Dr. M. Refik Orhun

TechnologyTransfer Specialist

IndustrialAquaculture Development

MarineFish Aquaculture

mailto:rorhun@sciencefish.com

Education

2001    Ph.D. in Marine Biology andFisheries (MBF), Rosenstiel School, University of Miami (UM)

1989    M.S. in Ecology (Culture andphysiology of marine fish larvae), San Diego State University

1981    Biological Oceanography andZoology, Universität Kiel, Germany (then West)

1979    Vor-Diplom in Biology undChemistry, Universität Tübingen, Germany (then West)

Experience

11/2007– Present ResearchFishery Biologist, Statistics and Industrial Aquaculture Development,Sustainable Fisheries Division, NOAA-Fisheries, US Dept. Commerce

10/2005– 8/2007 AssociateScientist, Director of Marine Fish Hatchery, and Technology Transfer Managerfor Industrial Aquaculture Development, Aquaculture Program, Divisionof Marine Affairs (MAF), Rosenstiel School, UM

05/1997 -Present Inspector and Consultant Seafood Quality. Servedas an independent third party consultant to assist the seafood industry. Implementedseafood quality assurance and control. Assistedin HACCP compliance. Assistedin COOL compliance and traceability. Communicatedwith federal, state and local government agencies implementation,interpretation, and priorities in latest regulations.

UpdatedHACCP 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 safetytests. Gave consulting advice on processing and value-adding related issues. Recommended,designed and directed research & development projects. Inspected seafoodand illustrated quality with digital pictures and made available with copies ofwritten inspection reports to clients via protected folders on mySciencefish.com web site at URL: http://www.sciencefish.com.

Served thefollowing 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 thefollowing logistics clients: Hellmann Perishable Logistics, Preferred Freezerat Medley, Miami and Los Angeles locations, Consolidated Freight Forwarders atMiami and Los Angeles locations, Miami International Transit.

Maintainscontact with two seafood testing laboratories: Kappa Labs and SillikerLaboratories.

06/1994 - Present Consultant,Industrial Aquaculture Development, Marine Fish Aquaculture Consulted in marinefish hatchery design with specific considerations given to simplification ofculture procedures, increase in efficiency and intensification, and ergonomicsof culture systems. These includedall aspect from maturation, to live food production systems (i.e. microalgae,rotifer, and Artemia nauplii), to incubation, larval rearing and weaning andfinal 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 andPanama, BahiaPesca-Bahia/Brazil, EcoMicrobials-Miami/FL, Blue and GreenInternational-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/Braziland Aqualider, Recife/Brazil andMainstream, Puerto Montt/Chile.

02/2002 -08/2002 FinanceStatistician, Johnson & Johnson, Pharmaceuticals, SouthAmerica

09/1998 – 09/2003 Research Assistant andPost-Doctoral Fellow, Fisheries Ecosystem Modeling and Assessment Research(FEMAR) Group MBF - Rosenstiel School, UM

09/1992 -08/1998 ResearchAssistant, Marine Fish Hatchery, MBF - Rosenstiel School, UM

06/1984 - 05/1992 HatcheryManager, Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, San Diego, CA.

Producedhundreds of thousands of white seabass fingerlings for the Ocean ResourcesEnhancement 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 themarine fish species (only primary seafood species mentioned): California halibut, Corvina,dolphin (mahi-mahi), giant seabass, striped bass, yellowtail jack, Yellowfintuna, and white seabass.

06/1982 -05/1984 ResearchAssistant, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine

FisheriesService (NMFS), U.S. Dept of Commerce (USDC), La Jolla, CA. Conductedexperiments of the physiology of marine fish larvae, specifically whiteseabass, California halibut and northern anchovy. Rearedof over 25 cohorts of white seabass and 2 cohorts of California halibut over atwo year period as part of a San Diego State's Master thesis research thatdirectly resulted in the implementation of a stock enhancement project forwhite seabass and California halibut by the State of California at thecompletion of the project and presentation of the results to the CaliforniaCoastal Commission

Industrial Aquaculture Development Projects

2007/8 Cobiaaquaculture technology transfer contract with Aqualider, Recife, Brazil

2006/7 Cobiaaquaculture technology transfer contract with FincaMarina, Campeche, Mexico

2006/7 Cobiaaquaculture technology transfer contract with Ixoye Tropicales Yucatan, Mexico

2006/7 Cobiaaquaculture technology transfer contract with TWB, Ilha Comprida-SP, Brazil

2006 Cobiaaquaculture technology transfer contract with Cobia Bahia, Salvador do Bahia,Brazil

2004/6 Cobiaaquaculture technology transfer contract with Aquasense, Bahamas

2002/7 Cobiaand Snapper aquaculture technology transfer contract with Snapperfarms, PuertoRico

Funded Government and NGO Projects

2007/8 Demonstrating technological and economicfeasibility of cobia (Rachycentroncanadum) aquaculture from hatchery to market. National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Aquaculture Program, U.S.Dept. of Commerce (USDC)

2007 Evaluation of cobiaproduction in a fully contained, environmentally, sustainable recirculatingmarine aquaculture system. NOAA - Living Marine Resources CooperativeScience Center (LMRCSC) Program, USDC

2007 Reduction of fishmeal in cobia diets. ElizabethDunn Foundation

2006/7 Cobiaaquaculture technology transfer contracts with FincaMarina, Campeche, Mexico,Ixoye Tropicales Yucatan, Mexico, and TWB, Ilha Comprida-SP, Brazil.

2006/7 Molecular evaluation of adaptation to stressconditions in cobia larvae and juveniles cultured with and without the use ofprobiotics. NOAA, LMRCSC Program, USDC

2004/6 Improved hatchery technology of cobia (Rachycentron canadum) using proactivemicrobial management and a simplified live food regime. FL Sea Grant Program,NOAA, USDC

2004/6             Demonstratinghatchery and offshore growout technology for production of cobia (R. canadum) from egg to market. NOAANational 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 andSafety Officer, Marine Fish Hatchery, UM

1992 – Present Memberof the American Fisheries Society (incl. Early Life History Section)

1987– Present Member of theWorld Aquaculture Society

1992 Beststudent paper in Fisheries Biology, awarded by the American Institute ofFishery Research Biologists at the Southern California Academy of Sciencesmeeting, 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

Fieldwork: ResearchDiver and Boat Operator

Languages German: NoAccent or native

Turkish: NoAccent or native

Spanish: Advanced

Portuguese: Intermediate toAdvanced

French: Intermediate

Related Certificates and Licenses

2002 - HACCP certification, Seafood InspectionSection, NMFS-USDC

2002 - Participant, First World Congress on SustainableFisheries 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, DivingSafety 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), ScrippsInstitution of Oceanography, San Diego CA.

1982 - Scientific Diver and Small Boat certification,Diving Safety Office, San Diego State Univ., CA

Relevant Presentations and Publications (BookChapters, 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.D., Orhun, M.R., Sardenberg, B., O’Hanlon, B., Welch, A., Hoenig, R., Zink, I., Rivera, J., Denlinger, B., Bacoat, D., Palmer, K., Cavalin, F. Advances in hatchery and grow-out technology of Cobia, Rachycentron canadum. Aquaculture Research 39, 701-711.link to publication

2008 Benetti, D., O’Hanlon, 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 BranchOceanographic Institution (HBOI).link to abstract

2007 Benetti, D., Orhun, R., Zink, I., Cavalin, F., Sardenberg, B., Palmer, K., Denlinger,B., Bacoat, D., and B. O’Hanlon. Aquaculture of Cobia Rachycentron canadum inthe Americas and the Caribbean. In “Cobia Aquaculture: ResearchDevelopment and Commercial Production” (I Chiu Liao and Eduardo M. Leano(eds.), 57-77.link to publication

2007 Benetti, D., O’Hanlon, B., Orhun, R., Rivera, J., Sardenberg, B., Zink, I., Cavalin, F.,Palmer, K., Bacoat, D., Denlinger, B. An Update on Open Ocean Aquaculture ofCobia 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 LarvalRearing of Cobia Rachycentron canadum. WorldAquaculture 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 Universityof Miami Experimental hatchery (UMEH). WAS 2006, Firenza, Italy, Book ofAbstracts, 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., O’Hanlon, 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, Seriolaquinqueradiata. Aquaculture Compendium, CABI Ed. Available at the internetat http://www.cabicompendium.org/ac/datasheet.asp?CCODE=SEROQU and asCD.

2005 Orhun, R., Benetti, D., Zink, I, Collins, J, Rice, P., Cavalin, F., Sardenberg, B, Douillet, P. Progress inhatchery development of cobia (Rachycentroncanadum) at the University of Miami Experimental Hatchery (UMEH). The 2ndinternational sustainable marine fish culture conference, 2005 at Harbor BranchOceanographic Institution (HBOI).

2005 Rotman, F.J. Benetti, D.D., DeMicco, E. and, and M.R. Orhun. Larval rearing ofspotted 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., O’Hanlon, B., Ayvazian, J., Orhun, M.R., Rivera, J.A., Rice, P.H., and Douillet, P.A. FromEgg to Market: The development of a new, sustainable offshore aquacultureindustry in Florida (US) and the Caribbean. WAS 2004, Honolulu, HI. Book ofabstracts, pg.: 53.

2003 Orhun, M.R., Benetti, D.D. Potential of sciaenid fishes for offshore aquaculture. WAS annual conference2003. 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). GAAAdvocate 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 Americanand Caribbean countries. GAA Advocate Vol. 4 (4): 71-74.link to publication

2001 Orhun,M.R., Benetti, D.D. Rotifermanagement 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 MediterraneanFisheries Congress 1997, Istanbul, Turkey. (B. Hossu ed.), 119-122.

1993    Orhun, M.R. Growth andenergetics of larval white seabass, Atractoscionnobilis (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 anU.S.-Asia Workshop, Honolulu, HI, 1991. The Oceanic Institute

1989   Orhun, M.R. Early Life history ofwhite seabass, Atractoscion nobilis.  M.S. thesis. San Diego StateUniversity, 162pg.

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