Agenda
Alaska Shellfish Farming
Technology Training Program
November 7-8 and 10, 2012 • Cape Fox Lodge - Ketchikan, AK
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012 |
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| 1:00 - 1:15 pm | Introduction and Workshop Overview |
| 1:15 – 1:30 pm | Mussel Project for the Halibut Cove Community
Weatherly Bates |
| 1:30 - 2:00 pm | Biology of the Pacific Blue Mussel in Alaska
Ray RaLonde |
| 2:00 – 2:30 pm | Mussel Farming Techniques
TBA |
| 2:30 – 2:45 pm | Break |
| 2:45 – 3:15 pm | Alaska Experience with Farming Mussels
Moderator: Ray RaLonde |
| 3:15 – 3:30 pm | Question and Answer Session with Business Speakers |
| 3:30 - 3:45 pm | Setting Up a Pilot Mussel Farming Project
Ray RaLonde |
| 4:00 – 4:15 pm | Alaska and US Market Demand for Blue Mussels Quentin Fong |
| 4:15 - 4:30 pm | Wrap up |
Thursday, November 8, 2012 |
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| 8:30 - 9:00 am | Intertidal Bag Culture of Oysters: What we have learned (panel discussion) |
| 9:00 - 9:20 am | Nutritional Quality of Alaska Farmed Shellfish - Pacific oyster geoduck clam
Ray RaLonde |
| 9:20 – 9:40 am | Aquaculture Training Video Productions: Sea Grant Aquaculture Project
Deborah Mercy |
| 9:40 – 10:00 am | Shellfish Farming Publications and Information Access |
| 10:00 – 10:20 am | Break |
| 10:20 – 11:20 am | Example lecture as part of the educational program, "Basic Concepts of Shellfish Aquaculture" (meant for a beginning audience) Ray RaLonde |
| 11:20 am – 1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 1:20 pm | FFA: A program for educating, training, and developing leaders for the mariculture and the maritime industries Ray RaLonde |
| 1:20 - 1:40 pm | Oceans Alaska Collaborations
Tom Henderson |
| 1:40 – 2:00 pm | Apprenticeship Program
Barbara Morgan |
| 2:00 - 2:40 pm | Operating a FLUPSY
Ray RaLonde |
| 2:40 - 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00 – 3:20 pm | MAP Research Projects - Underway and Proposed |
| 3:20 - 3:40 pm | The Invasive Tunicate Didemnum vexillum in Alaska Tammy Davis |
| 3:40 - 4:00 pm | Workshop evaluation |
| 4:00 - 5:00 pm | Ocean Cluster: Mariculture Work Group - Initative 10 John Sund |
Other Activities |
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Optional Fish-Related Training Opportunities |
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012 1:00 - 3:00 pm |
Shellfish Farming Financial Management Workshop(Concurrent with Blue Mussel Farming Workshop) |
Thursday, November 8, 2012 5:00 - 9:00 pm |
Alaska Shellfish Festival
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Friday, November 9, 2012 8:00 am- 5:00 pm |
Alaska Shellfish Growers Association Meeting
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Saturday, November 10, 2012 8:00 am- 12:00 pm |
Alaska Shellfish Seed Shortages Workshop |

