Barry Costa-Pierce delivers keynote address at American Association for the Advancement of Science

Barry Costa-Pierce, Ph.D., FAAAS, professor and chair of the Department of Marine Sciences and director of the Marine science Center, presented a keynote talk at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston on February 18, 2013, in the scientific symposium "What is Science's Role in Developing Aquaculture as a Sustainable Use of the Ocean?鈥

Costa-Pierce鈥檚 talk was titled "Sustainability Science of Ocean Food Ecosystems.鈥  It addressed the following topics:  The Types of Science We Need, The Types of People We Need, Ecological Aquaculture and the Ecosystem Approach to Aquaculture, Sustainability Science of Ocean Foods, and The New Social Contract for Aquaculture.

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