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Virginia Tech is host to the workshops and conferences on recirculating aquaculture that you see listed here. For more information or to register, please click on the name of the specific workshop or conference you are interested in.

• 7th International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture
  July 25-27, 2008 • Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center, Roanoke, VIrginia

• AES Issues Forum
  July 23-24, 2008 - Roanoke, Virginia

• 14th Annual Recirculating Aquaculture Systems Short Course
  July 28-31, 2008
  Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

  This course provides thorough coverage of the design, operation, and management of water reuse systems for finfish, with limited coverage of indoor shrimp production. Professors Michael B. Timmons of Cornell University and James E. Ebeling of Aquaculture Systems Management (Baton Rouge, LA) teach the course. At the conclusion, participants should be able to design their own water reuse systems and have a fundamental knowledge of the principles influencing design decisions. The following topics are covered:

  • Overview of recirculation systems engineering
  • Water quality monitoring and measurement
  • Economics and risk evaluation
  • Engineering design of individual unit processes
  • System management
  • Fish health management
  • Indoor shrimp and heterotrophic system

  For more information, contact: Michael B. Timmons, Mbt3@cornell.edu, or (607) 255-1630 or James Ebeling, james@beadfilters.com, or (800) 939-3659, or visit the web site: http://www.bee.cornell.edu/outreach/aquaculture

Previous Programs:

• 6th International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture - July 20-23, 2006
  
  
• 5th International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture - July 22-25, 2004
  
  
• Eighth Annual Aquaculture Water Reuse Sytems Short Course - July 22-26, 2002
  
  
• 4th International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture - July 18-21, 2002
  
  
  • Press Releases and Pictures
  
  
• Aquaculture in the Classroom: A workshop for middle school and high school teachers - July 17-19, 2002
  
  
• Design and Operations of Aquaculture Systems - July 16-18, 2002
  
  
• Aquaculture Waste Management Symposium - July 22-24, 2001
  and Operation of Aquaculture Facilities - July 25-27, 2001
  
  
• Design & Operation of Aquaculture Facilities - November 2000
  
  
• 3rd International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture - July 2000
  
  

Additional Information

For more information, please contact us at aqua@vt.edu

For additional information about aquaculture education and research at Virginia Tech, please see http://www.fst.vt.edu.

For more information about COTA and other COTA programs, http://www.cota.vt.edu/.

Contact for CFAST is Terry Rakestraw, email: rakestra@vt.edu.

For information about training programs hosted by members of the World Aquaculture Society, please visit http://www.was.org