Tentative Agenda
Thursday, March 5th: Meetings and Set-Up
1:00 - 4:00 Pre-Conference Workshop
Addressing Early Stage Survival and Feed Training of Yellow Perch
6:00 - 8:00 WAA Board Meeting
4:00 - 9:00 Vendor Trade Show Set-Up
Friday, March 6th: WAA Conference
7:00 Registration
8:30 Welcome and Updates
Bill West, President WAA, Blue Iris Fish Farm
8:40 Address from Dignitaries (Invited)
9:00 - 10:00 Bret Shaw - University of Wisconsin Extension
Aquaculture in Wisconsin, Needs and Opportunities for the Fish Farmer
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 10:35 Dave Giehtbrock, WDNR
Public/Private Partnerships with Fish Stocking
10:35 - 11:05 Kristen Runge
Paid Advertising on Facebook: Message Strategies Raising Farm-Raised Fish, Part 1
11:05 - 11:30 Kristen Runge
Paid Advertising on Facebook: Message Strategies Raising Farm-Raised Fish, Part 2
11:30 - 12:00 Myron Kebus/Peter Fritch
Fish Health Assessments and Production Medicine
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Introduction of Vendors
Paul Zajicek NAA A Few Words of Wisdom
1:00 - 1:30 Myron Kebus/Dr. Andrew Martin
Economics of Fish Health
1:30 - 2:00 Myron Kebus
Beyond Basic Biosecurity
2:00 - 2:15 Break
2:15 - 3:00 Dr. Dong Fang
Feeds and Feeding Yellow Perch: Update on Nutritional Research at UWM
3:00 - 4:00 Larry and Laurie Fortuna
Shrimp Production in Northern Wisconsin
4:00 - 4:30 General Membership Meeting
4:30 Silent Auction
5:00 - 6:00 Dani Klontz - Food Prep
6:00 - 8:00 Taste of Wisconsin, Aquaculture Social
Saturday, March 7th: WAA Conference
8:00 - 9:00 Chad Hebert
Profitable Perch Aquaponics
9:00 - 10:00 Aedrian Ortiz Johnsen, Skretting
Fish Food Selection Criteria for Diverse Species, Variable Temperatures, and Life Stages
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:00 Don Schreiner/Emma Wiermaa
Discussion of Latest Sea Grant Grant and What it Means to Wisconsin
11:00 - 11:30 DATCP
Food Safety Geared Toward Niche Markets
11:30 - 12:00 Greg Fischer/Emma Wiermaa
Latest Fish Projects at NADF
12:00 Lunch
