Expertise

Specialty Areas: Catfish aquaculture, caged fish production, recreational pond management, small-scale marketing, aquatic plant management, aquaculture (other species) freshwater shrimp, crawfish, koi and aquatic plants.

Program Areas:

  • Aquatic Resources
Past Affiliations

Extension Specialist, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, College of Agriculture, Auburn University

Graduate Assistant, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, College of Agriculture, Auburn University

Environmental Scientist, O'Brian & Gere Engineers

Director, Aquaculture Education and Development Center

Visiting Scholar, Math and Science

Manager, Eastwood Aquaculture

Extension Fisheries Specialist, Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, University of Arkansas (past)

Communities
Marine Biology, Fishing, Fisheries Science, Ocean Sciences
Degrees
MS, Auburn University, Aquaculture, 1991
AB, Colgate University, Biology, 1986
Keywords
fish and fisheries aquaculture or hydroponics
Languages
English, Spanish
Honors

Honorary State Future Farmers of America Degree (Aquaculture Education), Future Farmers of America, 2001

Achievement Award (Distingished Service), National Association of County Agriculture Agents, 1994-2004

Associations
Alabama Extension Specialists Association
Alabama Fisheries Association
Catfish Farmers of America
Gamma Sigma Delta, the Honor Society of Agriculture
Midsouth Aquatic Plant Management Society
National Association of County Agriculture Agents
World Aquaculture Society