Mr. Brenton has been involved in the aquaculture industry for over 24 years and received his MSc in Marine Biology from the University of British Columbia. He specializes in hands-on fish farm management and business planning. He has owned salmonid netpen operations in Canada and managed and/or consulted on fish farm projects in North America, South America, SE Asia and Australia. He has presented technical/scientific papers at many international conferences and taught aquaculture courses at Simon Fraser University and Malaspina University-College, both in British Columbia, Canada, plus served as a director with the British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association.
Mr. Brenton is one of the founders of Future SEA Technologies, a Canadian company that manufactures a floating containment system for the rearing of finfish. He is the patent holder of a waste removal system for this technology. He is experienced in the innovative development/implementation of biological and technical programs including egg source selection, broodstock development, world technology exchange, hatchery design/construction, sea cage system development/installation, employee training, financing procurement and general management coordination at the farm employee, farm manager, company management, local government and federal government levels. He is an internationally certified, Workers Compensation Board occupational scuba diver.
Most recently Mr. Brenton has been involved in business plan development, biological modeling, permit/licence/lease applications and financing proposals for tuna farms in Hawaii, French Polynesia and Mexico.
