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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">The Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research (ACPIR) at the University of the Sunshine Coast invites you to join our Pacific
Seminar Series. This seminar will be presented online from Fiji:</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">How many stocks do we have? Using genetics and oceanographic tools for fishery and aquaculture management</span></i></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="eop"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Dr Monal Lal and Mr Kelly Brown<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="eop"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">When: 12 – 1 pm AEST Wed 29 June, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="eop"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black">Register
<a href="https://usc-au.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlduuqrzwsGt2ls2pCbvk3L4s5rA1CMide">
HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"T3Font_0",sans-serif">Aquaculture of invertebrate commodities such as pearl oysters and sea cucumbers in Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) holds great promise for developing and
supporting livelihoods for coastal communities. In many PICTs, wild populations are relied upon to provide juveniles for culture, as hatchery-based production is developed. It is important that these wild (and in some cases, already heavily fished) populations
are carefully managed to ensure sustainable fisheries and aquaculture practices. Scientific tools such as population genomics and oceanographic modelling can inform these approaches, to ensure appropriate conservation and fishery management is implemented.
Here, we outline how population genetics and oceanographic tools were applied to the black-lip pearl oyster and the sandfish sea cucumber in Fiji, to better understand how both wild and farmed populations can be managed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"T3Font_0",sans-serif">Dr. Monal Lal</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"T3Font_0",sans-serif"> is a USC research fellow with interests in tropical
aquaculture, population genomics, fisheries science and oceanography applied to the Pacific region and tropical species. Monal currently implements CIAR-funded research for development in fisheries and aquaculture in the Pacific region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"T3Font_0",sans-serif">Mr. Kelly Brown</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"T3Font_0",sans-serif"> is the curator of the USP Marine Collection, a natural
history repository for taxa from the South Pacific region. His research interests include marine biology, taxonomy and population genomics. He is trained in biodiversity data management, with over 12 years of coral reef ecology experience.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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