Douglas L. Marshall (microman@Ra.MsState.Edu)
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:58:02 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Alberto,
As you may know, the State of Mississippi grows and processes 70% of the
U.S. supply of aquacultured catfish. Warmwater catfish aquaculture was
invented and developed with the aid of scientists at Mississippi State
University. We currently have two catfish aquaculture units, one on the
main campus where I reside and the other at the Delta Branch station in
Stoneville where the Thad Cochran Warmwater Aquaculture Center is located.
In addition, I work closely with processing plants on developing new unit
operations, HACCP implementation, and product quality and safety issues.
I would be happy to serve as a consultant or liason.
Douglas L. Marshall, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Food Science & Technology
Mississippi State University
Ph 601-325-8722
Fax 601-325-8728
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Alberto Ramirez L. wrote:
> Dear Seafood Listers:
>
> Fundacion Chile is a non profit private organization with the aim to
> improve the Chilean economy through technical innovation. With
> this objective we have developed catfish aquaculture for the local
> market in the land formerly dedicated to rice growing. Our economy
> is quite open and our farms are no longer competitive to other
> Mercosur rice producers.
> Chilean fish consumers are fond of our white flesh hake, which has
> found very interesting markets in other countries, leaving a market
> gap that could be fulfilled by the channel catfish. Our experimental
> farm, about 300 km South of Santiago is thriving quite well and now
> is time to develop a proper processing plant.
> For this purpose we would like to visit some processing plants in
> the Mississippi or Alabama area and we need contacts to do so.
> On the other hand we might also require some professional help for
> the design, startup, and operation of the plant plus the promotion of
> this new product in Chile. Any contacts you may know about these
> issues are going to help.
>
> Regards to you all,
> Alberto Ramirez
> Project Director
> Marine Resources
> Fundacion Chile
> Phone: 562 2400471
> Fax : 562 2419394
>
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