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UJNR Aquaculture Panel:
Interactions of Fisheries and Fishing Communities Related to Aquaculture
38th Panel Meeting, Symposia and Field Trip Schedule
October 25-31, 2009
Corpus Christi, Texas
October 25-31, 2009
Corpus Christi, Texas
| Sunday, October 25, 2009 | |
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Delegates arrive from Japan at Corpus Christi International Airport (http://www.cctexas.com/airport/). U.S. representative will meet the group in the Baggage Claim area. (Note: U.S. Customs processing will take place at the airport of entry.) Transfer to hotel: Omni Corpus Christi Hotel Bayfront Tower (http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/CorpusChristiBayfront.aspx). Meals will be arranged as appropriate. Arrangements can be made for earlier arrival if needed. Background information on Texas Aquaculture can be found at (www.texasaquaculture.org). |
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| Time TBA | Chairman’s meeting (panel chairs, vice-chairs, local host and secretaries only). |
| Monday, October 26, 2009 | |
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| 7:00-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast at the hotel. |
| 8:30 a.m. | Board bus to Harte Research Institute (http://www.harteresearchinstitute.org/). |
| 9:00-11:00 a.m. | UJNR Business Meeting (Harte Research Institute Conference Room). |
| 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Lunch, Business Meeting participants (Harte Research Institute). |
| 1:00-2:00 p.m. | Registration. |
| 1:30-5:00 p.m. | UJNR Science Symposium. |
| 5:15 p.m. | Board bus to hotel. |
| 6:30-9:30p.m. | Opening Reception (Omni Hotel). |
| Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | |
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| 7:00-8:00 a.m. | Breakfast at the hotel. |
| 8:00 a.m. | Board bus to Harte Research Institute. |
| 8:30-11:30 a.m. | UJNR Science Symposium (Harte Research Institute). |
| 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Lunch (Harte Research Institute). |
| 12:30-5:00 p.m. | UJNR Science Symposium continues. |
| 5:15 p.m. | Board bus to hotel. |
| 6:30-? | Dinner at Water Street Oyster Bar and Grill (http://www.waterstreetrestaurants.com/). |
| Wednesday, October 28, 2009 | |
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| 7:00-8:00 a.m. | Breakfast at the hotel. |
| 8:00 a.m. | Board bus to Flour Bluff. |
| 9:00-10:30 a.m. | Texas Parks and Wildlife, Flour Bluff Marine Fish Hatchery (http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/management/hatcheries/ccacpl.phtml and http://texas-sea-grant.tamu.edu/Outreach/Short%20Course/facilities.html). |
| 10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Texas A&M University, AgriLife Shrimp Aquaculture Research Station (http://ccag.tamu.edu/FlourBluff/flour.htm). |
| 12:30-1:00 p.m. | Ride bus to T-Head, Corpus Christi Marina. |
| 1:00-2:00 p.m. | Lunch at T-Head. |
| 2:00-4:30 p.m. | Board R/V Karma for shrimp fishing demonstration/excursion (http://floatingclassroom.tamu.edu/ and (http://agnewsarchive.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/WFSC/Oct0901a.htm). |
| 4:30 p.m. | Walk to hotel. |
| 6:30-? | Texas-style BBQ (http://www.texasbarbeques.com/). |
| Thursday, October 29, 2009 | |
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| 7:00-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast at the hotel. |
| 8:30 a.m. | Board bus to Port Aransas (http://www.portaransas.org/). |
| 9:30-11:30 a.m. | Texas A&M Shrimp Aquaculture Lab (http://ccag.tamu.edu/Port/port.htm). |
| 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Lunch at Trout Street (http://www.tsbag.com/). |
| 12:30-3:30 p.m. | UT Marine Science Institute Fisheries and Mariculture Lab (FAML) (http://www.utmsi.utexas.edu/people/staff/gjholt/faml/index.asp). |
| 3:30-4:30 p.m. | Free time to shop in Port Aransas. |
| 4:30 p.m. | Board bus back to hotel via ferry across Aransas pass. |
| 6:30-? | Dinner at Landry’s (http://www.landrysseafoodhouse.com/index.html). |
| Friday, October 30, 2009 | |
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| 7:00-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast at the hotel. |
| 8:30 a.m. | Board bus to Austwell (http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasGulfCoastTowns/AustwellTexas.htm). |
| 9:30-10:30 a.m. | Tour Austwell Aquafarms (http://www.usmsfp.org/farm-websites/farms/austwell.htm). |
| 10:30-11:00 a.m. | Drive through Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. (http://www.fws.gov/southwest/REFUGES/texas/aransas/index.html) |
| 11:00-11:30 a.m. | Drive through Goose Island State Park, home of the largest Coastal Live Oak tree in Texas, a 1,000-year-old specimen called "Big Tree." (http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/goose_island/) |
| 11:30 a.m. | Take bus to Rockport. |
| 12:00-1:00 p.m. | Lunch at Charlotte Plummer’s in Rockport (http://www.charlotteplummers.com/cp/). |
| 1:00 p.m. | Return to hotel. |
| 1:30-4:30 p.m. | Optional trip to Padre Island National Seashore (http://www.nps.gov/pais/). |
| 6:00 p.m. | Bus departs hotel for Texas State Aquarium (http://www.texasstateaquarium.org/). |
| 6:30-9:30 p.m. | Closing Reception in the Texas State Aquarium |
| 9:30 p.m. | Bus returns to hotel. |
| Saturday, October 31, 2009 | |
| (Halloween Holiday in USA) |
 | 7:00-8:30 a.m. | Breakfast at the hotel. Bus to the airport depending on flight schedules. |