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S t eve’s a l w a ys ha d o n e ey e
o n ho w t o b e a hea d o f t he
p a c k, r ec o g n i si n g t he va l u e
o f i n vest i n g i n t he t r i a l l i n g
o f i d ea s. H e w a s a st ro n g
a d vo c a t e f o r f eed i n g f i sh “t o
a p p et i t e” (m a ki n g su r e ever y
f i sh g et s a c ha n c e t o b e f u l l )
b a c k i n t he ea r l y n i n et i es
w hen i t w a sn’t c o mmo n p ra c t i c e g l o b a l l y. Thi s r esu l t ed
i n t he st o c k b ei n g b i g g er i n
size a n d m o r e c o n si st en t i n
w ei g ht d i st r i b u t i o n .
S t eve ha s a l w a ys b een p a ssi o n a t e a b o u t t he i mp o r t a n c e
o f va c c i n e r esea r c h a n d
d evel o p m en t w hi c h ha s b een
c r i t i c a l t o t he su c c ess o f t he
sa l m o n i n d u st r y. The i n d u st r y
i s n o w a t t he c u t t i n g ed g e o f
sa l m o n va c c i n es w i t h w o r l d
c l a ss f a c i l i t i es a n d st a f f a t
t he Aq u a t i c An i ma l H ea l t h
a n d Va c c i n e Cen t r e i n
La u n c est o n .
S t eve t ra n si t i o n ed t o a p a r t
t i m e a r ra n g em en t b a c k i n
2020 w i t h t he a i m o f p a ssi n g o n hi s kn o w l ed g e a n d
ex p er i en c e t o o t hers w i t hi n
t he b u si n ess, en su r i n g w e a r e
w el l p l a c ed w i t h t he r i g ht
ex p er t i se f o r t he n ext p a r t o f
H u o n’s j o u r n ey. I n a n ea r l y
ed i t i o n o f t hi s p u b l i c a t i o n ,
S t eve sa i d hi s ro l e i n t he
c o m p a n y w a s “t o c o n vi n c e
p eo p l e o f w ha t t hey a r e c a p a b l e o f a n d t hen g et o u t o f
t hei r w a y ! ”
Eq u a l l y, S t eve ha s a l w a ys
r ec o g n i sed a n d a p p r ec i a t ed
t he l ea d ershi p a n d su p p o r t
sho w n by Pet er a n d Fra n c es
Ben d er, w ho (he’s b een
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kn o w n t o sa y o f t en ) in sp ir ed
a n d a l l o wed him a n d ma n y
o t hers t o a c hieve o u t c o mes
t ha t w er e u n p a ra lleled
c o mp a r ed t o o t her sa lmo n
sec t o rs.
of 3 other Fish Health staf f.
Without Steve’s support and
confidence in me, I would
not be where I am today and
I am so grateful for having
him as a mentor all this time.
Steve is clearly so deeply
passionate about the industr y
and we share a unique en thusiasm for things that only
fish vets would understand!
The right way is not always
the easy way, and as challenges and questions have
arisen for me along the way,
Steve has continued to demonstrate firm and clear direction, that is both sensible
and practical, while at its
heart always put ting the fish
first.
We t hi n k t he wo r d s o f Dr
Ja smi n e Kn o wles, Hu o n’s
Fi sh H ea lt h Ma n a g er
p ro vi d e a n exc ellen t
Steve has always instilled in
su mma r y o f his va lu e
me the importance of communicat o t hi s i n d u st r y.
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tion and education with all levels
of staff in our business, to foster a culture of curiosity, respect
and one where fish health, welfare and biosecurity are at the
forefront of everything we do.”
“ Steve has been such
a role model to me
since I started working at Huon some 6+
years ago. As some one coming into the
industr y with relative ly lit tle experience, I
have respected and valued
his guidance so much.
Steve has been a fountain
of knowledge and experience with unwavering support for my career development. Steve has empowered
me to step up to become
Huon’s Fish Health Manager,
responsible for day -to-day
fish health and biosecurit y
mat ters, and leading a team
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Ou r a p p re cia t io n a nd g ra t it u d e t o S t ev e f o r his co nt r ib u t io n ; he ’s p la ce d his
p ro f essio na l re p ut a t io n o n
t he lin e, f o r t he ind us t r y, a nd
p ro u d ly s t o o d up f o r ev e r y
o n e o f u s . It ’s no t a t o t a l
f a r ewell t o t he Pe rciv a l d y n a st y t ho ug h – his d a ug ht e r,
To r i, is o ur Gro up Ma na g e r,
Fish Per f o rm a nce , a nd s he
lo ves he r jo b a lm o s t a s much
a s her f at he r!
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