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Heather holds masters degrees in Food Science and Business Administration, and has approximately 18 years experience working with the seafood, aquaculture and marine bio-industries. She is currently the Director of the Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development (CASD) of the Fisheries and Marine Institute (MI). The CASD is a comprehensive industrial response unit housed within the MI’s School of Fisheries. Located in St. John’s, NL, Canada, the mission of the MI is to foster economic development in strategic sectors of the Newfoundland and Labrador economy, particularly the fisheries and offshore, and to enable Newfoundlanders and Labradorians to participate in the marine industry nationally and internationally.
Heather is responsible for the management of the CASD and fulfilling its mandate to enhance the competiveness and future growth of the aquaculture and seafood processing industries in Newfoundland and Labrador. Heather leads a diverse team of scientific and technical researchers with combined qualifications and multi-disciplinary industrial skills to provide assistance to clients in all areas of aquaculture and seafood development ranging from site evaluation services; to seafood processing technology design, processing automation, and testing; seafood product development; fish health and nutrition; and marine biotechnology. Under Heather’s direction, the CASD typically generates in excess of $1 million annually in contract research. In recent years, Heather has been the Marine Institute’s champion for the advancement of marine biotechnology and fishery by-product utilization throughout the NL fishing and aquaculture sectors. In 2012 Heather was elected to the board of directors of the International Association of Fish Inspectors. She is also leading the program development of the IAFI’s 2013 World Seafood Congress. |
IAFI represents the world fish inspection community helping them to provide fish, seafood and associated products that are safe, of acceptable quality and readily available for sale in the global marketplace.
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