2018 Coastal Perspective Lecture Series
University of Connecticut
Avery Point
Tuesday, April 3rd, 7:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion: “Shellfish Aquaculture and Management”
Garrett Timmons, Riverhawk Oysters, Stonington
Julie Rose, Ph.D., NOAA/NMFS
Donald Murphy, Stonington Shellfish Commission
Moderator: Tessa Getchis, CT SeaGrant
Garrett is an unlikely oyster farmer who spent much of his youth in the woods of Oklahoma and the Cherokee Nation. He connected to the land early and went on to study ecology, conservation, and land management throughout the southwest. A career in conservation led him to coastal Connecticut, where he was introduced to shellfish aquaculture and its uniquely restorative effects on ecosystems. Garrett, his wife Sally, and their two children grow Riverhawk Oysters in Little Narragansett Bay in Stonington, CT.
Dr. Julie Rose is a Research Ecologist at the NOAA Fisheries Milford Laboratory, specializing in applied research and marine policy related to shellfish aquaculture. She obtained her Ph.D. in Marine Environmental Biology from the University of Southern California and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution before working for several years as the Science Coordinator for the Long Island Sound Study. Dr. Rose’s recent work has focused on research and policy surrounding the use of shellfish aquaculture to improve water quality in coastal environments throughout the United States. She is active in a variety of local programs related to aquaculture and water quality, including serving as a member of the Connecticut Shellfish Initiative Task Force, and a member of the Long Island Sound Study Science and Technical Advisory Committee.
Don Murphy has been a member of the Stonington Shellfish Commission for 33 years, serving 27 of those years as chairman. He was the Chief Scientist of the United States Coast Guard International Ice Patrol (IIP) for 28 years. Prior to serving at IIP, he was a research oceanographer at the United States Coast Guard Research and Development Center. He is a native of New London. He received a B.A. in mathematics from Marist College, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Oceanography from the University of Connecticut.
Lecture series is FREE and open to the public. Lectures begin at 7:30 p.m.
Please join us for our 22nd season. This annual lecture series attempts to span the breadth of human interactions with coastal waters, including speakers from the natural and social sciences. All lectures are held in the auditorium, which is located on the second floor of the Academic Building (disabled accessible). Enter through the Academic Building or through the Student Center. There is a limited-capacity elevator on the first floor of the Academic Building. Please call us with your questions, or concerns, on the limited-mobility access points to the auditorium at 860-405-9025, or email Noreen.blaschik@uconn.edu.
This series is sponsored by UConn Avery Point, the Connecticut Sea Grant College Program, the Department of Marine Sciences, UConn and the Maritime Studies Program, UConn. For more information, a printable lecture flyer, or a campus map, visit our website at http://marinesciences.uconn.edu/lectures/ or email CoastalPerspectives@uconn.edu.
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