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    Aideen Kearney is a third year undergraduate student studying Freshwater & Marine Biology at GMIT. She has 5 years of experience working in aquaculture, including roles at a perch hatchery, salmon smolt farm in Norway, and currently as a fish farmer. She is passionate about fish health and has volunteered with sea turtle and seal conservation organizations.

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    Aideen Kearney is a third year undergraduate student studying Freshwater & Marine Biology at GMIT. She has 5 years of experience working in aquaculture, including roles at a perch hatchery, salmon smolt farm in Norway, and currently as a fish farmer. She is passionate about fish health and has volunteered with sea turtle and seal conservation organizations.

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    Aideen Kearney is a third year undergraduate student studying Freshwater & Marine Biology at GMIT. She has 5 years of experience working in aquaculture, including roles at a perch hatchery, salmon smolt farm in Norway, and currently as a fish farmer. She is passionate about fish health and has volunteered with sea turtle and seal conservation organizations.

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    AIDEEN KEARNEY

    7 Abhainn Na Ri, Oranmore, Co. Galway · 0851455510


    · [email protected] ·
    16-05-1994

    I am currently in my third year of an undergraduate honors degree in Freshwater & Marine Biology in
    GMIT and work part-time in a European perch hatchery, Keywater Fisheries. I am very passionate about
    fish health, aquatic, environmental and conservational studies. I am a member of the European
    Aquaculture Society (EAS) & have recently been given the role of National Coordinator for the student
    group.

    EXPERIENCE
    SEPTEMBER 2012 – FEBRUARY 2015
    SUPERVISOR, GALA CONVENIENCE STORE
    In this role, my responsibilities included: dealing with the public and any customer issues,
    opening and closing the shop, general maintenance, closing registers, matching dockets & placed
    orders and counting earnings at the end of each shift.

    APRIL 2015 – MAY 2015


    WORK EXPERICENCE, MARINE HARVEST SMOLT FARM, NORWAY
    In this role, my responsibilities included: mortality removal, average weights, gill sample
    preparation, feeding and general maintenance.

    MAY 2015 – JUNE 2015 & MAY 2016 – JULY 2016


    VOLUNTEER, ARCHELON SEA TURTLE PROTECTION SOCIETY OF GREECE
    In this role, my responsibilities included: collection of biological data i.e. morning survey & night
    survey, tagging turtles, tending to sick or injured sea turtles, protecting nests i.e. relocation of
    eggs and general base camp duties.

    NOVEMBER 2015 – PRESENT


    FISH FARMER, KEYWATER FISHERIES LTD.
    In this role, my responsibilities included: water quality testing, average weights, grading,
    stripping & fertilization of eggs, general maintenance of hatchery, nursery, broodstock & pond
    systems, responding to alarms (24/7), data analysis, creating disinfection protocols, pit tagging,
    mortality removal, culturing Artemia and calculating feed rates.

    FEBRUARY 2019 – APRIL 2019


    INTERN, AQUACULTURE & FISH HEALTH UNITS, MARINE INSTITUTE, GALWAY
    In this role, my responsibilities included: sea lice inspections, sorting and identification of sea lice,
    smolt vaccination, assistance with research project (IMPAQT), data input and analysis, lobster
    and seaweed sampling, general lab duties, error checking data, sorting HPRA procedure
    applications, Gram’s staining, DNA and RNA extraction, API’s, PCR and general bacteriology
    duties.

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    APRIL 2019
    INTERN, FISH VET GROUP, GALWAY
    In this role, my responsibilities included: general health checks of Atlantic salmon and lumpfish,
    gill and skin scrapes, microscopy, dissecting and sampling fish for histology, pre-movement
    checks on salmon smolts, sampling lumpfish for bacteriology, parasitology and histology, taking
    blood samples from Atlantic salmon, general lab duties, research and study of available material .

    FUTURE ROLES

    JUNE 2019 – SEPTEMBER 2019


    BURSAR, AQUACULTURE UNIT, MARINE INSTITUTE, GALWAY

    EDUCATION
    MAY 2015
    CERTIFICATE IN AQUACULTURE (LEVEL 5), BIM NATIONAL FISHERIES COLLEGE
    I obtained the certificate with distinctions.

    CURRENTLY STUDYING
    APPLIED FRESHWATER & MARINE BIOLOGY, GALWAY-MAYO INSTITUTE OF
    TECHNOLOGY

    SKILLS
    • Extremely hard working, passionate & • Data analysis & statistics
    dedicated • Knowledge of fish biology and aquatic
    • Water quality testing zoology
    • Water safety training (BIM) • Familiarity with a wide variety of applicable
    • Manual handling technology & equipment used in
    • Elementary First Aid on Board Ship aquaculture systems
    • Work boat handling • Data input & general usage of Excel.

    ACTIVITIES
    I have completed a workshop in fish welfare run by Fish Vet Group and Percid Culture workshop run by
    the European Percid Fish Culture Group. I am also a member of the Irish Whale & Dolphin Group and

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    have taken part in a Cetacean Identification workshop. I have completed training with Seal Rescue
    Ireland and am a listed volunteer for strandings. Recently attended the European Aquaculture Society
    conference in Montpellier. I have volunteered in Galway Atlantiquaria and undertook a range of various
    jobs. I am a qualified basketball coach & referee. I very actively participate with my local club and coach
    many underage teams and voluntary referee. I hold a full clean Irish driving license for almost 8 years
    and own a car.

    REFERENCES
    CONOR BEHAN
    HATCHERY MANAGER, KEYWATER FISHERIES LTD.
    087 6230286

    DR ROISIN NASH
    LECTURER & THIRD YEAR COORDINATOR, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES,
    GMIT
    091 742593

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