Yellowfin tuna biz concept a winner

UM Rosenstiel School student Stieglitz receives entrepreneurship recognition

		IMAGE: John Steiglitz won $3,000 in the 7th annual University of Miami School of Business Entrepreneurship Competition for his business concept to sustainably grow juvenile yellowfin tuna. This High-Potential Growth... Click here for more information.

VIRGINIA KEY, Fla. -- For the second year in a row, judges at the annual University of Miami (UM) School of Business Entrepreneurship Competition awarded prizes to a sustainable fisheries project developed by students from the UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. At this year's 7th annual competition, John Stieglitz, a Marine Affairs and Policy graduate student, won runner-up and $3,000 in the competition's High-Potential Venture category. His venture, Blue Ocean Aquaculture, focuses on the production and shipment of sustainably cultured juvenile yellowfin tuna for the billion-dollar global offshore aquaculture industry and the capture-based tuna aquaculture industry.