Program & Schedule

PROGRAM draft

Friday, November 10, 2023

8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Trade Show registration and Exhibit set up

11:00 am – 4:00 pm
General Registration

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
 Trade Show Opening

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
General Program Session

8:00 am – 12:00 pm

11:00 am – 4:00 pm

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Trade Show registration and Exhibit set up

General Registration

 Trade Show Opening

General Program Session

  • Grant Programs for Producers and Tips for Preparing Applications.  Tony Banks, Virginia Farm Bureau
  • Navigating Ecommerce: building direct-to-customer solutions for businesses of all sizes.   Kimberly Reuter,  CSG Consulting

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
*Break / Trade Show Networking

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Virginia Oyster Trail Membership Meeting

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Shellfish Growers of Virginia Membership Meeting

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Keynote Presentation 

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
*Reception

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

*Break / Trade Show Networking

Virginia Oyster Trail Membership Meeting

Shellfish Growers of Virginia Membership Meeting

Keynote Presentation 

*Reception (Attire: business casual – casual)

Saturday, November 11, 2023 (Concurrent Sessions)

7:30 am – 8:30 am

*Breakfast (in Exhibit Hall)

8:30 am – 10:00 am

Concurrent Sessions

Bivalve Shellfish 

  • Regulatory Roundupupdates from agency partners and opportunity for open discussion.  Danielle Schools and Sarah Good, VDH Shellfish Safety.  Adam Kenyon and Andrew Button, VMRC
  • Water Quality Tools for Growers

VA Aquaculture 

 Program Updates:

  • Virginia Dept. Wildlife Resources. Brendan Delbos 
  • Virginia State University College of Agriculture. Chris Mullins 
  • VT – Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center.  Michael Schwarz
  • Virginia Dept of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 
  • Institute for Advanced Learning and Research. Scott Lowman
  • Seafood Economic Analysis and Marketing Research.  Jonathan van Senten

10:00 am – 11:00 am

*Networking and Trade Show Break

11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Bivalve Shellfish

  • Co-Culture and Alternative Species Panelwhere are we now? Moderator: Darien Mizuta, VIMS
  • Workforce Development.  Bill Walton, VIMS
  • Seaside Hard Clam Culture  and Submerged Aquatic Vegetationresearch to inform policy.  Mark Luckenbach and Grace Breitenbeck, VIMS

 

VA Aquaculture

Hydroponics/Aquaponics/ Food Safety

  • Overview: Healthy Harvest Fresh Aquaponics. Tammy Cole, Healthy Harvest Fresh
  • Aquaponics Programming for Virginia Growers. Josh Dusci, VSU-COA
  • HACCP in Aquaponics/Hydroponics. Katheryn Parraga-Estrata, VSAREC
  • Biofloc Applications in Virginia. Nick Romano, VSU-COA

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm

*Lunch (in Exhibit Hall)

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions

Bivalve Shellfish

Lighting Talks – Collaborative Research

  • Effect of Biofouling and Stocking Density on Microclimate in off-Bottom Oyster Culture Grow-Out Bags.  Julianna Grenn, VIMS
  • Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to manage oyster farm production – the research perspectives. Matt LeGanke, VIMS 
  • RFID to manage oyster farm production – the farmer perspective.  Cappahosic Oyster Company
  • Update on OsHV1 –  challenges with C. virginica and  shellfish seed surveillance.  Kimberly Reece, VIMS
  • Economic impact of growing area closures.  Fernando Goncalves, VSAREC
  • Gear Comparison Trials – a perspective on floating vs bottom grown oysters.  Cappahosic Oyster Company
  • Got the fuzz?: a conversation about the effect of stalked ciliates on oyster nursery culture. Samantha Glover, Oyster Seed Holdings

VA Aquaculture

Recent Advances

  • Economic Contributions of the Virginia Seafood Industry.  Fernando Goncalves, VSAREC/SEAMaR
  • Social Licenses in Aquaculture with a Case Study on the Mid-West Region and Implications for Virginia Producers.  Noah Bolt, VSAREC / SEAMaR
  • Consumer Preferences for Marine Finfish.  Domena Agyeman, VSAREC / SEAMaR
  • Environmentally Friendly Production of Marine Shrimp Penaeus vannamei in Super Intensive Systems in Virginia.  Octavio Augusta, VSAREC
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