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Study Will Send Hard Shell Red Swamp Crayfish to Local Restaurants |
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Nate Bussen logging data... |
his subject is impatient. 0000 photos by Charles Weibel |
| Hard shell to soft shell. Altering water temperatures will cause Red Swamp crayfish from Arkansas to molt at different times. Then these softshell crayfish will be taken live and whole to Frankfort, Ky. restaurants to evaluate chef and customer satisfacation. Surveys will be done to determine the level of interest in the product locally. Dr. Dasgupta is faculty sponsor of the project. |
Graves County Catfish
May Be Worth $100,000
In Butler County's
Annual Catfish Festival
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These catfish are coming out of William Wadel's pond. Some will be tagged and placed in the Green River near Morgantown.
Jimmy Vincent of Cave Country Catfish placed these fish in his oxygenated truck for a trip to Butler County where one of the fish could be the big winner in the July 4th competition. SEE VIDEO
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FREE Aquaculture Field Day
Saturday, July 25, 10 a.m.- 3 p.m at
KSU Aquaculture Research Center
Prawns will be one of many species on view during Field Day.
Registration begins at 10 a.m. with a Welcome at 10:30. Visitors may tour various aquaculture stations and displays at their own pace. Lunch at noon also is FREE.
Tours continue immediately after lunch. KSU Aquaculture Extension agents and researchers will be available for one-on-one discussions. If you are thinking of an aquaculture or fisheries project, this is the ideal time to get guidance from professionals. Contact robert.durborow@kysu.edu.
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CHECK OTHER AREAS OF INTEREST
WHILE BROWSING AT KSU's
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Prawns Going to Ponds
KSU production research compares prawns grown in Kentucky with a Myanmar strain, as well as Hawaiian prawns.
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FREE "The Aquaculture Experience" DVD
The Aquaculture Experience, a video that was in production for over a year, now is available at no cost. It follows KSU Aquaculture graduate students from research projects on campus to presentations at national conferences.
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It's squiggly, jiggly, wiggly jelly fun.
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"You'll have a squiggly, jiggly, wiggly, jelly-good time at the largest jellyfish exhibit in the Midwest. You'll be mesmerized and amazed by giant new see-through tanks you can walk around, a new interactive tank where you can make jellies change colors and a giant new Jelly Wall where you can play tag with moon jellies!"
Visit Newport Aquarium
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Kentucky Aquaculture Assoc. tentative meeting date Mon., July 13,
10 a.m. ET at KSU Aquaculture Research Center in Frankfort.
angela.caporelli@ky.gov
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Free KSU Aquaculture Field Day Sat., July 25, 10am-3pm, at ARC in Frankfort,KY. robert.durborow@kysu.edu
KSU Aquaculture fall courses begin Aug. 24, 2009
American Fisheries Society Annual Conference, Aug.30-Sept. 3, Renaissance Hotel & convention Center, Nashville, TN, AFS
World Aquaculture 2010
Mach 1-5, 2010
Town & Country Resort & Conference Center
San Diego, CA
World Aquaculture Society
FOR SALE: Aquaculture Equipment from KY Montgomery Co. Extension District Board.
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Fish Genetics 
Principles of Aquaculture 
