U.S. FRESHWATER PRAWN & SHRIMP GROWERS ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL MEETING

Friday, December 10, 2004

11:00 Registration / Sponsor Exhibits Open

12:45 Welcome Steve Fratesi

` President, USFPSGA

1:00 An Overview of Practices Utilized in Mack Fondren

the Culture of Freshwater Prawn Mississippi State University

1:20 Marketing Prawns in North Carolina: Gene Wiseman

Searching for Ethnic Markets

1:40 Raising Prawns in N.C.: An Overview of Mike Frinsko

Production Practices NC Area Specialized Agent

2:00 Freshwater Prawn Production in Bob Boyd and Dr. Cortney Ohs

the Midwest – Past, Present, and Future Shawnee Community College and

Southern Illinois University

2:20 Consumer Willingness to Pay and Attitudes Toward Dr. Terry Hanson

Freshwater Prawns-Results of a Marketing Study Mississippi State University

3:15 Break

3:30 The Concept of Regional Nurseries as a Craig Upstrom

part of the US Freshwater Prawn Industry Aquaculture of Texas, Inc.

4:00 From the Nursery to the Pond Shawn Coyle,

Kentucky State University

4:30 Economics of Freshwater Prawn Grow-out in the U.S. Dr. Sid Dasgupta

Kentucky State University

5:30 Reception Aeration Industries

Saturday, December 11, 2004

8:00 USFPSGA Meeting

8:45 Current Research Bill Pitt,

University of TN, Knoxville

9:15 Manual for Production and Processing of Freshwater Juan Silva

Prawns-Integrating Safety and Biosecurity into Mississippi State University

Production

10:00 Break

10:30 Production and Niche Marketing and Sales of Ron Pigue

Freshwater Prawns in Arkansas

10:50 Response to Frequently Asked Questions Dr. Lou D’Abramo

Mississippi State University

11:10 General Discussion – Point of Action for 2005 Roundtable Discussion

Future Research and Research Needs;

New Approaches; Obstacles to Progress

11:50 Meeting Adjournment

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