Charles Yarish

Dr. Charles Yarish
University of Connecticut at Stamford
One University Place
Stamford, CT 06901-2315
Ph:  203-251-8432
Fax:  203-251-8592
E-Mail: yarish@uconnvm.uconn.edu

Expertise:
Seaweed Aquaculture, Biotechnology and Ecology; Estuaries; Marine Biology; Oceanography, SCUBA Diving.

Background:
Professor Yarish has published extensively including two co-edited books entitled "Economically Important Marine Plants of
the Atlantic: Their Biology and Cultivation" and also "Seaweeds-Their Environment, Biogeography and Ecophysiology." He has
also been an adjunct Professor of Marine Sciences at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, a visiting Scientist at
the Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Germany, and a visiting Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Groningen, The
Netherlands. Recognition has been given to Prof. Yarish through many grants and awards. He has served with many
organizations including the International Executive Service Corps' Aquacultural Project in Kenya, member of the Organizing
Committee & the Executive Secretariat for the Vth International Phycological Congress, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
(1994) and Advisory Board of the Institute of BioSciences, National Research Council of Canada (1990-1995). Prof. Yarish
received the 1992 Marinalg Award's First Prize (at the XIVth International Seaweed Symposium, Brittany, France) for his
work in East Africa (Kenya) judged to be the most useful to the economic development of the world seaweed industry. He has
also been a national lecturer for the Phycological Society of America (1993-1995), its Secretary, and member of the Society's
Executive Committee (1993-1996). He continues to be the Co-Chairman of the Technical Advisory Committee for the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's Long Island Sound Study and assist the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research,
NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce on matters dealing with aquaculture in the People's Republic of China. Among other
memberships, he is a member of the Advisory Boards for Norwalk Community and Technology College's Environmental
Technology Program and City of Bridgeport's Aquaculture High School, and The Maritime Aquarium of Norwalk's Education and Program Committee. He is currently a co-principal investigator on National and Connecticut Sea Grant College Programs entitled "Developing a Commercially Viable Seaweed Aquaculture Industry in New England."

Selected Publications:

Chopin, T. and C. Yarish. 1998. Aquaculture does not only mean finfish monoculture...seaweeds must be a significant
                 component for an integrated ecosystem approach. Bull Aquacul. Assoc. Canada 98-33 (IN PRESS).

Chopin, T. and C. Yarish. 1998. Nutrients or Not Nutrients? That is the question in seaweed aquaculture...and the answer
         depends on the type and purpose of the aquaculture system. World Aquaculture 29 (4): 31.

Fei, X.G., S. Lu, Y. Bao, R. Wilkes, and C. Yarish. 1998. Seaweed cultivation in China. World Aquaculture 29 (4):22. 

Grobe, C.W., C. Yarish, and I. Davison. 1998. Nitrogen: a critical requirement for Porphyra aquaculture. World Aquaculture
             29 (4):34.

Luening, K. 1990. Seaweeds - Their Environment, Biogeography, and Ecophysiology. In: Yarish, C. and H. Kirkman (eds.),
             John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York. 527 pp.

Yarish, C., C. A. Penniman, and M. Van Patten (eds.). 1990. Economically Important Marine Plants of the Atlantic: Their
             Biology and Cultivation. The Connecticut Sea Grant College, Groton, CT. 158 pp.

Yarish, C. T. Chopin, R. Wilkes, A.C. Mathieson, X.G. Fei, and S. Lu. 1998. Domestication of Nori for Northeast America:
             The Asian Experience. Bull Aquacul. Assoc. Canada 98-3 (IN PRESS).

Yarish, C., R. Wilkes, T. Chopin, X.G. Fei, A.C. Mathieson, A.S. Klein, D. Friel, C.D. Neefus, G.G. Mitman, and I. Levine.
             1998. Domesticating indigenous Porphyra (nori) species for commercial cultivation in Northeast America. World
              Aquaculture 29 (4):26.