U.S. Freshwater Prawn and Shrimp Growers Association Annual Meeting

The Grand Casino's Veranda Hotel - Convention Center

Tunica, MS

 

 

Friday, January 16, 2004

    

12:00  Registration                                          

 

 1:00  Welcome                                                Steve Fratesi

                                                `             President, USFPSGA

 

 1:15  An Overview of Practices Utilized in                   Mack Fondren

the Culture of Freshwater Prawn                        Mississippi State University

 

 1:45  Water Quality Requirements and Management              Jim Steeby

for Pond Culture of Freshwater Prawns                  Mississippi State University

Extension Service

 

 2:15  Recent Developments in Production Technologies         Jim Tidwell

For Freshwater Prawns                                  Kentucky State University

 

 3:00  Break                                                  Sponsored by AQUACENTER-

                                                              Your Aquaculture Supply Source

 

 3:20  Low Input Freshwater Prawn Aquaculture                 Lou D'Abramo

Mississippi State University  

 

 4:00  Price Demand Analysis of Freshwater Prawns:            Karina Gallardo, Terrill Hanson

A Grocery Store Study                                  Mississippi State University

 

 4:30  Status of Culture and Marketing of                     Cortney Ohs

Freshwater Prawn in Illinois                           Southern Illinois University

 

 5:00  Reception                                              Sponsored by

                                                              Aire-O2

 

 

Saturday, January 17, 2004

 

      

 8:30  USFPSGA Meeting

 

 9:10  Processing, Safety and Bioterrorism as                 Juan Silva

Applied to Prawn Processors                            Mississippi State University

 

 9:50  Chitin and Chitosan, Extraction and Uses               Lana Zivanovich

University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture

 

10:30  Break                                                  Sponsored by

                                                              ARKAT–The Science of Nutrition

 

10:45  NAP Insurance                                          Gene Martin

                                                              Program Specialist

 

11:00  Future Strategies at the Producer,                     Roundtable Discussion

Researcher, and Marketing Levels

 

12:00  Meeting Adjournment