East Coast Commercial Fishermen's
and Aquaculture Trade Exposition

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Ocean City Convention Center
Ocean City, Maryland

February 2-4, 2001

Preliminary Schedule

Seminars and Junior Watermen's Program

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Saturday, February 3
11:00-1:00		Blue Crab Panel Moderator: Jack Greer, Maryland Sea Grant Rom Lipcius, Virginia Sea Grant, Status of Stocks/Corridor Sanctuary Tom Miller, Chesapeake Biological Lab, Stock Assessment Ann Swanson, Chesapeake Bay Commission Doug Lipton, Maryland Sea Granr, Economics Related to Imports and/or Harvesting Restrictions
12:00-4:00		Junior Watermen's Program Coordinators: Jackie Takacs, Adam Frederick, Maryland Sea Grant Children move at their own pace through this interactive, hands-on program that highlights fishing, aquaculture and the aquatic environment. When attending this session, designed as a trade-show of their own, these junior watermen will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with the wet and wild, paint a fish, harvest oysters, cast out their best, and much, much more.
1:00-1:30		Break
1:30-3:00		Oyster Panel: Oyster Restoration Efforts Moderator: Don Webster, Maryland Sea Grant Jim Wesson, Virginia Marine Resource Commission Steve Jordan, Maryland Department of Natural Resources Don Meritt, Maryland Sea Grant, on Oyster Hatchery Efforts Stan Allen, Virginia Sea Grant, Genetic Consideration of Oyster Reef Restoration
1:30-3:00		Horseshoe Crab Panel Moderator: Joe Farrell, Delaware Sea Grant Bill Hall, Delaware Sea Grant, Crab Biology Erik Paus, Associates of Cape Cod, Commercial Bleeding Tom O'Connell, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Crab Harvesting Regulations Nancy Targett, University of Delaware, Bait Research Bob Fisher, Virginia Sea Grant, Bait Bag/Alternative Bait Research in the Whelk Fishery
3:00-3:30		Break
3:30-4:30		Fishery Resource Grants Program Bob Hines and Steve Rebach, North Carolina Sea Grant Tom Murray, Virginia Sea Grant
Saturday, February 4
11:00-12:00		Marketing and Shipping Live Aquatic Products John Ewart, Delaware Sea Grant, Overview of Products, Markets, and Shipping Techniques for Live Plants and Animals for Added Value in the Marketplace
12:30-2:00		Aquaculture: Re-circulating Systems for Finfish Moderator: TBA Mike Schwarz, Virginia Sea Grant, Introduction to Re-circulating Systems Gef Flemlin, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Re-Circulating System Programs Steve Hughes, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Managing Water Quality Rick Sheriff, Industry perspective, Opposing Flows Tech Marketing Speaker, TBA
2:30-4:00		East Coast Commercial Fishing Skills Contest Coordinators: John Martin and Frank Hornig Watermen use the skills of their trade to compete for the title of East Coast Commercial Fisherman of the Year. Come on out and watch the contest while you cheer for your favorite waterman as they compete for prizes by mending nets, splicing rope, tying knots, and racing to get their survival suits on. (Survival gear provided by Vane Brothers Marine Supply)

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