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Published: May 7, 2008
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On Wednesday, April 30, 2008, NOAA’s Aquaculture Program hosted the NOAA-USDA National Stakeholder Meeting on Alternative Feeds for Aquaculture in Silver Spring, MD. Over 80 participants representing aquaculture producers, the aquaculture feeds industry, private research consortiums, other federal agencies, academia, and non-government organizations focused on research priorities for promising alternatives to fish meal and oil in aquaculture diets. The meeting was moderated by Dr. Paul Sandifer, Senior Scientist for Coastal Ecology for NOAA’s Ocean Service, and presenters included Dr. Charles Santerre of Purdue University, Dr. Jane Lubchenco of Oregon State University, Dr. Diane Bellis of Ag Source, Inc. and Richard Nelson of Silver Cup Feeds.

More information is available on the Aquaculture Program website, http://aquaculture.noaa.gov.

 

source: NOAA Fish News 

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