24th Annual Texas Shrimp and Marine Finfish Culture Short Course
September 30 - October 6, 2009
September 30 - October 6, 2009
| PRESENTED BY: | The Texas A&M University System (Texas Sea Grant College Program, Texas AgriLife Extension and Texas AgriLife Research) and The University of Texas at Austin (Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas). |
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| LOCATION: | The University of Texas Marine Science Institute (UTMSI) Auditorium, 750 Channelview Drive, Port Aransas, Texas. NOTE: Questions concerning the course should be addressed only to the organizers — the Texas Sea Grant College Program (2700 Earl Rudder Freeway South, Suite 1800, College Station, Texas 77845). Contact either Peggy Foster at (979) 845-1245, FAX (979) 845-7525 or pfoster@tamu.edu; or Granvil Treece at (979) 845-7527 or g-treece@tamu.edu. |
| FOR MORE INFORMATION: | The 2009 course announcement brochure and updated agenda will be available at http://texas-sea-grant.tamu.edu as changes are made. |
| Tuesday, September 29 | Arrive Port Aransas, Texas. Participants are urged to make housing arrangements as soon as possible; area condos and hotels are filling quickly because of the Harvest Moon Regatta in early October. A block of 15 rooms has been set aside at the Holiday Inn Express at 727 S. 11th Street in Port Aransas (telephone for reservations (361) 749-5222) for course participants for the nights of 9/29/09 to 10/5/09. Ask for the rooms assigned to the Texas Shrimp and Marine Finfish Course when making reservations. If course participants fill at least 10 rooms, they will be eligible for special rates. (See the Important Housing Update link for more information.) The Best Western Hotel (telephone for reservations (800) 528-1234) is another lodging suggestion in Port Aransas. Personal arrangements must be made for your travel, hotel stay and food at your own expense. Those arriving via Corpus Christi International Airport are advised that it is 45 miles from Port Aransas and The University of Texas Marine Science Institute. You must rent a car or make arrangements for taxi or limo. We can provide you with a list of names and contact information upon request of other course participants who may want to share hotel or rental car expenses.Bring your fishing gear; dress is casual for all occasions. Tennis shoes, short sleeve shirts and short pants are typical dress in Port Aransas. Insect repellent during outings may be necessary. We will provide you with CDs of course materials, so a laptop computer might be useful. |
| 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Welcome Reception for participants. Location: Channelview Condominiums, 631 Channelview Drive, across the marina from the UTMSI Auditorium. Reception in Room 103 (first floor, east side). Fajitas and other refreshments furnished. |
| Wednesday, September 30 | |
| 8:15 a.m. | Meet at UTMSI Auditorium and Visitor Center. Directions: The main UTMSI laboratory is located at 750 Channelview Drive, Port Aransas, Texas. The Auditorium and Visitor Center is part of the same complex, but located on Cotter Street (near the beach). |
| 8:30 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. | Welcome. Dr. Lee Fuiman, Director, UT Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas. |
| 8:40 a.m - 9:00 a.m. | Briefing of course activities and review of course materials. Granvil Treece, Texas A&M University (TAMU/Texas Sea Grant College Program). |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Marine Shrimp Farming. Dr. Joe Fox, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Texas. |
| 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break (coffee, tea or bottled water provided). |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 noon | Joe Fox (continued). |
| 12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m. | Lunch (on your own). |
| 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Meet back at the UTMSI Auditorium and Visitor Center. |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Fisheries and Mariculture Lab (FAML) Facilities Management and Marine Finfish Broodstock. Jeff Kaiser, Research Scientist Associate, UTMSI/FAML. |
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Fish Nutrition. Dr. Ken Webb, Research Assistant, UTMSI/FAML. |
| 4:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m. | Raising Marine Fish Larvae from Day 0 to Day 30. Cynthia Faulk, Research Scientist Associate, UTMSI/FAML. |
| Thursday, October 1 | |
| 8:15 am | Meet at the UTMSI Auditorium and Visitor Center. |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Post Harvest Handling/Processing/HACCP of Shrimp and Finfish. Dr. Russ Miget, TAMU/AgriLife Extension, Texas Sea Grant Extension, Corpus Christi, Texas. |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Closed Systems, Zero Water Exchange, Bait Shrimp Production. Dr. Tzachi Samocha, TAMU/AgriLife Extension, Corpus Christi, Texas. |
| 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 noon | Shrimp and Marine Finfish Diseases. Dr. Patricia Varner and Dr. Ken Hasson, TAMU/TVMDL, College Station, Texas. |
| 12:30 noon - 2:00 p.m. | Lunch (on your own). |
| 2:00 p.m. | Meet at the Fisheries and Mariculture Laboratory, Port Street, Port Aransas (across town from the Auditorium, near the ferry landing). |
| 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Tour FAML facilities; laboratory demonstrations on broodstock maintenance and feeding, algae culture, rotifer culture, rotifer counting, Artemia hatching, counting, and larval fish feeding and maintenance. Cynthia Faulk, Jeff Kaiser, and Dr. Ken Webb, UTMSI/FAML. |
| Friday, October 2 | |
| 8:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Field trip to commercial operations in Palacios (Bowers Shrimp Farm and Processing Plant and Lone Star Aquafarms - red drum, with drive by Seaside Aquaculture, St. Martin’s shrimp farm and TPWD red drum facility). Buffet lunch at Outrigger in Palacios at your expense. Field trip departs at 8 a.m. sharp from Channelview Condo parking lot (631 Channelview Drive, Port Aransas). Please be on time. Vans will be provided or you may take your own vehicle. |
| Saturday, October 3 | |
| 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Field trips: Tour 1. TAMU bait shrimp and zero water exchange R&D. Dr. Tzachi Samocha and Josh Wilkenfeld. Tour 2. TPWD/CCA marine finfish hatchery and ponds, both facilities located at Barney Davis Power Plant on Waldron Road. Robert Adami. |
| 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Lunch in Corpus Christi at your expense. |
| 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Tour 3. TAMU Shrimp Mariculture Lab. Port Aransas. Field trip departs at 8 a.m. sharp from Channelview Condo parking lot (631 Channelview Drive, Port Aransas). Please be on time. Vans will be provided or you may take your own vehicle. The field trip should end in Port Aransas around 5 p.m. and we will return to the Channelview Condos. |
| Sunday, October 4 | Sunday is free of scheduled activities. Aquaculture Reserve Library for course participants only will be open at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute Auditorium from 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Check with Peggy Foster for access or to make appointment. |
| Monday, October 5 | |
| 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Superintensive Production of Marine Shrimp. Dr. Addison Lawrence, Texas A&M University/Texas AgriLife Research. |
| 10:30 a.m. - 12 noon | Water Quality and Animal Health. Dr. Joseph Tomasso, Chair and Professor, Department of Biology, Texas State University, San Marcos. |
| 12 noon - 2:00 p.m | Lunch on your own. |
| 3:00 p.m. | Wrap up at the UTMSI Auditorium and Visitor Center. Completion certificates, CEU sign up, evaluations, Reserve Library open, individual assistance and questions, business plan and feasibility studies assistance, etc. |
| Tuesday, October 6, 2009 | Depart. |
