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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Student and teacher scholarships to attend OAA’s Annual Conference, January 20-21, 2023</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thanks to an
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.fisheries.noaa.gov/grant/eeblue-aquaculture-literacy-mini-grants-program__;!!KGKeukY!w8sfTX85dX8riUEWFI1T0ftPPGabgUvp4nEMtgqUdCb1z3yFBfT1ieOEi8FJ-E5w1nw95apJTetaxEdl5TP2wviHM3noUOD0$" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">eeBLUE aquaculture literacy grant</span></a>, the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.ohioaquaculture.org/__;!!KGKeukY!w8sfTX85dX8riUEWFI1T0ftPPGabgUvp4nEMtgqUdCb1z3yFBfT1ieOEi8FJ-E5w1nw95apJTetaxEdl5TP2wviHMyXFPL06$" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">Ohio Aquaculture Association</span></a> and <a href="https://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/news/2022/0iliw/aquaculture-ohio" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">Ohio Sea Grant</span></a> would like to support attendance of students (high school, undergraduate, and graduate) and teachers to the OAA Annual Conference this January 20-21, 2023 at the Quest Center (9200 Worthington Road, Westerville,
OH, 43082). A limited number of full scholarships are available first come, first served to cover conference registration fees; meals are included in conference attendance. Attend for one or both days.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Please email Curtis Gram,
<a href="mailto:freedomfishfarms@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">freedomfishfarms@gmail.com</span></a> (OAA Treasurer) and Bill Lynch,
<a href="mailto:blmillperch@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">blmillperch@gmail.com</span></a> (OAA President) with your name, school, grade or year and major (students) or title and grade level (teachers) to take advantage of this opportunity,
or if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This year’s <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.ohioaquaculture.org/events__;!!KGKeukY!w8sfTX85dX8riUEWFI1T0ftPPGabgUvp4nEMtgqUdCb1z3yFBfT1ieOEi8FJ-E5w1nw95apJTetaxEdl5TP2wviHM9idWunF$" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">conference program</span></a> includes a special plenary by renowned aquaculture economist Carole Engle on “Prospering in an Economic Downturn”, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife on strategies to enforcing
aquaculture regulations on Friday. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Saturday, producer and practitioner-focused sessions include topics of marketing and sales, recirculating aquaculture systems, pond culture, and aquaponics. Industry and educational exhibitors will also be present.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="224" height="45" style="width:2.3333in;height:.4652in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D920FD.2D0187B0" alt="The Ohio State University"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;background:white">Nicole Wright</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>
<span style="background:white">Aquaculture Extension Educator and LEARN Coordinator</span><br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;background:white">Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white"> School of Environment and
Natural Resources<br>
Area 100 Research Center, 1314 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212<br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;background:white"><a href="mailto:wright.1128@osu.edu"><span style="color:blue">wright.1128@osu.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white"> / </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;background:white"><a href="http://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/"><span style="color:blue">ohioseagrant.osu.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#404040;background:white">Pronouns: she/her/hers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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