Barry Costa-Pierce featured on MattJonesWrites blog

Barry Costa-Pierce, Ph.D., Doherty Professor and director of the UNE Marine Science Center, was featured in a Sept. 23 blog post titled "Rethinking An Industry – Dr. Barry Costa-Pierce examines a new social contract for aquaculture" on MattJonesWrites. The blog covered a presentation by Costa-Pierce at the Bay of Fundy Seafood Festival’s Seafood Forum in June.

Matt Jones explains that "With many undersold health benefits and much untapped potential, seafood has an opportunity to become a much more important part of a typical western diet. Dr. Barry Costa-Pierce, a researcher with the University of New England says that aquaculture, in particular, has the potential to play a key role in this brave new world, but it will require some revolutionary thinking." Read the entire post.