"Motive, Method, and Poor Decisions - Doing Business in Great Waters"
By Dave Preble
This lecture is FREE and open to the public. It will be held in the Student Auditorium, second floor of the Academic Building. For directions/campus map, please visit: http://www.averypoint.uconn.edu/about/directions.html
Dave is a descended from a line of seafarers. His father was a commercial fisherman, his son is a retired U.S. Navy Commander, an ancestor commanded the U.S.S Constitution during the Barbary War from 1803-1804, and another ancestor was a Rear Admiral in the Union Navy during the Civil War. Dave holds a Master's of Science degree in biology with research on population homeostasis, as well as a U.S. Merchant Marine 100-ton master's license. He also has several decades of experience as a fishery biologist and as a commercial, recreational, and charter fisherman. He has written four books, more than 200 articles, and a score of scientific reports on fishing and fisheries.
Dave believes that the primary fishery management goal at all levels must be conservation of the resource, and that such a policy will always be in everyone's best economic and cultural interests. In his words, "I will do water I can to protect our living marine resources for my own benefit and for the benefit of my grandchildren."
