Jasmine Knowles

Background

About Jasmine Knowles

I have always loved aquaculture and have been passionately dissecting fish since I was 5 years old! After completing my Veterinary Medicine degree in New Zealand in 2015, I joined Huon Aquaculture as a company Veterinarian. I am now the Group Fish Health Manager, responsible for fish health, welfare and biosecurity management across all sites. Huon Aquaculture is a large enterprise, producing of Atlantic Salmon and Rainbow Trout annually. Being a vertically integrated company, working at Huon has given me extensive experience in aquaculture management beyond the scope of regular veterinary roles. My responsibilities span all phases of the production cycle, and I have worked up from a role that focused on day-to-day fish health management, to higher level strategic planning and leadership of teams across all facets of animal health, welfare, and biosecurity. I have expertise in a wide range of areas including: broodstock management, recirculation and flow through hatchery systems, environmental impacts on fish health and performance, vaccine development, field diagnostics, disease mitigation, wellboat technology, feeding strategies, harvest practices and end-stage product quality.