December Immerse Yourself! Aquaculture in the Keys

Event Description

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Be sure to come early for Merry Divemas, and to see the Museum's exhibits, which are open until 6:45 PM. Catch Celebrating 20 Years! Featured Exhibit before it leaves December 31st.

Ken Nedimyer is the founder of Reef Renewal International, and the Technical Director for Reef Renewal USA, a Florida Keys based company focused on restoring coral reefs of the Florida Keys and also helps manage an international business called Reef Renewal Foundation International, which is focused on developing coral nursery and coral replanting programs in the Caribbean. Ken has set up coral nursery and reef restoration programs in 15 countries around the world and is actively working on developing new techniques for growing, propagating, and replanting corals throughout the Caribbean.

In this presentation, Ken will discuss the events that led to the development of the Florida Live Rock Aquaculture program, and go into the process of developing a live rock aquaculture farm in the Florida Keys. He will also discuss how an exemption in the live rock aquaculture program opened the way for the development of Florida’s first offshore coral nursery in 2002.

Thank you to this month’s sponsors: Bob Murray and Barbara Overton, and the Newton family.