Barrett Christie's presentation at the E-Workshop: Fish Parasites & Management 2020. Barrett will discuss the different types of monogeneans found in the aquarium and their management.

Barrett is currently the Director of Animal Husbandry for the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk in Connecticut, USA. He was educated at Texas A&M University and has worked in public aquariums for 19 years, getting his start at the Moody Gardens Aquarium in Galveston, Texas before overseeing the renovation of one of the world’s oldest aquariums, the Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park. He was part of the opening team for OdySea Aquarium in Arizona before relocating to New England to take his current position at the Maritime Aquarium where he oversees the animal husbandry, dive operations, and research and conservation teams.

His research interests include fish parasitology, coral reproduction, cephalopod husbandry, and freshwater mussel conservation. He has authored or co-authored a number of scientific papers, book chapters, and animal care manuals and serves as a referee for several journals. Barrett serves on a number of professional committees including as the Vice-Chair for the AZA Aquatic Invertebrate TAG, on the AZA Animal Population Management Committee, and as an advisor to the AZA Freshwater Fishes TAG, among others.

He also enjoys SCUBA diving, has over 1000 dives and is a certified divemaster and cave diver. When not working he enjoys fly fishing, backpacking, and zymurgy.