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Water Reuse for Intensive Fish Culture



Date:

July 28 - August 1, 2008

Location:

National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV

Course Description:

This four-and-a-half day course presented by The Conservation Fund Freshwater Institute will cover the fundamentals of design and management of water reuse systems. Staff from the Freshwater Institute (Shepherdstown, WV) will teach the course. The Freshwater Institute will be the site of lab activities for the course. The Freshwater Institute is a state-of-the-art fish culture facility based on system design concepts covered in the course. The registration deadline is June 6, 2008!

Course Leaders:

  • Steven T. Summerfelt, Ph.D., P.E., Director of Aquaculture Systems Research
  • Brian J. Vinci, Ph.D., P.E., Director of Engineering Services
  • Christopher M. Good, Ph.D., D.V.M., Aquaculture Veterinarian

Course Length:

4.5 days

Course Tuition:

$750.00

Lodging and Meals Information:

Lodging & Meals are available at NCTC for $119/night.

Contact Information:

For more information, please contact Margarita Carey.

Other Information:

To download the draft Course Agenda, see Related Links at bottom right of this page.

This course is scheduled immediately after the 7th International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture (ICRA). See the ICRA Website for more information.

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