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  • Aquaculture seminar in Saltville highlights technology, opportunities
    Correa-Becker, Angela I. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2006-01-04)
    The Southwest Virginia Aquaculture Research and Extension Center (AqREC) in Saltville, Va., will offer the seminar,"Aquaculture Opportunities for Southwest Virginia" on Tuesday, Jan. 17. The 5 p.m. seminar will be held at Northwood High School in Saltville and is open to those interested in becoming aquaculture producers.
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    Faculty host first Intensive Marine Finfish Larviculture Research, Training Workshop
    Correa-Becker, Angela I. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-08-03)
    At a Virginia Tech facility in Hampton, a group of visiting scholars from around the world are hard at work learning all about marine larviculture.
  • High hydrostatic pressure research will inactivate Hepatitis A Virus in Shellstock Oysters
    Correa-Becker, Angela I. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-06-06)
    Virginia Sea Grant announced an award of $119,000 to study the effects of high hydrostatic pressure (HPP) in inactivating Hepatitis A virus in both shucked and unshucked oysters. The project, led by Dr. Daniel Holliman, M.D., research scientist and director of research for the HPP lab, and Laura Douglas, a research associate and manager of the HPP lab, will identify one or more high pressure processing schedules resulting in inactivation of the virus.
  • Leaders convene to share perspectives on global approaches to risk management
    Correa-Becker, Angela I. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2006-04-20)
    A partnership between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), AdvaMed, and the Virginia Tech Center for Applied Health Sciences has resulted in a groundbreaking conference scheduled to take place in the DC Metro area May 18 and 19.
  • Partnership to break ground on shrimp aquaculture
    Correa-Becker, Angela I. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2006-10-04)
    Unless you've seen the inside of Blue Ridge Aquaculture, located behind the speedway in Martinsville, you might be under the impression that large-scale fish farming is an unlikely proposition for Southside Virginia. Well, think again. Not only is Blue Ridge Aquaculture the world's largest indoor aquaculture producer (shipping over 70,000 pounds of tilapia per week), but the company has continued to expand into new markets for more than 12 years.
  • Two conferences to highlight importance of aquaculture industry
    Correa-Becker, Angela I. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2008-07-17)
    Researchers and industry officials will come together in late July to gain a perspective on the challenges facing the nation's aquaculture industry and investigate possible solutions to these with two conferences hosted by Virginia Tech.
  • University awarded grant to study high pressure treatment to inactivate Norwalk Virus
    Correa-Becker, Angela I. (Virginia Tech. University Relations, 2005-06-07)
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (USDA/CSREES) announced that Virginia Tech, in collaboration with the USDA/ARS Microbial Safety of Aquaculture Products Center of Excellence, Dover, Del., and the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, Atlanta, were awarded a grant to study the effects of high hydrostatic pressure in inactivating Norwalk virus, using oysters as a model.