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Tom Waldrop came to Mote Marine Laboratory in 2013 and he works at Mote Aquaculture Research Park, where he is responsible for fish culture, fish biology and maintenance of the Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) designed to produce great quality fish in an environmentally sustainable fashion. His expertise is in land-based, sustainable seafood programs that utilize RAS, and through his work, Waldrop demonstrates that land-based aquaculture can be viable economically and more environmentally sustainable. 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