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Dr. Kevan Main has led Mote’s aquaculture research programs since 2001. She is Director of Mote’s 200-acre field station, Mote Aquaculture Research Park, in eastern Sarasota County. Dr. Main served as the Mote Eminent Scholar Chair in Fisheries and Aquaculture from 2013 through 2016. In 2012, Dr. Main served as the President of the World Aquaculture Society. Her research interests are in developing sustainable aquaculture methods to produce marine fish, sturgeon, shrimp, abalone, and corals through aquaculture. Dr. Main received her Ph.D. from Florida State University and has more than 30 years of experience in the aquaculture of tropical and subtropical fish and invertebrates from around the world. She has published seven books and more than 80 peer-reviewed publications and has traveled to aquaculture facilities throughout Asia, Europe and the United States. In 2016, Dr. Main was recognized as a “White House Champion of Change for Sustainable Seafood.”

The Role of Aquaculture in Seafood and Fisheries Conservation
Dr. Kevan L. Main, Director of Mote Aquaculture Research Park
Aquaculture plays a key role providing seafood and conserving our fisheries resources. At Mote Marine Laboratory, we are working to advance the science of aquaculture in the following areas: Developing the technologies to produce marine species for food and to restore declining fisheries, and developing land-based sustainable aquaculture systems to produce seafood and fisheries resources. This presentation will address the role of aquaculture in producing high-quality seafood and fishery resources using environmentally friendly technologies.