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Dr. M. Refik Orhun Technology Transfer Specialist Marine Fish Aquaculture and Seafood Quality This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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, Universität Kiel, Germany (then West) 1979 Vor-Diplom in Biology und Chemistry, Universität Tübingen, Germany (then West)
Experience 11/2007 – Present Research Fishery Biologist, Commerical Fisheries Statistics and Sustainable Marine Fish Aquaculture Development, Sustainable Fisheries Division, Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), NOAA-Fisheries, US Dept. Commerce 01/2003 – 08/2007 Associate Scientist, Director of Marine Fish Hatchery, and Technology Transfer Manager for ICommercial Aquaculture Development, Aquaculture Program, Division of Marine Affairs (MAF), Rosenstiel School, University of Miami (UM) 05/1997 - Present Seafood Professional working on Seafood Safety and Quality matters. Serving as an independent third party professional in assisting the seafood industry. in implementing seafood safety procedures, from quality assurance and control to verification, certification and auditing. Assisting in HACCP plan development for compliance with government and more traceability. as it is demanded more and more from the overall market. 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. 06/1994 - Present Marine Fish Aquaculture Technology Transfer Specialist. Marine fish hatchery design with specific considerations given to simplification of culture procedures, increase in efficiency and intensification, and ergonomics of culture systems. These include all aspect from maturation, to live food production systems (i.e. microalgae, rotifers, copepods, and Artemia), to incubation, larval rearing through weaning and nursery systems for appied research in commercial-level production of marine fish juveniles in 12-15m3 tanks.. 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 Resource 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 Marine Aquaculture Technology Transfer 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, IxoyeTropicales 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, L.A., California Other related Skills Computer: Operating systems: Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX Programming: FORTRAN, UNIX scripts, html Software: SAS, SQL, IDL, 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., 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 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. O’Hanlon. Aquaculture of Cobia Rachycentron canadum in the Americas and the Caribbean. In “Cobia Aquaculture: Research Development 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 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., 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, 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., O’Hanlon, 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.
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