Patrick Hone
Managing Director, Executive Director / Fisheries Research and Development Corporation
Dr Patrick Hone has extensive knowledge of all sectors within the fishing and aquaculture industries.
He has been with the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation since 1997 and has played a key role in the planning, management and funding of fishing and aquaculture related research, development and extension in Australia.
Dr Hone has become one of Australia’s leading spokespeople on the role of marine science.
He had worked for SARDI on a wide range of aquaculture research for southern bluefin tuna, pacific oysters, mussels, yellowtail kingfish and abalone.
Dr Hone holds a PhD from Adelaide University.