8:30 AM
Welcome from Mike Frinsko – NCSU Extension/AEC
8:40 AM
Policy Updates
NCAA/NAA – NCAA BOD
NCFB – Laura Kilian
Industry Update
Finfish – Steve Hall, NCSU Bio. and Agr. Engineering
Shellfish – Eric Herbst, NC Sea Grant
Economics– Pete Anderson, NCDA Marketing
10:00 AM
Trade Show Break
10:30 AM
Concurrent sessions
Finfish
NCSU/NCCE Research update
Alex Chouljenko, NCSU Seafood Lab
UNCW Research Update
Pat Carroll, UNCW Center for Marine Science
Cold Banking Striped Bass Broodstock
Bobby Clark, NCSU Pamlico Aquaculture Field Lab
Pond-Side Striped Bass Larval Production
Erimi Kendrick, NCSU Applied Ecology
Striped Bass Larviculture Production
Mike Frinsko, NCSU Extension/Applied Ecology
Robotics in Aquaculture
Steve Hall, Bio. and Agr. Engineering
Shellfish
UNCW Shellfish Research Hatchery and Program Update
Ami Wilbur, UNCW Biology & Marine Biology
Sudden/Unusual Mortality Syndrome Research and Status Update
Tal Ben-Horin, NCSU Center for Marine Sciences and Technology
Reducing Shellfish Mortality
Rachel Noble, UNC Institute for Marine Science
NCDMF Policy Update
Zach Harrison, NCDMF
NCDMF Water Quality and Sanitation Update
Shannon Jenkins, NCDMF
NCSGA Update
Chris Matteo, President NCSGA
12:00 PM
Trade Show Break
12:30 PM
Lunch
12:45 PM
Keynote
Mike Frinsko
Striped Bass Aquaculture: From Research to Commercialization
Aubrey Onley
Domesticated Striped Bass Production in North Carolina: A Producers Experience
1:15 PM
Conference Concludes