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Maryke Musson is General Manager of Kingfish Zeeland.
INTERVIEW
with Maryke Musson
HFM: Please tell us about yourself. What has been your journey in aquaculture? How did you get to where you are today? MM: I studied marine science and my ocean career started as part of a small team building and stocking the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town about 27 years ago. This is where I gained incredible experience in fish husbandry, animal welfare, aquatic life support systems and creating inspiring stories to share science with the general public and where I developed “fish fingers”. With a deep interest in sustainability and conservation and great support from thought leaders and funders believing in sustainable food production, we forged ahead and pioneered the hatchery production and commercial production of mulloway/dusky kob (Argyrosomus japonicus) in South Africa. This was a
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fantastic journey, getting involved in and ultimately leading all aspects of a vertically integrated RAS facility, from design and construction, to R&D, broodstock management and hatchery production, to developing best-case production plans and stock management and ultimately, processing and marketing of a sustainable certified product fresh to the market. After almost 17 years in aquaculture development, I was lured back to aquarium science as general curator of the Two Oceans Aquarium, and eventually CEO of the Two Oceans Aquarium Education Foundation. I was then offered the opportunity to jump back into the fast-paced world of next-generation fish production at The Kingfish Company here in Zeeland, the Netherlands where we are on a mission to produce the perfect fish using innovative and disruptive technologies
