SPEAKER DETAILS
STEPHEN KAVANAGH
Stephen Kavanagh is a marine biologist with 30+ years of experience in shellfish production and processing. This has culminated in a range of marine extracts made by his company Marine Health Foods, based in Ireland. Stephen says that the journey from college in Wales to Alaska for research, to smoking oysters and gastronomy and now dietary extracts and human nutrition has not been uneventful, to say the least. Lots to do and learn but only one life!
PRESENTATIOn
THE OYSTER IS OUR WORLD!
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27
Stephen Kavanagh will discuss the importance of oysters as a source of nutrition among ancestral cultures. He will cover their importance as a food and as an economic activity for coastal communities. The specifics of the nutritive value of oysters will be covered in detail. He will touch on gastronomy and the current status of oyster stocks. He will finish with details of the work being done globally to restore oyster populations and how these important ecosystem engineers support our health and the health of the oceans. Stephen will offer an oyster tasting after the talk.