Yonathan Zohar
Program leader for RAS-N and SAS², Inst. of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland (UMBC)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently awarded $10 million towards SAS², a set of projects to make large-scale, sustainable land-based aquaculture a reality in the United States. Yonathan Zohar, professor and chair of marine biotechnology at University of Maryland, is the program leader for these projects. SAS² builds on the Recirculating Aquaculture Salmon Network (RAS-N), which is also led by Zohar, with the goal of connecting industry partners to develop salmon RAS.