You are invited to participate in the sixth International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health (ISAAH-6), September 5-9, 2010 in Tampa, Florida, USA. The symposium will address present practices and new initiatives in aquatic animal health focusing on infectious diseases, wild stock, aquaculture development, planning and emergency response systems, interaction of diseases between wild and farmed stocks, and outcomes of physical, chemical and biological environmental stress. http://aquaticpath.epi.ufl.edu/isaah6/

Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture Workshop
Peninsula College
Port Angeles, WA USA
September 14-15
 
The Pacific Aquaculture Caucus is organizing the first-ever U.S. workshop to explore Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture on September 14-15, 2010, at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, Washington. Also known as IMTA, this evolving approach to seafood production emphasizes an ecosystem management approach where ‘fed’ species, such as finfish or shrimp, are farmed in close proximity to species that can ‘extract’ nutrients from the water column, such as shellfish and seaweed. The workshop will highlight findings from IMTA pilot projects in Kyuquot Sound, on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, B.C.; Hood Canal, Washington; San Antonio, Texas; and Sanggou Bay, China. The goal of the workshop is an improved understanding of IMTA by U.S. aquaculturists, academics, researchers, and environmental organizations. The workshop is limited to the first 150 registrants. The fee for the workshop is $25. For more information and registration: http://www.pacaqua.org/PacAqua_News/2010/08/imta-workshop-registration

Tacoma, Washington.  At the beautiful Hotel Murano.  http://www.hotelmuranotacoma.com/

The 29th Annual West Coast Oyster Shucking Championship and Washington State Seafood Festival October 2nd and 3rd, 2010.

Mason County Fairgrounds - Shelton, Washington, Shelton Skookum Rotary Club Foundation. OysterFest is held annually on the first full weekend in October. The gates are open to the public from 10am to 6pm each day.

ASGA has joined with the Southeast Alaska Region Dive Fisheries Association (SARDFA), Oceans Alaska, Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI), Ketchikan area processors and fishermen, five of Ketchikan’s best restaurants and local liquor distributors to highlight the importance of the shellfish industry to coastal Alaska.  The festival will feature a wide array of dishes made from Alaska oysters, geoducks, sea cucumbers, littleneck clams, mussels (if available), spot prawns and Dungeness clams. 

ASMI, SARDFA, ASGA, MAP, ADFG, ADNR, DEC and Oceans Alaska all will have booths or displays at the Festival.  ASGA encourages farmers to bring photo displays of their farms and product, bring brochures, business cards or flyers, etc., to display at ASGA’s section.

In addition to highlighting the importance of shellfish, the festival also is a way for the seafood industry to thank coastal residents for their support.  The participating chefs also are excited about showing local residents how wonderful Alaska shellfish can be.

Tickets to the festival will be available through ASGA for $20 per person.  Growers donating product will get free tickets.  The cost covers the food and drinks.  250 guests are expected.  The festival run 5-9 p.m. at the Ted Ferry Community Center next the Cape Fox Hotel.

We are pleased to announce Vibrios in the Environment 2010, a conference to be held at the fabulous Beau Rivage Resort in Biloxi, Mississippi, in the heart of the U.S. Gulf Coast 7-12 November 2010.

Please visit the Vibrios in the Environment 2010 website at http://joss.ucar.edu/vibrios_2010/index.html to view more meeting details, as well as to register for this exciting event.

Restore America's Estuaries is pleased to announce the Call for Dedicated Sessions, Presentations, and Posters for the 5th National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration--Preparing for Climate Change: Science, Practice, and Policy.   

This is the only national conference that focuses exclusively on coastal habitat restoration, and we invite you to be a part of it!  The Conference Program will address all aspects of coastal and estuarine habitat restoration, in all habitats, at all scales, and all regions.  Every facet of restoration will be affected by climate change. Because of its power to effect change, restoration can be a key element on an adaptive or mitigating strategy in facing climate change that cuts across all disciplines. As such, the topic of climate change will be interwoven throughout the Conference and will serve as a unifying element. 

The Conference will be held November 13-17, 2010, at the Galveston Island Convention Center, Galveston, Texas.  The deadline for all proposals is March 2, 2010.  For more information and to submit a proposal, visit: http://program.estuaries.org. 

NACE, a gathering of aquaculturists from Maine to West Virginia, will be held at the Radisson Hotel, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1-3 December  2010.  A complete program covering a wide variety of aquaculture topics is currently under development. To provide a truly meaningful and timely program we are inviting all aquaculturists to participate in the program. 

Aquaculture America 2011 will be held February 28 - March 3, 2011 at the Marriot Hotel in New Orleans.   For more session information and to submit abstract, contact John Supan at 985-264-3239 or jsupan@lsu.edu.