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Division:
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REUT
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Status:
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Federal, NOAA Fisheries
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Job Title:
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Supervisor, Marine Fish Group
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Phone:
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206-860-3382
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Email:
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send e-mail
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Programs:
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NWFSC Publications
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Background
Since 1980, Mike Rust has worked in fisheries and aquaculture in both developing countries, such as the Philippines and Haiti, and in developed countries, such as Norway, Canada and the United States. He has degrees from the University of Colorado (environmental biology -- B.S.), University of California, Davis (animal science -- M.S. and international agricultural development -- M.S.) and the University of Washington (fisheries -- Ph.D.). He joined the NWFSC in 1994 to help with the design and building of the CenterA's water recycling fish culture systems.
Current Research
Mike's research areas include aquaculture engineering and project development, fish developmental physiology and fish nutrition. He is the team leader for a group conducting research on marine enhancement and aquaculture. The Marine Enhancement Research team (MER) is the Resource Enhancement & Utilization Technologies(REUT) division's primary research team for non-salmonid marine fish. The team's mission is "to develop the information, technology, and human resources needed to create viable, environmentally sustainable marine aquaculture industries, and to protect and restore wild fishery resources."
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