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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:2.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:#2F5496;mso-ligatures:none">Workshop Announcement</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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FREE Intensive Early Life Stage Fish Culture Workshop sponsored by the North Central Regional Aquaculture Center, Southern Illinois University (SIU)—Carbondale, Purdue University, University of Wisconsin—Stevens Point Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility,
and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (flyer attached).</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">This one-day workshop will focus on indoor intensive production of largemouth bass, yellow perch, and walleye— three commercially important regional aquaculture species. Topics that will be covered
include indoor systems, egg acquisition, larval and fingerling rearing, and sustainable feeds. </span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Speakers from various backgrounds—research, extension, commercial farming, and conservation —will share the good, the bad, and the ugly of raising young fish indoors.</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Workshop Participants</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> will:</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ligatures:none">Learn tips and techniques for raising larval fish and fingerlings.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-ligatures:none">Learn how to spawn largemouth bass indoors. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-ligatures:none">Participate in industry-relevant discussions.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-ligatures:none">Find out how fish offal could hold the key to sustainable fish feeds.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-ligatures:none">Tour SIU’s Aquaculture Research Lab.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-ligatures:none">See operating recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="mso-ligatures:none">Expand your network.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Date: Saturday, August 26, 2023, 10 AM – 5/6 PM Central (CST)</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Venue: Southern Illinois University, Becker Pavilion, Carbondale, IL</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Lunch: Provided</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Register @ </span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5oTNGJLsc3J3ijc__;!!KGKeukY!3-SzVizop7bEDZHeSiI73_z-eS_jcDB6sTfvTdL-wWnNKiotoksm3P0Q-jztlm0V8YHfVKTmZ5i8c2wXrvAa0PH4tQ$"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2A5BD7">bit.ly/3OIveuY</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">This workshop is FREE, but registration is required, and space is limited. Register today to reserve a seat!</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">For more information, contact Amy Shambach (<a href="mailto:ashambac@purdue.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">ashambac@purdue.edu</span></a>) or Emma Hauser (<a href="mailto:ehauser@uwsp.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">ehauser@uwsp.edu</span></a>).</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></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@01D9C915.8BECFA00" 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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetlands Research Park<br>
352 Dodridge St., Columbus, OH 43202<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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