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Brentwood Bay, BC, CA

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Building processes, capacity, and relationships to help First Nations in British Columbia influence the strategic direction of aquaculture at the provincial and national level.

Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada

Dedicated Manager overseeing day-to-day operations of a land-based marine finfish hatchery on Salt Spring Island, Canada, with a focus on sustainable stock management, production planning, and staff empowerment, while providing advisory support in human resources and ensuring the implementation of robust occupational health and safety policies.

South Africa

Experienced Production Manager with over 4 years of success in overseeing a +400 ton shore-based intensive abalone culture facility, demonstrating proficiency in abalone husbandry, employee management, biosecurity, compliance, database management, environmental monitoring, and budgetary control, while actively contributing to committees and achieving.

South Africa

I lead a small team of researchers in conducting rigorous innovative research projects to maximize productivity on a industry-leading abalone culture facility.Responsibilities:Project management.Experimental design, execution, analyses & presentations.Student supervision.Project co-ordination with academic institutions and industry partners.RAS system.

Gansbaai, South Africa

Project manager in an industry funded project aimed at realizing the commercial potential of lugworm, Arenicola loveni, using the effluent stream of a shore-based aquaculture facility.Achievements:First time life cycle closed for this speciesDesigned, constructed and operated the first polychaete hatchery, nursery and on-growing facilities in.

Hermanus

Provided strategic technical, animal health and human resources related advice for the South African Shark Conservancy, a non-governmental, non-profit marine conservation organization based in South Africa

University Of The Western Cape- Cape Town, South Africa

Project lead- "Determining the potential use of marine polychaetes as feed additives for the South African mariculture industry"Responsibilities:Literature review & experimental designRAS research hatchery constructionBroodstock managementLarval rearing & settlementLive food productionBiosecurity

Grahamstown Area, South Africa

Projects:-Testing the effect of a commercial probiotic on bacterial microflora and water quality in freshwater fish ponds. -Determining the feasibility of selective trap fishing for the marine sparid, Pterogymnus laniarius. -Small-scale commercial production of freshwater ornamental fish speciesResponsibilities:Field trip planning and logistics.Fish.