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.
Publications
- Aiken, K. A., G.A. Kong, S. G. Smikle, R. Appeldoorn & G.F. Warner.2006. Managing
Jamaica’s queen conch resources. Ocean & Coastal Management 49,332-341, Elsevier Press
& Univ. of Delaware, USA.
- Murray, A.O. & K.A. Aiken. 2006. Artisanal fishing in Jamaica today: a study of a
larger fishing site. Proc. Gulf & Caribbean Fisheries Institute 57:215-233
- Aiken, K.A. 2006. National report – Jamaica. Bruckner, A.W. (editor). Proceedings of
the CITES Workshop on the conservation of sea cucumbers in the family Holothuriidae and
Stichopididae: NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFA-OPR 34, Silver Springs, MD:154-157pp
- Goodbody, I.M., G. Mc.N. Harvey, & K.A. Aiken. 2004. Aspects of the fishery for
herrings in Kingston Harbour, Jamaica. Bull. Mar. Science, Special Publication,
Vol.73-2.
- Kenney, R.D., Aiken, K.A., O’Sullivan, C., Hay, D.B. & P.H. Wilson-Kelly. 2004. A
preliminary aerial survey for bottlenose dolphins in the coastal waters of Jamaica,
West Indies. Report to National Environmental & Planning Agency, Kingston, Jamaica.
Graduate School of Oceanography, Univ. of Rhode Island, Narragansett, Rhode Island,
USA, March:23pp
- Aiken, K.A. & G.A. Kong. 2004. Recent developments in the Jamaica conch fishery
(1992-1995). Proc. Gulf & Carib. Fish. Instit. 48, Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep. 1995:541-550
- Aiken, K.A., Morris, D., Hanley, F.C. & R. Manning. 2002. Aquaculture in Jamaica.
Naga, WorldFish Centre Quarterly, Vol.25, No 3 & 4 July-December:10-15 (ISSN 1511-8533)
- Aiken, K.A. 2001. Aspects of reproduction, age and growth of
the Lane Snapper Lutjanus synagris (Linnaeus, 1758) in Jamaican
coastal waters. Proc. Gulf Caribb. Fish. Inst. 52:116-134.
- Aiken, K.A. and G.A. Kong. 2000. Jamaica's marine fisheries.
Naga, ICLARM Quarterly, Vol. 23 (1) Jan. - Mar.:23-35.
- Aiken, K.A., Kong, G.A., Smikle, S., Mahon, R. and Appeldorn,
R. 1999. The queen conch fishery on Pedro Bank, Jamaica: discovery,
development, management. Ocean and Coastal Management 42: 1069-1081.
- Aiken, K.A. 1998. Reproduction, diet and population structure
of the mountain mullet, Agonostomus monticola in Jamaica, West
Indies. Environ. Biol. Fishes 53:347-352, Netherlands.
- Aiken, K.A., Koslow, J.A., Auil, S.A., Espeut, P., & F.Galvez.
1998. The ICOD/UWI/Jamaica/Belize Reef Fisheries Management Planning
Project – A Caribbean Cooperative Research Project. Proc.
Gulf & Carib. Fish. Instit. 44, Nassau, Bahamas:270-282.
- Aiken, K.A., Kong, G.A., & S. Smikle. 1997. Status of the
fisheries and regulations regarding queen conch in Jamaica in
1996. Proc. Gulf & Carib. Fish. Instit., 49, Barbados:485-498.
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