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Marine Biological Association of India held a series of scientific talk on various themes during December 2009- January 2010. The scientific fraternity of Cochin as well as members of MBAI attended the talks. |
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| The first Special Talk was by Dr. Clyde MacKenzie Jr. on the topic “The causes of declines in estuarine mollusks and oceanic finfish in North Eastern United States”. Dr. Clyde MacKenzie is a Shellfish Biologist with James J Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory, Northeast Fisheries Sciences Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Service, New Jersey, USA. His talk dealt in detail about the historic development of mollusc fishery and oceanic finfish in the Bay and its present status. The talk was followed by detailed discussion. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| The second in the series was a talk by Dr. Stewart Frusher, Associate Professor at Tasmanian Aquaculture & Fisheries Institute (TAFI), Australia on the topic “Climate Change and South Eastern Australian Fisheries”. Effects of the changes in the climate on the Australian Fisheries were highlighted. The talk also threw light on the possible changes which might occur to any tropical fish stock in view of the climate change. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The third in the series was a talk by Dr. Greg Smith on the topic “The status of spiny lobster propagation research in Australia, with focus on recent developments”. Dr. Greg Smith is a Research Scientist at Australian Institute of Marine Sciences (AIMS). Australia with over 20 years experience in larval culture of penaeid shrimps Macrobrachium and Spiny Lobsters. Dr. Greg Smith explained in detail the setting up of an effective water treatment system which is the strong point for successful breeding of lobsters. Different steps in the culture system with small video clippings of how Vibrio infection could affect larvae were also presented. |
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Dr. Greg Smith Email:- g.smith@aims.gov.au |
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