Aquaculture Research Manager
Core Program
Sustainable Seafood
Research Program
Aquaculture Innovation & Larval Rearing of Marine Finfish
Education
B.S., Biology, University of Delaware
M.S., Aquaculture, Clemson University
Kevin joined the institute in 2003 and is a research scientist at our Mission Bay Laboratory. Kevin helps to direct research as part of our Sustainable Seafood program. Kevin focuses on hatchery technologies for local marine species such as California yellowtail, California halibut, and white seabass. Specifically his research areas include broodstock development and egg quality, larval and juvenile nutrition, larval culture, and juvenile growout. He holds a Master’s degree in Aquaculture from Clemson University and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Delaware.
Publications
Stuart, K., & Drawbridge, M., 2025. First controlled out of season spawning for California yellowtail (Seriola dorsalis). Aquaculture Reports, 42, 102861
Stuart, K.R., Rotman, F. and Drawbridge, M.A., 2024. Evaluation of a self-cleaning larval rearing tank to improve production of two marine finfish species. Aquaculture Reports, 36, p.102069.
Rotman, F., K. Stuart, C. Silbernagel, and M. Drawbridge. 2021. The status of California yellowtail Seriola dorsalis as a commercially ready species for marine US aquaculture. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 52(3), pp.595-606.
Stuart, K., C. Silbernagel, and M. Drawbridge. 2021. The status of California halibut, Paralichthys californicus, as a technologically feasible species for marine US aquaculture. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society.
Stuart, K.R., L. Armbruster, R. Johnson, and M.A. Drawbridge. 2020. Egg diameter as a predictor for egg quality of California yellowtail (Seriola dorsalis). Aquaculture 522, 735154.