4983
E-mail: david macneill@cce.cornell.edu
Degrees: B.A., State Univ. of New York at Potsdam
M.S., State Univ. of New York at Syracuse
Topics: Great Lakes Fisheries; zebra mussel biology; aquaculture.
Sharook P. Madon
Title: Research Scientist
Institution: Illinois National History Survey
Degrees: B.A., Univ. of Bombay
M.Sc., Univ. of Bombay
M.S., State Univ. of New York
Ph.D. Ohio State Univ.
Topics: Percid Pond production techniques: timing, enrichment, and
stocking density manipulation.
Jeffrey A. Malison
Title: Director, Univ. of Wisconsin Aquaculture Center
Institution: Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
Office Phone: (608) 263-1242
E-mail: c/o pshay@facstaff.wisc.edu
Degrees: B.S., Univ of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
M.S., Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
Topics: Finfish aquaculture; cool-and cold-water fish physiology; reproduction
and endocrinology.
Ronald F. Malone
Title: Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Institution: Louisiana State Univ.
Office Phone: (504) 388-8666
Degrees: B.S., Loyola College, CA
M.S., Utah State Univ.
Ph.D., Utah State Univ.
Topics: High-density aquaculture; biofiltration; water-quality modeling;
lake restoration; waste water management for seafood processors; computer-controlled
aquaculture systems; design of recirculating aquaculture systems for raising
finfish, alligators, shrimp, koi, and other ornamental fish.
Donald Manahan
Title: Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Institution: Univ. of Southern California
Office Phone: (213) 740-5793
E-mail: manahan@bcf.usc.edu
Degrees: B.A., Trinity College, Univ. of Dublin, Ireland
Ph.D., Univ. of Whales, UK
Topics: Aquaculture energetics; aquaculture-growth and metabolism of
abalone and oysters.
Roger Mann
Title: Professor of Marine Science
Institution: Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William
and Mary
Office Phone: (804) 642-7360
E-mail: rmann@vims.edu
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of East Anglica, UK
Ph.D., Univ. of Whales, UK
Topics: General Ecology, physiology and reproductive biology of marine
bivalve mollusks; zebra mussel and other non-indigenous species; aquaculture.
Arthur C. Mathieson:
Title: Professor, Botany
Institution: Univ. of New Hampshire
Office Phone: (603) 862-2175
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of California at Los Angeles
M.S., Univ. of California at Los Angeles
Ph.D., Univ. of British Columbia
Topics: Primary Producers
Michael McDonald
Title: Professor of Chemical Engineering; Director, Minnesota Sea Grant
College Program
Institution: Univ. of Minnesota at Duluth
Office Phone: (218) 726-8710
E-mail: mmcdonald@d.umn.edu
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Michigan
M.S., North Carolina State Univ.
Ph.D., North Carolina State Univ.
Topics: Aquaculture; ecosystem and economics computer modeling; new
wastewater treatment technologies; bioenergetics modeling.
Juan Medrano
Title: Professor, Dept. of Animal Sciences
Institution: Univ. of California at Davis
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of California at Davis
M.S., Univ. of California at Davis
Ph.D., Univ. of California at Davis
Topics: Biotechnology; Genetics
Donald W. Meritt
Title: Maryland Sea Grant Extension Molluscan
Aquaculture Specialist
Institution: Univ. of Maryland Center for Environmental and Estuarine
Studies, Horn Point Environmental Laboratory
Office Phone: (410) 228-8200
E-mail: meritt@hpel.umd.edu
Degrees: B.S., St. Mary's College, MD
Ph.D., Univ. of Maryland
Topics: Hatchery operations, aquaculture; estuarine benthic ecology;
bird depredation; remote setting of oysters.
Russell W. Miget
Title: Environmental Quality Specialist
Institution: Texas A&M Univ.
Office Phone: (512) 994-8426
E-mail: r miget@tamu.edu
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Florida
Ph.D., Florida State Univ.
Topics: Offshore aquaculture utilizing oil/gas platforms; nutrient
enhancement to alter noxious algal blooms; retail seafood display procedures;
estuarine environmental quality;
Subhash Minocha
Title: Professor, Plant Biology and Genetics
Institution: Univ. of New Hampshire
Degrees: B.S., Punjab Univ, India
M.S., Punjab Univ.
Ph.D. Univ. of Washington
Topics: Embryogenesis
Gary Moberg
Title: Research Director
Institution: California Dairy Foods Research Center
Degrees: B.S., Monmouth College
M.S., Univ. of Illinois
Ph.D., Univ. of Illinois
Topics: Endocrinology; Atlantic/White Sturgeon.
Daniel E. Morse
Title: Professor, Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry; Chairman Marine
Biotechnology Center
Institution: Univ. of California at Santa Barbara
Office Phone: (805) 893-3157
E-mail: d morse@lscf.ucsb.edu
Degrees: B.A., Harvard Univ.
Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Topics: Identification of environmental and nutritional factors that
stimulate growth hormone gene expression in abalone; genetic engineering
of living marine resources.
Bruce Nicholson
Title: Professor- Dept. of Microbiology
Institution: Univ. of Maine
Degrees: B.S., Univ of Maryland
Ph.D., Univ. of Maryland
Topics: Animal Virology
Edward Noga
Title: Assistant Professor of Aquatic Medicine
Institution: North Carolinas State University- School of Veterinary
Medicine
Office Phone: (919) 829-4236
Home Phone: (919) 829-5650
Degrees: B.S., Florida Atlantic Univ.
M.S., Florida Atlantic Univ.
Vet M.D., Univ. of Florida
Topics: Fish diseases, pathogens, and bacteria in the wild and in aquaculture
ponds; toxic dinoflagellate fiesteria piscimortuis and its effects
on fish; how water quality effects the occurrence of fish diseases.
Raul Piedrahita
Title: Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Engineering
Institution: University of California at Davis
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of British Columbia
M.S., University of British Columbia
Ph.D., Univ. of California at Davis
Topics: Aquaculture Engineering
Brian Paust
Title: Marine Advisory Agent, Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program
Institutional Affiliation: School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences,
Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks
Office Phone: (907) 772-3381
Home Phone: (907) 772-3227
E-mail: ffbcp@aurora.alaska.edu
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Washington
M.S., Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks
Topics: Salmon hatcheries and shell fish farming; aquaculture business
management; shellfish markets; commercial fisheries development; underutilized
species; paralytic shellfish poison toxin; aquaculture site selection and
permitting process.
Phillip E. Pope
Title: Professor of Forestry; Director, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
Program
Institution: Purdue Univ.
Office Phone: (317) 494-3593
Home Phone: (317) 583-4619
E-mail: phil pope@acn.purdue.edu
Degrees: B.A., Univ. of Richmond
M.S.,Virginia Polytechnic Inst.
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Inst.
Topics: Land use and impacts on sustained productivity and water quality.
Kent S. Price
Title: Associate Professor, Marine Biology-Biochemistry; Director,
Univ. of Delaware Sea Grant Marine Advisory Service
Institution: Univ. of Delaware
Graduate College of Marine Studies
Office Phone: (302) 645-4256
Home Phone: (302) 335-4707
E-mail: kent.price@mvs.udel.edu
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Maryland
M.S., Univ. of Delaware
Ph.D., Univ. of Delaware
Topics: Development of Aquacultue in the U.S.; pollution and ecology;
reproductive strategies and water regulation in sharks, skates, and rays;
fisheries ecology; physiological ecology.
Donald W. Pybas
Title: Sea Grant Extension Agent
Institution: Univ, of Florida
Office Phone: (305) 361-4017
Home Phone: (305) 251-2654
E-mail: pybas@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
Degrees: A.S., Murray State College
B.S.,/Ed., Southeastern State College
M.Ag., Texas A&M Univ.
Topics: Hurricane protection for boats; hurricane survival planning;
artificial reef construction; recreational boating industry; environmental
plastics in ocean law and impact on commercial fishing and marine industries.
Ray RaLonde
Title: Aquaculture Specialist, Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program
Institution: School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Univ. of Alaska,
Fairbanks.
Office Phone: (907) 274-9691
Home Phone: (907)696-6955
E-mail: afrlr@orion.alaska.edu
Degrees: B.S., Oregon State Univ.
B.Ed., Oregon State Univ.
M.S., Univ. of Idaho
Topics: Salmon hatcheries and shellfish farming; water quality; algae
blooms; domoic acid; economic feasibility of aquaculture in Alaska; world
aquaculture.
Kenneth J. Roberts
Title: Specialist in Marine Resource Economics,
Louisiana Sea Grant College Program and Louisiana Cooperative Extension
Program.
Institution: Louisiana State Univ.
Office Phone: (504) 388-2145
Home Phone: (504) 769-0799
E-mail: xtecon@lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu
Degrees: B.S., Louisiana State Univ.
M.S., Louisiana State Univ.
Ph.D., Oregon State Univ.
Topics: Marine Resource economics; fisheries management; wetlands policy;
aquaculture; marketing of marine resources; economic considerations for
oyster depuration.
John L. Robertson
Title: Professor
Institution: VA/MD Veterinary Medical School
Degrees: B.S., State Univ. of New York
M.S., Univ. of Pennsylvania
Vet. M.D., Univ. of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Univ. of Pennsylvania
Topics: Ontogeny and characterization of the immune response in hybrid
striped bass.
Kell Ann Rusch
Title: Assistant Professor, Louisiana Sea Grant, Dept. of Civil and
Environmental Engineering
Institution: Louisiana State Univ.
Office Phone: (504) 388-8528
Home Phone: (504) 766-1552
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Wisconsin, La Crosse
M.S., Louisiana State Univ.
Ph.D., Louisiana State Univ.
Topics: Water-quality management and modeling; lake management and
restoration; aquaculture, with emphasis on automation of recirculating
aquaculture systems. Developed a computer-controlled system called a turbidostat
for continuously culturing single-celled marine algae needed to feed larval
stages of aquaculture shrimp, fish, and mollusks.
Michael Russell
Title: Professor, Dept. of Biology
Institution: Villanova Univ.
Home Phone: (610) 519-4695
Degrees: B.S., San Diego State Univ.
M.S., San Diego State Univ.
Ph.D., Univ. of California Berkeley
Topics: Embryo preservation; Marine biology.
Ronald J. Siebling
Title: Professor of Microbiology, Dept. of Microbiology
Institution: Louisiana State Univ.
Office Phone: (504) 388-2796
Home Phone: (504) 928-7144
E-mail: 75717.1261@compuserve.com
Degrees: B.A., Hope College
M.S., Univ. of Arizona
Ph.D., Univ. of Arizona
Topics: Aquaculture; fisheries; new technologies; seafood safety; Patented
cholera detection method was adapted for commercial use.
Stephen A. Smith
Title: Professor
Institution: VA/MD Veterinary Medical School
Degrees: B.S., Ohio State Univ.
M.S., Ohio State Univ.
Ph.D., North Carolina State Univ.
Topics: Detection of Anti-Amyloodinium antibody in culture hybrid striped
bass during a national outbreak of amyloodiniosis using ELISA.
Theodore I.J. Smith
Title: Senior Marine Scientist
Institution: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Office Phone: (803) 762-5047
Home Phone: (803) 795-1925
Degrees: A.A., Nassau College
B.S., Cornell Univ.
M.S., C.W. Post College
Ph.D., Univ. of Miami, Florida
Topics: Finfish aquaculture; culture and propagation of striped bass
and its hybrids; Red drum culture and stock enhancement.
Peter W. Sorensen
Title: Professor, Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife
Institution: Univ. of Minnesota
Office Phone: (612) 624-4997
Degrees: B.A., Bates College
Ph.D., Univ. of Rhode Island
Topics: Hormones; pheromones; chemoreception.
George Spangler
Title: Professor, Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife
Institution: Univ. of Minnesota
B.Sc., Humboldt State College
M.Sc., Univ. of Toronto
Ph.D., Univ. of Toronto
Topics: Lakefish; Community structure based on gill net catches
Jennifer Specker
Title: Associate Professor
Institution: Univ. of Rhode Island
Office Phone: (401) 792-2658
Home Phone: (401) 294-3685
E-mail: jspecker@uriacc.uri.edu
Degrees: B.A., Miami Univ., Ohio
M.A., Oregon State Univ.
Ph.D., Oregon State Univ.
Topics: Flounder and salmon aquaculture; salmon and striped bass endocrine
systems.
Craig V. Sullivan
Title: Professor, Dept. of Zoology
Institution: North Carolina State Univ.
Degrees: B.A., Univ. of Massachusetts
Ph.D., Univ. of Washington
Topics: Induced maturation and spawning of domestic and wild striped
bass- brood stock w/ implanted GnRH analogue and injected hCG.J./
John E. Supan
Title: Research Associate, Louisiana Sea Grant College Program
Institution: Louisiana State University
Office Phone: (504) 388-6527
Home Phone: (504) 892-7525
Degrees: B.S., Wheeling Jesuit College
M.S., Univ. of Southern Mississippi
Ph.D., Louisiana Stat Univ.
Topics: Molluscan shellfish culture, depuration, and management; remote
setting of oysters for grow out; culture of triploid oyster in Gulf of
Mexico; pollution and predation in oyster beds.
LaDon Swann
Title: Aquaculture Extension Specialist
Institution: Purdue Univ. and the Univ. of Illinois
Office Phone: (317) 494-6264
Home Phone: (317) 742-4306
E-mail: lswann@hub.ansc.purdue.edu
Degrees: B.S., Tennessee Tech. Univ.
M.S., Tennessee Tech. Univ.
Topics: Reproductive physiology of yellow perch and angelfish; aquaculture
production in cages and pens; general aquaculture; aquaculture network
information centers on the internet; interactive media.
Carol Y. Swinehart
Title: Communications Specialist
Institution: Michigan Sea Grant Extension
Office Phone: (517) 353-9723
Degrees: B.A., Michigan State Univ.
M.S., Michigan State Univ.
Topics: Great Lakes Fishery; Marine Parks and Conservation
Peter Thomas
Title: Finfish Scientist; Professor of Marine Science; Senior Research
Scientist
Institution: Univ. of Texas Marine Science Inst.
Office Phone: (512) 749-6768
Home Phone: (512) 643-1508
E-mail: thomas@utmsi.zo.utexas.edu
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Hull, UK
Ph.D., Univ. of Leicester, UK
Topics: Reproduction fishery conductive embryology; endocrine toxicology;
aquaculture; fisheries; pollutants/toxins.
Gary H. Thorgaard
Title: Professor
Institution: Washington State Univ.,
Zoology, and Department of Genetics and Cell Biology
Office Phone: (509) 335-7438
Home Phone: (509) 334-0249
Degrees: B.S., Oregon State Univ.
Ph.D., Univ. of Washington
Topics: Development of sterile varieties of salmon for use in aquaculture;
development of line of genetically identical rainbow trout for use in immunology
research; endangered species; aquaculture; fisheries.
Thomas E. Toth
Title: Professor, Dept. of Pathobiology
Institution: VA/MD Veterinary School of Medicine
Degrees: Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Microbiologists
Ph.D., Cornell Univ.
D.V.M., Univ. of Veterinary Science
Topics: Cloning and expression in Escherischia coli of synthetic genes
encoding active analogues of winter flounder antifreeze proteins.
Granvil D. Treece
Title: Aquaculture Specialist
Institution: Texas A&M Univ.
Office Phone: (409) 845-7527
Home Phone: (409) 774-7778
E-mail: fdj2754@tamvm.tamu.edu
Degrees: B.S., Sam Houston State Univ.
M.S., Texas A&M Univ.
Topics: Culture of Penaeid shrimp larvae; production of live food organisms
for fish; shrimp mariculture; finfish aquaculture.
Hugo P. Veit
Title: Professor
Institution: VA/MD Veterinary School of Medicine
Degrees: Associate Vet., Delmar Animal Hospital
Veterinarian, Albert Schweitzer Hospital
Topics: Development of a polymerase chain reaction technique for the
detection of Mycobacteriosis in hybrid striped bass
Randal L. Walker
Title: Assistant Research Scientist, Marine Extension Scientist
Institution: Univ. of Georgia
Office Phone: (912) 598-2348
Home Phone: (706) 546-7364
E-mail: heff@skio.peachnet.edu
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Georgia
M.S., Georgia Inst. Of Technology
Ph.D., Univ. of Georgia
Topics: Molluscan shellfish biology and aquaculture
Rick Wallace
Title: Extension Marine Specialist
Institution: Auburn Univ.
Office Phone: (205) 438-5690
Home Phone: (205) 626-2003
E-mail: rwallace@seagrant.acenet.auburn.edu
Degrees: Ph.D., Auburn Univ.
Topics: Shrimp Ecology; oyster culture; fisheries management.
Les Watling
Title: Professor of Zoology
Institution: Univ. of Maine at Orono
Office Phone: (207) 563-3146
Home Phone: (207) 563-8844
E-mail: watling@maine.maine.edu
Degrees: B.S., Univ. of Calgary
M.S., Univ. of the Pacific
Ph.D., Univ. of Delaware
Topics: Effects of salmon net-pen aquaculture on the benthic microbial
and macro faunal community; environmental issues in net-pen aquaculture.
Judith Weis
Title: Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences
Institution: New Jersey Medical School
Office Phone: (201) 648-5387
Degrees: B.A., Cornell Univ.
M.S., New York Univ.
Ph.D., New York Univ.
Topics: Effects of pollutants on fish, estuaries, and habitats; mutations
Peddrick Weis
Title: Professor, Dept. of Anatomy
Institution: New Jersey Medical School
Office Phone: (201) 982-4409
Degrees: B.A., Cornell Univ.
D.D.S., New York University
Topics: Effects of Environmental pollutants on fish, estuaries, habitats;
Mutations
L. Curry Woods
Title: Research Leader
Institution: University of Maryland; Crane Aquaculture Facility
Office Phone: (410) 682-9811
Degrees: B.S., Murray State Univ.
M.S., Ohio State Univ.
Ph.D., North Carolina State Univ.
Topics: Aquaculture, reproduction of striped bass; physiology and biochemistry
of fish.
Charles Yarish
Title: Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Institution: Univ. of Connecticut at Stamford
Office Phone: (203) 322-3466
Home Phone: (203) 426-2779
E-mail: yarish@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Degrees: B.S., Brooklyn College
M.A., Univ. of Texas
Ph.D., Rutgers Univ.
Topics: Ecology and biology of seaweed; nori cultivation; eelgrass;
kelp biology and cultivation; seaweed/algae bioremediation; international
collaboration on aquaculture with China
William R. Younger
Title: Matagorda County Extension Agent-Marine
Institution: Texas A&M Univ.
Office Phone: (409) 245-4100
Home Phone: (409) 245-0349
E-mail: w-younger@tamu.edu
Degrees: B.S., Texas A&M Univ.
M.S., Texas A&M Univ.
Topics: Offshore oil port development; marine education; particularly
water resources and environmental education exchanges; shoreline erosion;
marine fish stocking; red drum; freshwater crayfish, and marine shrimp
aquaculture; coastal community development.
Yonathan Zohar
Title: Professor
Institution: Univ. of Maryland Biotechnology Inst, Center for Marine
Biotechnology
Office Phone: (410) 783-4890
Home Phone: (410) 602-0236E-mail: zohar@mbimail.umd.edu
Degrees:
B.S., Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem
M.S., Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem
Ph.D., Univ. of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris
Topics: Physiology and endocrinology of fish reproduction; study of
hormones involved in the control of gametogenesis and spawning and the
mechanisms of their action; molecular basis of fish reproductive endocrinology;
development of biotechnologies for the manipulation of fish reproduction
in relation to aquaculture and fish farming; growth-reproduction relationships
and growth promotion in fish; drug delivery in aquaculture.