John Holder is a registered professional biologist in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He has 30 years experience in aquaculture and has had extensive experience with fresh water systems dealing with salmonids and more recently with cichlids and can be considered an expert in this field. Mr. Holder has worked and consulted for aquaculture companies in five continents and has his own consulting firm - JLH Consulting Inc. He is presently working on a recirculation/reuse facility that is being constructed in West Virginia for Arctic Char as well as a Tilapia recirculation facility in British Columbia plus numerous other projects.
He has been involved in numerous national and international conferences both as a delegate and invited speaker. He is on the advisory board of Hatchery Magazine, is about to become Past Director of the Aquaculture Association of Canada as well as a contributing writer to Northern Aquaculture. He graduated from the University of Guelph in 1973 and started his aquaculture career that same year.
