Aquaculture & Fisheries

Biography

Dr Beni Giraspy Daniel Azari is a commercial aquaculturist, currently working as the Principal consultant of Seacucumber Consultancy Pty. Ltd., Queensland. He is responsible for the development of Sea Cucumber Consultancy’s unique commercial production technologies for the commercially valuable sea cucumbers. He is a qualified commercial marine biologist with more than 16 years experience in commercial sea cucumber aquaculture and research and development in Australia, Republic of Maldives, Malaysia, India and the Middle East. He has been a project/hatchery manager and consultant, producing millions of hatchery produced sea cucumber juveniles for commercial farming and sea ranching operations in different countries. Dr Giraspy has a thorough understanding and experience with designing and utilising different aquaculture systems for tropical and temperate conditions.

Research Interest

Sea cucumber Project feasibility study, site selection, selection of sea cucumber species for commercial production, Hatchery design and operation, Facility and equipment, Broodstock acquisition, maintenance and conditioning, Intensive larval rearing and settlement cues methods, Health management and sea farming and sea ranching, Harvesting, processing, Food safety and quality and Marketing