Olympus Aquaculture Resume

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Olympus Aquaculture Consulting, Inc.
P.O. Box 583 Quilcene, Washington 98376
USA
Phone/Fax (360) 765-4364

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY - AQUACULTURE RELATED

Olympus Aquaculture Consulting, Inc.

Molluscan shellfish hatchery and nursery consultation
www.olympusaquaculture.com
February 2000-Present
Founder and President

Recent and ongoing projects (in brief) by Olympus Aquaculture Consulting:

• Sealord Shellfish, New Zealand - Assisted in development of the first commercial Greenshell Mussel hatchery
• Coast Seafoods Company hatcheries in both Washington and Hawaii, USA - Operations support and troubleshooting for Pacific oyster, Manila clam and Mediterranean mussel hatcheries and nurseries
• Island Seafarms, British Columbia, Canada - Troubleshooting for blue mussel hatchery
• Unique SeaFarms, British Columbia, Canada - System design and operational protocol for a Pacific oyster and Geoduck clam hatchery
• Washington Shellfish, Washington State, USA - System and facility design, project start-up and staff training for a Geoduck clam and Manila clam hatchery
• 4 C's Breeding Technologies, Virginia, USA - Hatchery design review and triploid shellfish technology
• Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery, Alaska, USA - General hatchery review and recommendations for a Geoduck clam larvae, setting, and nursery system, a Pacific oyster setting and a Coke Bottle oyster seed growing system.
• Coastal Marine Experiment Station, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Oregon, USA - General hatchery review and recommendations for Pacific oyster seed
• AquaSense, The Netherlands - Hatchery planning and recommendations for the production of algae, Blue mussel larvae and seed
• Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery, Oregon, USA - System design and operational protocols for Pacific oysters, Gallo mussels and Geoduck clams. Algae bag system design and set-up. Seawater heat recovery system design.
• Kona Bay Marine Resources, Hawaii, USA - Hatchery design for Pacific oyster, Manila clam, and Quahog clam systems and an algae bag system. Manila clam nursery system in Kauai and procurement of an automatic clam seed grader
• TNO, The Netherlands - Consultation for Blue mussel and Cockle clam hatchery production
• Western Oyster Company, Washington, USA - Hatchery protocol review for Pacific oysters and Manila clams
• Rockpoint Oyster Company, Washington, USA - Recommendations for a Pacific oyster setting system and nursery
• Taylor Shellfish, Washington, USA - Automatic seed grader procurement for oyster and clam seed
• Hama Hama Oyster Company, Washington, USA - Review and consultation for a potential Pacific oyster seed nursery
• Gordon's Shellfish, Maryland, USA - Review and recommendations for a Quahog clam seed nursery system and recommendations for a clam seed grader.
• Shores and Ruark, Virginia, USA - Recommendations for a FLUPSY system for use as a nursery for Eastern oysters
• ACE, Florida, USA - Hatchery plan review for a clam hatchery in Morocco.
• Stichting Zeeschelp, The Netherlands - Recommendations for clam setting and early juvenile grow-out.
• SeaFarmers S.A. de C.V., Sinaloa, Mexico - Pacific and Kumamoto oyster and Lions Paw scallop hatchery review and troubleshooting.
• North Carolina Oyster Hatchery Program, North Carolina, USA - Conceptual design of two commercial scale and one research scale Eastern oyster hatcheries. Schematic design of a commercial scale Eastern oyster hatchery.
• Veneto Agricoltura, Venice region, Italy - Conversion of a fish and shrimp hatchery to a Manila clam hatchery including design modifications, protocols and staff training.
• Seattle Shellfish, Washington, USA - Conceptual design of a Geoduck clam hatchery and nursery.
• Hayes Oyster Company, Oregon, USA - Schematic design of a Kumamoto oyster single seed nursery system.
• DPI, Victoria, Australia - Gallo mussel hatchery design review and ongoing support.
• Center for Shellfish Research, British Columbia, Canada - Conceptual design of a commercial scale Pacific oyster, Manila clam, Geoduck clam, and Gallo mussel hatchery.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

Coast Seafoods Company (formerly Coast Oyster Company)
April 1974-February 2000
Hatchery Division Manager - 1996-2000

Responsible for management of the Coast Seafoods hatchery system including the main hatchery in Quilcene and nurseries in Kona, Hawaii and Eureka, California.

Major accomplishments at Coast Seafoods include:

• Development of the first techniques for remote setting of eyed larvae in the world
• Development of the first commercial techniques for production of triploid molluscan shellfish
• Design and supervision of the Eureka, California oyster and clam seed raft nursery for the production of Manila clam and single Pacific oyster seed for company planting and sales
• Design and supervision of the Kona, Hawaii oyster and clam seed nursery for the production of over 100 million clam and oyster seed per year
• Design and management of a downwell and upwell system for settlement of larvae and early nursery growing of clams and oysters to supply the above nurseries with post-set seed
• Design of a flow-through larvae rearing system for high density production of larvae of all species
• Design of a Coke Bottle and Bubbler system to grow single oyster seed from post-set to 3mm
• Design of a system to set and grow mussel seed on nursery lines in a hatchery
• Continued management of the Quilcene Hatchery and its associated systems. This facility is the largest producer of larval molluscs in the world with annual production of over 20 billion eyed larvae. This facility also produces oyster seed bags, single oyster seed, clam seed, and mussel seed lines for company planting and sales. To feed the animals the production and harvest of 125,000 liters of algae per day is also required. To accomplish this the supervision of 24 hatchery personnel was necessary.

Quilcene Hatchery Manager - 1978-1996
Including:

• Design, construction, and management of the hatchery and its many expansions and modifications. This hatchery was to become the largest in the world and the model for shellfish hatcheries all over the world. Innovative techniques were developed for algal culture, spawning, larval rearing, and setting for a variety of molluscs including, but not limited to: Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas), Kumamoto oyster (Crassostrea sikamea), Manila clam (Tapes philippinarum), Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis), Blue mussel (Mytilus trossulus), European Flat oyster (Ostrea edulis), Olympia oyster (Ostreola conchaphila), Geoduck clam (Panopea abrupta), and Quahog clam (Mercenaria mercenaria).

Professional Organizations

• National Shellfisheries Association - member since 1974
• North Canal Shellfish Coalition - founding member and president 1993 - present
• Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association - member