EAST COAST LIVE! 2000
The Business of Marketing Live Aquatic Products
Radisson Hotel Annapolis
Annapolis, Maryland
November 1-4, 2000
For additional information on the conference hotel, registration, trade
show, tours and poster session, see
<http://www.eastcoastlive.seagrant.org/>
Final Conference Program
Wednesday, November 1, 2000
12:00 pm-7:00 pm Registration
Exhibitor Move-in
Poster Session Set Up
7:00 pm-9:00 pm Welcome Reception (included with registration)
Dinner on your own
Thursday, November 2, 2000
7:30 am-5:00 pm Registration
7:00 am-8:30 am Continental Breakfast (included with registration)
8:30 am-10:00 am Profiles of the East Coast Live Aquatics Industry
8:30 am-8:40 am Conference Welcome, Announcements
8:40 am-9:00 am Global Perspective of the Live Aquatics Industry
Jerome Erbacher, International Trade Specialist,
NOAA, Department of Commerce. Silver Spring,
Maryland
9:00 am-9:20 am Overview of Leading Shellfish Species and Markets
John W. Ewart, Aquaculture Specialist, Sea Grant
Marine Advisory Service, University of Delaware,
Lewes, Delaware
9:20 am-9:40 am Overview of Leading Finfish Species and Markets
Roy Castle, President, Castle's Aquaculture and
Seafood Consulting. Grasonville, Maryland
9:40 am-10:00 am East Coast Live Bait Industries
Dr. Eric Park, Pool Fisheries, Inc., Lonoke,
Arkansas
10:00 am-6:00 pm Trade Show/Poster Session Open
10:00 am-11:00 am Refreshment/Trade Show/Poster Session Break
11:00 am-12:00 pm Profiles of the East Coast Live Aquatics Industry
(continued)
11:00 am-11:20 am Florida's Tropical and Marine Aquarium Industry
Craig A. Watson, Director, Tropical Aquaculture
Laboratory, University of Florida. Ruskin,Florida
11:20 am-11:40 am Ornamental Fish and the Water Garden Industry
Chip Crum, President, Koi Unlimited. Frederick,
Maryland
11:40 am-Noon Emerging Markets for Live Aquatic Products
David Zimet, Extension Economist, University of
Florida. Quincy, Florida
Noon-1:30 pm Lunch (included with registration)
1:30 pm-2:30 pm Social, Ethical and Humanitarian Issues
1:30 pm-1:50 pm Animal Welfare Considerations in Live Aquatic
Transport
Dr. Jesse Chappell, President, Southland
Fisheries Corporation. Hopkins, South Carolina
1:50 pm-2:40 pm The New Social Ethic for Animals: Implications for
the Live Aquatics Industry
Dr. Bernard Rollin, Department of Philosophy,
Colorado State University, Fort Collins,
Colorado
2:40 pm-3:00 pm Refreshment/Trade Show/Poster Session Break
3:00 pm-4:40 pm Handling, Inventory and Distribution Methods
3:20 pm-3:40 pm Live Seafood Shipping Components and Systems
Jon Chaiton, Director of Quality Assurance,
Inland Seafood, Atlanta, Georgia
3:40 pm-4:00 pm Domestic and International Air Shipments of Live
Aquatic Products
Fred Patterson, US Airways, BWI Airport,
Baltimore, Maryland
4:00 pm-4:20 pm Design of Live Seafood Retail Holding Systems
Nareg Grigorian, Vice-President, Operations
Marine Biotech, Inc., Salem, Massachusetts
4:20 pm-4:40 pm Insurance for Live Aquatic Products
Greg Gutchigian, Director, Aquaculture Insurance
Services Mariner Aquaculture, Princeton
Junction, New Jersey
5:00 pm-6:00 pm Happy Hour (Cash Bar)
Dinner on your own
Friday, November 3, 2000
7:00 am-8:30 am Continental Breakfast
7:30 am-5:00 pm Registration Open
8:30 am-8:35 am Announcements/Other Information
8:35 am-10:15 am Resource Issues, Regulations and the Live Aquatics
Industry
8:35 am-8:55 am Interstate Shipment of Live Aquatic Products
Tom Ellis, Director, Aquaculture and Natural
Resources. North Carolina Department of
Agriculture. Raleigh, North Carolina
8:55 am-9:15 am Regional Fishery Resource Management Issues
Heather Stirratt, Fishery Management Plan
Coordinator, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission. Washington, DC
9:15 am-9:35 am Non-indigenous Species and the Live Aquatics
Industry: Risks and Potential Impacts of Exotic
Introductions
Carrie Selberg, Habitat Specialist, Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Commission. Washington,
DC
9:35 am-9:55 am U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regulatory
Requirements for Shipping Live Aquatic Products
Cathy Cockey, Wildlife Inspector. U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Baltimore, Maryland
9:55 am- 10:15 am Aquatic Animal Health Certification for
International Trade
Dr. Mark Dulin and Dr. Nathan Birnburm,
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS), USDA. Washington, DC
10:00 am-11:00 am Refreshment/Trade Show Break
10:00 am-6:00 pm Trade Show/Poster Session Open
11:00 am-Noon Marketing Live Seafood
11:00 am - 11:15 am The Live Fish Industry: A Producer's Perspective
Brent Blauch, President, Susquehanna
Aquacultures, York Haven, Pennsylvania
11:15 am-11:30 am The Live Fish Industry: A Wholesaler's Perspective
Scott Lee, Deale Aquafarms, Deale, Maryland
11:30 am-11:45 am The Live Fish Industry: A Restauranteur's
Perspective
Ed Shen, Seven Seas Restaurant, Rockville,
Maryland
11:45 am-Noon Live Seafood and the Processing/Distribution
System
Jon Chaiton, Director of Quality Assurance
Inland Seafood, Atlanta, Georgia
Noon-1:20 pm Lunch (included with registration)
1:20 pm-4:50 pm Concurrent Sessions 1-3
(Session #1) Finfish/Ornamentals and Aquatic Plants
1:20 pm-1:40 pm Water Treatment Amendments for Live Shipment of
Finfish
Mike Frinsko, Aquaculture Area Agent, North
Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.
Greenville, North Carolina
1:40 pm-2:00 pm Handling and Transport of Marine Finfish for
Offshore Production
Mike Chambers, University of New Hampshire,
Durham, New Hampshire
2:00 pm-2:20 pm East Coast Live Markets for Tilapia
Jerry Redden, Director, Worcester County
Economic Development Office, Snow Hill, Maryland
2:20 pm-2:40 pm Handling, Transport and Maintenance of Tuna in Sea
Cages
Sebastian Belle, Maine Department of Marine
Resources. Augusta, Maine
2:40 pm 3:10 pm Refreshment/Trade Show Break
3:10 pm-3:30 pm Domestic and International Shipment of Larval and
Juvenile Fish
Dr. Jesse Chappell, President, Southland
Fisheries Corporation. Hopkins, South Carolina
3:30 pm-3:50 pm Handling and Transport of Sportfish for Public and
Private Stocking
John Sproch, Keystone Aquaculture, Duncannon,
Pennsylvania
3:50 pm-4:10 pm Ornamental Aquatic Plants
Richard Koogle, Lilypons Water Gardens,
Buckeystown, Maryland
4:10 pm-4:30 pm Internet Marketing of Ornamental Aquatic Plants
and Animals
Margaret Koogle, Lilypons Water Gardens,
Buckeystown, Maryland
4:30 pm-4:50 pm Handling and Transport of Marine and Freshwater
Tropical Ornamentals
Craig A. Watson, Director, Tropical Aquaculture
Laboratory, University of Florida. Ruskin,
Florida
5:00 pm-6:00 pm Happy Hour (Cash Bar)
Dinner on your own
(Session #2) Molluscs and Crustaceans
1:20 pm-1:40 pm The Live Lobster (Homarus americanus) Industry:
Past, Present, Future
Colin MacDonald, Clearwater Fine Foods, Inc.
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
1:40 pm-2:00 pm The East Coast Oyster Industry: Status and Trends
Dr. Robert Rheault, Moonstone Oysters.
Wakefield, Rhode Island
2:00 pm-2:20 pm The East Coast Hard Clam Industry:
Status and Trends
Gef Flimlin, Rutgers Cooperative Extension,
Toms River, New Jersey
2:20 pm-2:40 pm The Blue Mussel Industry in Atlantic Canada
and Maine
Dr. Jeffery Davidson, Atlantic Veterinary
College. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island,
Canada
2:40 pm-3:10 pm Refreshment/Trade Show Break
3:10 pm-3:30 pm Live Food and Bait Markets for Crawfish
Dr. Bill Daniels, Delaware State University.
Dover, Delaware
3:30 pm-3:50 pm Live Shipment and Marketing of Shrimp
Richard Eager, Swimming RockFish & Shrimp Farm
Meggett, South Carolina
3:50 pm-4:10 pm The East Coast Soft-Shell Crab Industry
Mike Oesterling, Virginia Sea Grant Advisory
Program. Virginia Institute of Marine Science,
Gloucester Point, Virginia
4:10 pm-4:30 pm Wet Storage Systems for Oysters and Other
Commercially Important Bivalves
Dr. Robert Rheault, Moonstone Oysters.
Wakefield, Rhode Island
4:30 pm-4:50 pm Marketing Strategies for Live Freshwater Prawn,
Macrobrachium rosenbergii in Temperate Regions of
the United States
Shawn Coyle, Kentucky State University.
Frankfort, Kentucky
5:00 pm-6:00 pm Happy Hour (Cash Bar)
Dinner on your own
(Session #3) Animal Welfare and the Live Aquatics Industry
1:20 pm-2:40 pm Breakout Session w/ Dr. Bernard Rollin for
representatives of the live aquatics industry to
discuss the subject of animal rights/welfare issue(s)
and business
2:40 pm-3:10 pm Refreshment/Trade Show Break
3:10 pm-4:50 pm Continue Animal Welfare Breakout Session
Discussion
5:00 pm-6:00 pm Happy Hour (Cash Bar)
Dinner on your own
Saturday, November 4, 2000
8:00 am-5:00 pm Tours (included with registration; transportation
provided, lunch on your own)
Tour #1) Biotechnology/Live Seafood: University of Maryland Center for
Marine Biotechnology (COMB), Baltimore and the Live Wholesale Market,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour #2) Ornamental Plants and Animals: Hunting Creek Fisheries, Thurmont,
Maryland and Lilypons Water Gardens, Buckeystown, Maryland
Tour #3) Live Seafood: Jessup Market, Jessup Maryland, Gourmet Seafood
holding facilities and Seven Seas restaurant, Rockville, Maryland
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