John Cassani and Ernesto Lasso de la Vega

Recorded March 15, 2024 30:54 minutes
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Description

Ernesto Lasso de la Vega (62) interviews his colleague John Cassani (71) about his fish/aqua culture research and the impact it has made in the scientific community. The technology developed in this research to produce sterile grass carp is now being archived at the National U.S. Fish & Wildlife Fisheries Archive.

Subject Log / Time Code

Ernesto Lasso de la Vega (E) and John Cassani (J) describe their serendipitous meet.
E asks J who influenced him to pursue biology.
E asks J to describe a "grass carp."
J outlines some constraints of their research.
E and J talk about publishing the research.
E asks J to reflect on some other key moments of their 30+ years of research.
E and J discuss perfecting a stocking rate.
E and J talk about the process of spawning the fish.

Participants

  • John Cassani
  • Ernesto Lasso de la Vega

Recording Locations

Alliance for the Arts

Venue / Recording Kit