Department of Life Sciences, The University of West Indies at Mona

Dr. Aiken has worked on fish and fisheries matters since 1971 when he completed his Masters Degree research. He has conducted fisheries research on spiny lobsters and island as well offshore resources and taught fisheries and fish biology to undergraduates, managed several Research Projects and worked on reef fisheries management. His interests have included queen conch assessment & management, freshwater mullet biology, wetland fisheries and aquaculture. He was awarded the PhD for research into the use of fish otoliths (earstones) in ageing the lane snapper (Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758)) in Jamaican waters. Dr. Aiken currently runs several fisheries research projects, mainly funded by the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) and the European Commission-funded University of Portsmouth(UK)-coordinated ECOST project.

M.Phil. Degrees Awarded

Stacey-Ann Moses 2006: Eeffects of artificial coral structures on small fish populations in the Port Royal Cays, Jamaica (with Dr. D. Webber)
Llewelyn Meggs 2006: Settlement of larvae of spiny lobster, Panulirus argus in Jamaica. (replaced Dr. R.D. Steele, now retired).
Anginette O. Murray 2005: Investigation of the fisheries activities at Whitehouse, Westmoreland, with notes on the biology and population dynamics of selected reef fish species.
Antoinette Olivia Clemetson 1995: An investigation of the Jamaica south shelf coral reef fisheries using catch and effort data.
Stephanie Ann Auil 1993: An analysis of the Belize coral reef finfish fisheries.

M.Sc. Degrees Awarded

Jeanne Smith 2006: Ageing of selected marine fish using otoliths.
Lester Gittens, 2001: Fisheries dynamics and status of the spiny lobster, Panulirus argus Latreielle, at Pedro Bank, Jamaica. (UWI, Cave Hill)

Thesis In Preparation

Ben Sinclair (MPhil candidate): Super-intensive tilapia culture.

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Dr. Karl Aiken

B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. U.W.I.(Mona)