Free lecture on aquaculture in Port A

[Kristy]

This looks like a great topic. I wish I could go, but the date is not so convenient for me. Just passing this info along...

The University of Texas at Austin
Marine Science Institute

Public Lecture Series

presents

“Can Aquaculture Play a Role in Conserving Marine Resources?”

by

Dr. Ken Webb

Thursday, January 14, 2010
7:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)

The University of Texas
Marine Science Institute
Visitor’s Center Auditorium
Cotter Street (near the beach)
Port Aransas, TX

Info: Free and open to the public

For more information, please call: 361-749-6806

http://www.utmsi.utexas.edu/outreach...-lectures.html

Summer of Talk:

Throughout the industrialized world, seafood exists as the last major food type which can be collected from the wild. Unlike grains, beef, or poultry; seafood continues to be predominantly a resource rather than a crop, though modern methods of intensive aquaculture are beginning to change this picture. As we begin 2010, aquaculture has reached the unprecedented benchmark of providing approximately 40% of all seafood consumed around the world. Trends suggest that cultured will surpass wild caught seafood within the next 10 to 15 years. This dramatic expansion in cultured seafood production has not come without its share of problems however. From eutrophying effluents which cause algal blooms, to issues of disease and genetic contamination, the aquaculture industry has received a great deal of criticism. Some more colorful editorials have even likened the culture of marine fish to “raising tigers for food”.

In this talk, we will explore the role of aquaculture in the worlds seafood supply and discuss what we should look for in an aquaculture industry that promotes healthy marine resources.


Dr. Ken Webb is a research fellow at The University of Texas Marine
Science Institute.

[Third Coast Tropical]

This will be a good presentation. Ken is one of my former colleagues from UTMSI. Very knowledgable man. He will be able to answer any nutrition questions if you have any.