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ASGA Newsletter - 11/2009

The November 2009 ASGA newsletter has some interesting articles in it. Not only did it review ASGA's development priorities, but is also looked at the rebirth of the oyster industry in Southeast Alaska, the preliminary results of oyster bag trials, UA research aimed at boosting oyster shelflife by superchilling, and what's in store for Alaska due to Ocean Acidification. Take a few monents and look at this newsletter.

Alexandrium Cyst Workshop

UAS, UAF and NOAA will be hosting the annual HAB/phytoplankton workshop in Ketchikan April 22-23.  The two day workshop will provide a refresher for phytoplankton identification.  There will be a special guest this year from the University of Oslo, Norway. 
Professor Barrie Dale, an international authority on Alexandrium and specifically Alexandrium cyst life stage and associated toxicity, will present information related to Alexandrium cysts, sampling and identification.  This is an excellent opportunity to learn more about the causative organism for PSP and toxicity in shellfish. For more information, contact either Kate Sullivan (907-228-4565) or Barbara Morgan (907-228-4546) at UAS.

 

2009 Aquatic Farm Application Status

The majority of the applications submitted for the 2009 Application year are close to being done. Applicants can look for them to arrive sometime in April 2010.

Back on Line - Slowly

Thanks to a hacker somewhere, we've been offline for a while.

The problem is now fixed (we think). We will start adding more functions (email, classifieds, etc.) to the site as we are able to more thoroughly test them out. For now, however, if you need to post anything on the site, send it to either Rodger Painter ( rodgerpainter@hotmail.com ) orJohn Kiser (osoalaskano@comcast.net ), and we will ensure it gets posted.