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Kentucky Announces Prawn Harvest Dates Across State
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Signs like this one will start popping up across the state in Sept. to advertise pond-side harvests and sales.
If you like freshwater shrimp, this is the best time of the year. You don't have to go out of state to a fine restaurant. Fresh shrimp are available right here in Kentucky at farmers' ponds. Angela Caporelli of Kentucky's Agriculture Dept. has compiled a statewide list of prawn/shrimp farmers. List of farms
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Cost of Grain Forcing
Catfish Farmers Out
Photo by James Patterson, N.Y. Times
REPRINT FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES,
JULY 17, 2008, By David Streitfeld
Leland, Miss. - Catfish farms across
the South, unable to cope with the soaring cost of corn and soybean feed, are draining their ponds. READ
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Three Aquaculture Online Courses
Can Help You Save on Gas
The cost of fuel has become another consideration
for students seeking degrees or working on
professional development programs.
A primary convenience of online (Internet) courses
has always been the time saved in not having to
drive to a campus location. Now, the cost of fuel
is adding to the pain for traditional students.
Check this Online Courses link to see if any of
KSU Aquaculture's courses can assist you.
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Tiffany Ogunsanya's current study measures rotenone levels that are acceptable
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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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See
Newport
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"The brand new Frog Bog features over 20 species of exotic frogs from around the world. Kids are encouraged to learn about frogs and the environmental issues facing these amazing creatures. The Frog Bog is filled with fun interactive exhibits kids will love playing with and learning from." Web site
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| EVENTS |
Kentucky Aquaculture Assoc. meets Wed,Sept. 9, 10 -11:30 a.m. ET at the KSU Aquaculture Research Center in Frankfort, Ky. There will be a video link to the Marshall County Extension Office. Contact Angela Caporelli,
502-564-4983.
Aquaculture Biosecurity Seminar, Sat., Aug. 23 in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. The all-day session covers wide-ranging aquaculture biosecurity issues. The session is sponsored by the Ohio Aquaculture Assoc, the Ohio State University Extension, and the Ohio Dept. of Agriculture. Registration is $10 before Aug.15, $20 afterwards. Contact Julie Strawser, phone 740.289.2071 X223 or e-mail strawser35@osu.edu.
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Fish Genetics 
Principles of Aquaculture 
