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Aquaculture, Food Security Expert is URI’s next Distinguished Visiting International Scholar

Shared on behalf of Todd McLeish – University of Rhode Island

KINGSTON, R.I. – April 6, 2015 – Joao Ferreira, professor of environmental engineering at Portugal’s New University of Lisbon, will present two lectures next week as part of the University of Rhode Island’s Distinguished Visiting International Scholar’s program.

“It’s a real honor to be able to bring Dr. Ferreira here,” said David Bengtson, URI professor of fisheries. “He’s an internationally renowned leader in developing models for assessing the interactions of aquaculture and the marine environment. But his interests are broader than that and include both science and management.”

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Marine Environmental Science and Policy Lectures

Distinguished Visiting International Scholar Marine

Environmental Science and Policy

 

Ferreira

 

 

 

Joao G. Ferreira, Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Engineering
New University of Lisbon, Portugal

 

 

 

COASTAL SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY, AND FOOD SECURITY
Monday, April 13, 2015
4–5 p.m. Presentation with a reception to follow
Agnes G. Doody Auditorium, Swan Hall
URI Kingston Campus
Free and open to the public

MODELING ANALYSIS OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AQUACULTURE AND NATURAL SYSTEMS
Thursday, April 16, 2015
4–5 p.m. Presentation with a reception to follow
Galanti Lounge, Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons
URI Kingston Campus
Free and open to the public

For more information, visit URI’s College of Engineering and the College of the Environment and Life Sciences websites.

Sponsors: Office of the Provost, College of the Environment and Life Sciences, College of Engineering

If you have a disability and need an accommodation, please call 401.874.2014 at least five business days in advance. For TTY assistance, please call the R.I. Relay Service at 711.

Speaker Addition to the Coastal State Discussion Series

Coastal State Discussion Series welcomes Dr. Kathy Castro

as additional speaker

Dr. Kathy Castro, a fisheries scientist specializing in lobster ecology at the University of Rhode Island and who runs the university’s Fisheries Center, has been studying the effects of lobster shell disease for over 15 years. The disease spread rapidly in Rhode Island and continues to expand north where it could also have a dramatic effect on the iconic Maine fishery.Dr. Castro will join Dr. Rowley as a speaker on Monday, March 23 for the Coastal State Discussion Series to present ongoing work testing Dr. Rowley’s probiotic hypothesis to fight lobster shell disease that is thought to be linked to a new bacterium found in local waters. “The results showed promise for both the freshwater and the probiotic treatment,” Castro says.

 

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Aquaculture Sales Workshop

Workshop on Using the Internet To Grow Aquaculture Sales

October 14, 2014, 9:00am – 1:00pm
UConn Avery Point – Marine Sciences Room 104
1080 Shennecossett Road, Groton, CT 06340

The Internet is becoming increasingly important as an inexpensive marketing tool, but many U.S. fish farmers are hesitant to use electronic media. The National Aquaculture Association (NAA) and Connecticut Sea Grant are offering an intensive four-hour workshop, “Using the Internet to Grow Aquaculture Sales”. The workshop will provide aquaculture producers with the knowledge and skills to use electronic media to showcase their products more successfully, grow their businesses, and help shape the public perception of aquaculture. An Internet presence is important for all sectors of the aquaculture industry including food fish and shellfish, baitfish, feed producers, sportfish, aquatic plants, and equipment suppliers.

The major portion of the workshop will be devoted to the development of individual websites. A website is one way to reach new buyers at either minimal or no cost. Producers will be asked to preregister for the program, will need to complete a pre-workshop form that will provide the information for inclusion on their websites. The NAA will provide some boilerplate information that can be added such as recipes, safe handling, etc. Experts will be on hand to help growers in easy to understand click-by-click construction.

Other social media tools such as Twitter, Linkedin, and Facebook will be explored. Times are changing and there are new strategies. Facebook makes it easy to post new information photos and events. Twitter is a way to remind your customers and future customers about your products. Linkedin helps you grow your identity. These strategies are out there and they are free!

Space is limited, so register soon! The cost of the workshop is $20.

For information, contact: Connecticut Sea Grant
(860) 405-9127
seagrantworkshops@uconn.edu

Opportunity for Northeast Shellfish Farmers to Test New Aquaculture Gear

The Northeast Aquaculture Research Farm Network (NARF-Net) currently is soliciting shellfish farms to participate in a research and demonstration project.

The project is a group effort of the Northeast Aquaculture Extension Network and is based on a research and farm demonstration model originally conceived and developed by Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and Woods Hole Sea Grant.

The project includes the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York; it is proposed that up to five shellfish farms per state be invited to participate. Collaborating farms will be asked to provide space and assistance in testing new shellfish aquaculture technologies and to help demonstrate those technologies to the industry-at-large in their region. In return, the farms will receive equipment and support to install and operate the new technology and a small stipend for participating in the research. One farm in each state will be asked to host a demonstration farm day, where the new technology will be featured in a small open house workshop.

Technologies to be tested include using a “flip bag” oyster culture strategy in year 1 and growing quahogs in hydroponic media using a conventional oyster bag in year 2.  The two-year program is funded by the NOAA Sea Grant Aquaculture Extension and Technology Transfer program.

If you are interested in participating, please contact your state Aquaculture Extension Agent (listed below) for more details.

Maine – Dana Morse (dana.morse@maine.edu)
New Hampshire – Michael Chambers (Michael.Chambers@unh.edu)
Massachusetts – Diane Murphy (dmurphy@whoi.edu)
Rhode Island – Dale Leavitt (dleavitt@rwu.edu) or Azure Cygler (azure@crc.uri.edu)
Connecticut – Tessa Getchis (tessa.getchis@uconn.edu)
New York – Gregg Rivara (gjr3@cornell.edu)
NARF-Net Coordinators – Dale Leavitt (dleavitt@rwu.edu) and Matt Griffin (mgriffin@rwu.edu)
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