Dr. Aiken has worked on fish and fisheries matters since 1971 when he completed
his Masters Degree research. He has conducted fisheries research on spiny lobsters
and island as well offshore resources and taught fisheries and fish biology to
undergraduates, managed several Research Projects and worked on reef fisheries
management. His interests have included queen conch assessment & management,
freshwater mullet biology, wetland fisheries and aquaculture. He was awarded
the PhD for research into the use of fish otoliths (earstones) in ageing the lane
snapper (Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758)) in Jamaican waters. Dr. Aiken
currently runs several fisheries research projects, mainly funded by the Environmental
Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) and the European Commission-funded University of
Portsmouth(UK)-coordinated ECOST project.
