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Dr Kerry Perkins PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons)

• Over 13 years’ experience in the Aquarium industry working in New Zealand, USA and the UK

• Worked in unique research environments from diving under commercial mussel farms in New Zealand to sifting through museum collections in the UK

• Broad research interests from Life Support Systems in a commercial setting through to fish and invertebrate welfare

• Focus on cephalopod welfare and biology and has worked with the European Union on cephalopod research legislation

George Hide MSc, PGCE, BSc (Hons), FHEA

• Undergraduate at Swansea University and postgraduate at Plymouth University, completing an MSc in Applied Fish Biology

• Industry background in salmon and trout farming working for a large multinational salmon producer in Scotland, with brief spells in Canada and Chile

• Maintains extensive contacts with the UK aquaculture industry, in particular with commercial feed manufacturers

• Manages Sparsholt’s fish trial facilities and involved in collaborative research into commercial salmonid, coarse and ornamental fish diets

• In 2018, awarded Hugh Jones Memorial Trophy for ‘Distinguished Services to Aquaculture’

Dr Kate Johnson PhD, MSc, BSc

• Over 10 years’ experience studying the biology of marine fishes

• PhD from The University of Auckland, New Zealand examined the gut structure and function in marine herbivorous fishes from temperate and tropical reef environments

• Research interests include comparative physiology and nutrition in fishes