OCEAN LECTURE SERIES

"A Fish Eye View of Aquaculture"
• Dr. Megan Davis - Kenneth Riley

About the Lecture

Ever wonder what it is like to be a fish grown in captivity? Dr. Megan Davis, Aquaculture Division Director, and Kenneth Riley, Director of Aquaculture Education, will take you on a journey through the life history of cultured fish from egg to market. While on your journey, you will also experience a day in the life of a fish culturist working in Harbor BranchÕs world-class aquaculture facilities.

Aquaculture or fish farming supplies over 20% of the seafood that we eat and is expected to produce up to 50% of our seafood in the next 25 years. Aquaculture not only provides us delicious seafood, but also takes the harvest pressure off wild fisheries.

Harbor Branch scientists are teaming together with US Department of Agriculture scientists to develop novel techniques to grow marine fish in water with low salt concentrations. Megan and Ken will share with you the advancements in fish culture and the future directions of aquaculture at Harbor Branch.

About the Speakers

Dr. Megan Davis is Division Director of Aquaculture. She has actively worked in the field of aquaculture for the past 20 years. Dr. Davis was the co-founder of a conch farm in the Turks and Caicos Islands, where she developed commercial applications for culturing queen conch from the egg stage to juvenile stage. As Division Director, she supervises education and training programs for national and international students and research development programs for conch, lobsters, flounder, and sustainable systems. Dr. Davis received her Ph.D. from the Department of Biology at Florida Institute of Technology in 1998.

Mr. Kenneth Riley is Director of Aquaculture Education. He has worked in the field of aquaculture and marine fisheries for the past seven years. As a graduate of Louisiana State University and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Mr. RileyÕs education and research background has focused on the culture of freshwater and marine finfish with emphasis on broodstock management, genetics, and larval culture. Currently, he is responsible for teaching and developing course materials for aquaculture training workshops, specialized short courses, and community college classes taught at Harbor BranchÕs Aquaculture Center for Training, Education and Demonstration