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Industry guests discuss their roles in aquaculture

Dana Clark and our industry guests share about the roles they play in the New Zealand aquaculture industry.

Video summary

You have heard from Dana and our industry guests about the diverse roles they play in aquaculture, including:

  • providing leadership in ecology restoration
  • measuring the benefits that aquaculture has and sharing our success stories
  • educating people about aquaculture practices, knowledge and technical skills working with scientist and industries for resilient marine environment
  • developing innovative technologies for producing improved outcomes
  • conducting animal husbandry (breeding programmes, nurturing animals, farm management, harvesting)
  • supporting biosecurity measures (understanding diseases and factors, developing tools and treatments to prevent disease and reduce spreading)

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Did any of these roles surprise you? Is there one of these jobs you would like to do?

In Week 4 you will hear from our industry guests again and they will share more about their early career steps that got them into these specific jobs.

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