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U.S. FRESHWATER PRAWN & SHRIMP GROWERS ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL MEETING
The Grand Casino’s Veranda Hotel – Meetings in the Convention Center
Tunica, MS
Friday, January 16, 2004
| 12:00 |
Registration |
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| 1:00 |
Welcome |
Steve Fratesi
President, USFPSGA |
| 1:15 |
An Overview of Practices Utilized in the Culture of Freshwater Prawn |
Mack Fondren, Mississippi State University |
| 1:45 |
Water Quality Requirements and Management for Pond Culture of Freshwater Prawns Extension Service |
Jim Steeby, Mississippi State University |
| 2:15 |
Recent Developments in Production Technologies For Freshwater Prawns |
Jim Tidwell
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: A Grocery Store Study |
Karina Gallardo, Terrill Hanson Mississippi State University |
| 4:30 |
Status of Culture and Marketing of Status of Culture and Marketing of |
Cortney Ohs
Southern Illinois University |
| 5:00 |
Reception |
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Saturday, January 17, 2004
| 8:30 |
USFPSGA Meeting |
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| 9:10 |
Processing, Safety and Bioterrorism as Applied to Prawn Processors |
Juan Silva, Mississippi State University |
| 9:50 |
Chitin and Chitosan, Extraction and Uses University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture |
Lana Zivanovich |
| 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, Researcher, and Marketing Levels |
Roundtable Discussion |
| 12:00 |
Meeting Adjournment |
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