Dr. M. Refik Orhun
Technology
Transfer Specialist
Industrial
Aquaculture Development
Marine
Fish Aquaculture
Education
2001 Ph.D. in Marine Biology and
Fisheries (MBF), Rosenstiel School, University of Miami (UM)
1989 M.S. in Ecology (Culture and
physiology of marine fish larvae), San Diego State University
1981 Biological Oceanography and
Zoology, UniversitŠt Kiel, Germany (then West)
1979 Vor-Diplom in Biology und
Chemistry, UniversitŠt TŸbingen, Germany (then West)
Experience
11/2007
– Present Research
Fishery Biologist, Statistics and Industrial Aquaculture Development,
Sustainable Fisheries Division, NOAA-Fisheries, US Dept. Commerce
10/2005
– 8/2007 Associate
Scientist, Director of Marine Fish Hatchery, and Technology Transfer Manager
for Industrial Aquaculture Development, Aquaculture Program, Division
of Marine Affairs (MAF), Rosenstiel School, UM
05/1997 -
Present Inspector and Consultant Seafood Quality. Served
as an independent third party consultant to assist the seafood industry. Implemented
seafood quality assurance and control. Assisted
in HACCP compliance. Assisted
in COOL compliance and traceability. Communicated
with federal, state and local government agencies implementation,
interpretation, and priorities in latest regulations.
Updated
HACCP plans to meet compliance towards the FDA and state regulations, e.g.
those regulated by Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services,
Division of Food Safety. Analyzed microbiological and chemical seafood safety
tests. Gave consulting advice on processing and value-adding related issues. Recommended,
designed and directed research & development projects. Inspected seafood
and illustrated quality with digital pictures and made available with copies of
written inspection reports to clients via protected folders on my
Sciencefish.com web site at URL: http://www.sciencefish.com.
Served the
following seafood Clients: Anova Foods USA, Aquachile, Aquafarms International,
Lan Chile, Morey's Seafood International, Pescanova USA, Regal Springs,
Salmones Multiexport, Stolt Sea Farm, and Sysco Corporation. Served the
following logistics clients: Hellmann Perishable Logistics, Preferred Freezer
at Medley, Miami and Los Angeles locations, Consolidated Freight Forwarders at
Miami and Los Angeles locations, Miami International Transit.
Maintains
contact with two seafood testing laboratories: Kappa Labs and Silliker
Laboratories.
06/1994 - Present Consultant,
Industrial Aquaculture Development, Marine Fish Aquaculture Consulted in marine
fish hatchery design with specific considerations given to simplification of
culture procedures, increase in efficiency and intensification, and ergonomics
of culture systems. These included
all aspect from maturation, to live food production systems (i.e. microalgae,
rotifer, and Artemia nauplii), to incubation, larval rearing and weaning and
final nursery systems for commercial-level production research tanks, i.e.
12,000-50,000L. Served as aquaculture expert for the following clients:
Aquaculture Center of the Florida Keys-Marathon/FL, Aquasense/NJ, Bahamas and
Panama, BahiaPesca-Bahia/Brazil, EcoMicrobials-Miami/FL, Blue and Green
International-Lima/Peru, Dellta-Bahia/Brazil, Deltaqua-Istanbul/Turkey,
FincaMarina-Campeche/Mexico, IxoyeYucatan/Mexico, Reed Mariculture-Campbell/CA,
Rokaviar-Homestead/FL, Snapperfarm-Culebra/Puerto Rico, TWB-Sao Paulo/Brazil
and Aqualider, Recife/Brazil and
Mainstream, Puerto Montt/Chile.
02/2002 -
08/2002 Finance
Statistician, Johnson & Johnson, Pharmaceuticals, South
America
09/1998 – 09/2003 Research Assistant and
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Fisheries Ecosystem Modeling and Assessment Research
(FEMAR) Group MBF - Rosenstiel School, UM
09/1992 -
08/1998 Research
Assistant, Marine Fish Hatchery, MBF - Rosenstiel School, UM
06/1984 - 05/1992 Hatchery
Manager, Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, San Diego, CA.
Produced
hundreds of thousands of white seabass fingerlings for the Ocean Resources
Enhancement Project (stock enhancement project sponsored by the Calif. Dept.
Fish & Game. Developed experience in capture,
maturation, spawning, larval rearing, fingerling production and grow out of the
marine fish species (only primary seafood species mentioned): California halibut, Corvina,
dolphin (mahi-mahi), giant seabass, striped bass, yellowtail jack, Yellowfin
tuna, and white seabass.
06/1982 -
05/1984 Research
Assistant, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine
Fisheries
Service (NMFS), U.S. Dept of Commerce (USDC), La Jolla, CA. Conducted
experiments of the physiology of marine fish larvae, specifically white
seabass, California halibut and northern anchovy. Reared
of over 25 cohorts of white seabass and 2 cohorts of California halibut over a
two year period as part of a San Diego State's Master thesis research that
directly resulted in the implementation of a stock enhancement project for
white seabass and California halibut by the State of California at the
completion of the project and presentation of the results to the California
Coastal Commission
Industrial Aquaculture Development Projects
2007/8 Cobia
aquaculture technology transfer contract with Aqualider, Recife, Brazil
2006/7 Cobia
aquaculture technology transfer contract with FincaMarina, Campeche, Mexico
2006/7 Cobia
aquaculture technology transfer contract with Ixoye Tropicales Yucatan, Mexico
2006/7 Cobia
aquaculture technology transfer contract with TWB, Ilha Comprida-SP, Brazil
2006 Cobia
aquaculture technology transfer contract with Cobia Bahia, Salvador do Bahia,
Brazil
2004/6 Cobia
aquaculture technology transfer contract with Aquasense, Bahamas
2002/7 Cobia
and Snapper aquaculture technology transfer contract with Snapperfarms, Puerto
Rico
Funded Government and NGO Projects
2007/8 Demonstrating technological and economic
feasibility of cobia (Rachycentron
canadum) aquaculture from hatchery to market. National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Aquaculture Program, U.S.
Dept. of Commerce (USDC)
2007 Evaluation of cobia
production in a fully contained, environmentally, sustainable recirculating
marine aquaculture system. NOAA - Living Marine Resources Cooperative
Science Center (LMRCSC) Program, USDC
2007 Reduction of fishmeal in cobia diets. Elizabeth
Dunn Foundation
2006/7 Cobia
aquaculture technology transfer contracts with FincaMarina, Campeche, Mexico,
Ixoye Tropicales Yucatan, Mexico, and TWB, Ilha Comprida-SP, Brazil.
2006/7 Molecular evaluation of adaptation to stress
conditions in cobia larvae and juveniles cultured with and without the use of
probiotics. NOAA, LMRCSC Program, USDC
2004/6 Improved hatchery technology of cobia (Rachycentron canadum) using proactive
microbial management and a simplified live food regime. FL Sea Grant Program,
NOAA, USDC
2004/6 Demonstrating
hatchery and offshore growout technology for production of cobia (R. canadum) from egg to market. NOAA
National Marine Aquaculture Program, USDC
2004 Intensive, semi-intensive,
and extensive fingerling production of cobia (Rachycentron canadum) in Florida using tanks, mesocosms and ponds.
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Aquaculture Division
Affiliations and Award
2005 – present Member of the Animal Care
& Use Committee, UM
2003 – present Environmental Health and
Safety Officer, Marine Fish Hatchery, UM
1992 – Present Member
of the American Fisheries Society (incl. Early Life History Section)
1987
– Present Member of the
World Aquaculture Society
1992 Best
student paper in Fisheries Biology, awarded by the American Institute of
Fishery Research Biologists at the Southern California Academy of Sciences
meeting, Los Angeles, California
Other related Skills
Computer: Operating systems: Windows,
Macintosh, and UNIX
Programming:
FORTRAN, UNIX scripts, html
Software: IDL,
SPSS, SAS, Matlab, MS EXCEL, MS WORD, Photoshop, Illustrator, Canvas
Field
work: Research
Diver and Boat Operator
Languages German: No
Accent or native
Turkish: No
Accent or native
Spanish: Advanced
Portuguese: Intermediate to
Advanced
French: Intermediate
Related Certificates and Licenses
2002 - HACCP certification, Seafood Inspection
Section, NMFS-USDC
2002 - Participant, First World Congress on Sustainable
Fisheries held at Rosenstiel School, UM
2001 - Participant, National Fisheries Institute
(NFI) meeting, West Coast Seafood, Los Angeles, CA
1999 - Laboratory Safety Training certification, UM
1999 - Advanced Nitrox Diver certification, Diving
Safety Office, Rosenstiel School, UM
1995 - Boating and Seamanship certification, U.S.
Coast Guard Auxiliary
1994 - Research Diver, Diving Safety Office UM
1992 - 2004
CPR and First Aid certifications, Diving Safety Office - UM
1986 - Fish diseases (2 week workshop), Scripps
Institution of Oceanography, San Diego CA.
1982 - Scientific Diver and Small Boat certification,
Diving Safety Office, San Diego State Univ., CA
Relevant Presentations and Publications (Book
Chapters, Abstracts)
2008
Benetti, D.D., Sardenberg, B., Welch, A., Hoenig, R., Orhun, M.R., and Zink, I.
Intensive Larval Husbandry and Fingerling Production of Cobia, Rachycentron canadum. Aquaculture 281(1-4), 22-27.
link to publication preview
2008
Benetti, D., OÕHanlon, B., Sardenberg, B., Orhun, R., Brand, L., Rivera, J., Welch, A., Hoenig, R., Zink, I., Denlinger, B., Bacoat, D., Palmer, K.
Advances in hatchery and growout technology of Cobia Rachycentron canadum.
World Aquaculture Society (WAS) 2008, Orlando, Florida, CD of Abstracts, 29.
link to abstract
2007
Orhun. M.R. and Benetti, D.D. Advances in hatchery and growout technlogy of Cobia Rachycentron canadum in the Americas.
Aquaculture Europe 2007, Oct.24-27, 2007, Istanbul, Turkey. CD of Abstracts, 401-402.
2007
Sardenberg, B., Benetti, D., Orhun,R., Welsh, A., Hoenig, R., Zink, I., Nunes, M., Bacoat, D., Cavalin, F., Palmer, K.
Maturation, spawning, intensive larval rearing and mass fingerlings production of Cobia Rachycentron canadum.
The 3rd international sustainable marine fish culture Conference 2007 at Harbor Branch
Oceanographic Institution (HBOI).
link to abstract
2007
Benetti, D., Orhun, R., Zink, I., Cavalin, F., Sardenberg, B., Palmer, K., Denlinger,
B., Bacoat, D., and B. OÕHanlon. Aquaculture of Cobia Rachycentron canadum in
the Americas and the Caribbean. In ÒCobia Aquaculture: Research
Development and Commercial ProductionÓ (I Chiu Liao and Eduardo M. Leano
(eds.), 57-77.
link to publication
2007
Benetti, D., OÕHanlon, B., Orhun, R., Rivera, J., Sardenberg, B., Zink, I., Cavalin, F.,
Palmer, K., Bacoat, D., Denlinger, B. An Update on Open Ocean Aquaculture of
Cobia Rachycentron canadum in the Americas. World Aquaculture Society (WAS)
2007, San Antonio, Texas, Book of Abstracts, 74.
link to abstract
2007
Orhun, R., Benetti, D., Zink, P., Cavalin, F.,Sardenberg, B. Palmer, K, Denlinger, B., Bacoat, D., and P.A. Douillet. Simplified Food Regime for Larval
Rearing of Cobia Rachycentron canadum. World
Aquaculture Society 2007, San Antonio, Texas, Book of Abstracts, pg: 688.
2006
Orhun, R., Benetti, D., Zink I., Collins, J. Rice, P., Cavalin, F., Sardenberg, B.,
Douillet. P. Progress in hatchery technology of Cobia Rachycentron canadum at the University
of Miami Experimental hatchery (UMEH). WAS 2006, Firenza, Italy, Book of
Abstracts, 684. link to abstract
2006
Zink, I., Cavalin, F., Bacoat, D., Denlinger, B., Palmer, K., Sardenburg, Kirkpatrick, R., Orhun, R. Benetti, D.
A. U.S. Trials compare commercial diets fed to juvenile Cobia. GAA Advocate Vol. 9 (2): 53-54.
link to publication
2006
Benetti, D., OÕHanlon, B., Orhun, R., Brand, L., Rivera, J., Zink, I. Douillet, P., Collins, J., Maxey, C., Danylchuk, A., Alston, D., Cabarcas,
A. Hatchery, on technology and environmental monitoring of open ocean aquaculture of cobia
(Rachycentron canadum)
in the Caribbean. WAS 2006, Firenza, Italy, Book of abstracts, pg: 76.
2005
Benetti, D.D., M. Nakada and M.R. Orhun.Aquaculture of Yellowtail Hamachi, Seriola
quinqueradiata. Aquaculture Compendium, CABI Ed. Available at the internet
at http://www.cabicompendium.org/ac/datasheet.asp?CCODE=SEROQU and as
CD.
2005
Orhun, R., Benetti, D., Zink, I, Collins, J, Rice, P., Cavalin, F., Sardenberg, B, Douillet, P. Progress in
hatchery development of cobia (Rachycentron
canadum) at the University of Miami Experimental Hatchery (UMEH). The 2nd
international sustainable marine fish culture conference, 2005 at Harbor Branch
Oceanographic Institution (HBOI).
2005 Rotman, F.J. Benetti, D.D., DeMicco, E. and, and M.R. Orhun. Larval rearing of spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus (Sciaenidae) using probiotics as microbial control agent. J. Aquacult. Tropics. Indian Inst. of Technology, May 2005: 175-184.
2004
Benetti, D.D., OÕHanlon, B., Ayvazian, J., Orhun, M.R., Rivera, J.A., Rice, P.H., and Douillet, P.A. From
Egg to Market: The development of a new, sustainable offshore aquaculture
industry in Florida (US) and the Caribbean. WAS 2004, Honolulu, HI. Book of
abstracts, pg.: 53.
2003
Orhun, M.R., Benetti, D.D. Potential of sciaenid fishes for offshore aquaculture. WAS annual conference
2003. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Book of abstracts, Vol. 2, 543.
2002
Benetti, D.D. and Orhun, M.R. Aquaculture of pelagic fish: IV. Cobia (Rachycentron canadum). GAA
Advocate Vol. 5(1), 61-62.
link to publication
2001
Benetti, D.D., Alarcon J.F., Stevens, O., Rotman, F., Banner-Stevens, G., Zimmermann,
S., Feeley, M.W., Matzie, W., Orhun, M.R., O'Hanlon, B., Eldridge, L. Marine fish culture in Latin American
and Caribbean countries. GAA Advocate Vol. 4 (4): 71-74.
link to publication
2001 Orhun,
M.R., Benetti, D.D. Rotifer
management in marine fish culture. GAA Adv. 4 (3): 49-50.
link to publication
2001 Orhun,
M.R. Marine fish larvae dynamics.
An empirical and quantitative analysis. Ph.D. dissertation. University of Miami, 201pg.
1997 Haktenir,
A.T., Beken, M.D., and Orhun, M.R.
Design and application of a 16-port feeder control unit. In
"Mediterranean Fisheries Congress". Proceeding of the Mediterranean
Fisheries Congress 1997, Istanbul, Turkey. (B. Hossu ed.), 119-122.
1993 Orhun, M.R. Growth and
energetics of larval white seabass, Atractoscion
nobilis (Sciaenidae). Ann. Conf. Amer. Fish. Soc, in Austin, Texas, 1993.
Book of Abstracts, 351.
1991 Orhun, M.R., Johnson, S.R.,
Kent, D.B., and R.F. Ford.
Practical approach to high-density rotifer production. In
"Rotifer and Micro algae Culture Systems", Fulks and Main (eds.),
pg.: 73-78. Proceedings of an
U.S.-Asia Workshop, Honolulu, HI, 1991. The Oceanic Institute
1989 Orhun, M.R. Early Life history of
white seabass, Atractoscion nobilis. M.S. thesis. San Diego State
University, 162pg.