International recirculating aquaculture conference slated for July

BLACKSBURG, March 7, 2002 -- The Fourth International Recirculating Aquaculture Conference is coming this summer to the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center on
July 18-21.

This year's conference will feature symposiums on aquaculture nutrition, waste management of solid and liquid wastes from aquaculture facilities, fish health, emerging and endangered species, genetics and physiology, aquaria, ornamentals, bait fish, economics and business management, and an education and outreach program.

The symposium will also include many sessions on aquaculture systems -- the use of recruiting technologies in marine shrimp culture, a commercial recirculating system designed to establish detailed information regarding individual design and operation approaches, and other systems used to stabilize culture conditions for an increasing variety of aquatic organisms.

The conference will conclude with a special session conducted by the Freshwater Institute to review applications and issues with recirculating systems used to produce coldwater fish.

The conference is designed for individuals in industry, government, and academia, who are involved with recirculating aquaculture. Past participants have included 1,500 attendees from the U.S., and other from as many as 30 countries around the world. This year's conference will again feature leading experts in recirculating aquaculture, who will present over 75 papers and posters.

For a separate fee, participants can tour the Virginia Tech Recirculating Aquaculture Center in Blacksburg, Va., the Freshwater Institute in Shepherdstown, W.Va., or Vic Thomas Striped Bass Hatchery in Brookneal, Va.

The full conference registration fee is $295 if postmarked by June 17 and $395 thereafter. The registration deadline for exhibit space is May 17. Trade show exhibit booth fees will be $800.

For more information: email [email protected], go to the Recirculation Aquaculture Conference website at https://www.conted.vt.edu/aquateach.htm, or contact; Ewen McLean, Fisheries and Wildlife Science, 540-231-7084