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SEMINAR: MAF Seminar
MAF Seminar
Friday,
October 7, 2011
10:30 am - 11:30am
RSMAS
SLAB 103
Title: The
Marine Life Center for Gulf Restoration & Ocean
Conservation Initiative
Guest Speaker:
Patrick Barcus (Director of Business Development) and Chuck
Fuller
(Director of
Business Operations), AquaGreen (www.aquagreen.com)
The Marine
Life Center for Gulf Restoration and Ocean Conservation
Initiative
will serve as
an educational learning center, allowing students from pre-K
to
12th grade the
ability to learn about the benefits of Gulf restoration
through
stock
enhancement. It will also serve as an advanced training center
for University
students in
the field of aquaculture and marine biology, allowing students
to get
"hands on
experience" in their fields of study.
The Marine
Life Center will also establish a state-of-the-art marine
hatchery to implement advanced technology for production and
stock
enhancement of species such as cobia, pompano, red drum,
amberjack, sea
trout, oysters, scallops, tuna, red snapper, flounder and
grouper as well
as a modern, interactive marine life center (Aquarium) with
aquatic
exhibits and educational curricula to support & enhance
education, ocean
conservation and aquaculture.
AquaGreen, Inc is
working to put together a world-class team of top experts
from several University Aquaculture programs throughout the
country to carry out the Center's mission.
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