POND TO PLATE
== Aquaculture News You Can Use ==

Bulletin of the Hawaii Aquaculture Extension & Advisory Network:

Sea Grant Extension Services
School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology
University of Hawaii at Manoa

     Aquaculture Development Program
     Department of Land and Natural Resources
     State of Hawaii

     Biosystems Engineering Department
     College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
     University of Hawaii at Manoa

FISH SPAWNING WORKSHOP HELD IN APRIL

The next SGES/ADP/MRTC Series Workshop is scheduled for Saturday, April 22, at the Mariculture Research and Training Center.   Participants will receive hands-on experience in determining egg quality and induced spawning of fish for food and the ornamental trade.  This workshop will provide a comprehensive introduction to using hormones to induce final maturation and spawning of fish.  A subsequent workshop on hatchery systems and larval rearing methods will be conducted this summer.  The 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. workshop costs $20 and includes pastries, coffee/juice, bento lunch, supplies and handouts.  For more information, contact Rich Bailey (UHSGES) at (808) 956-2873.

 
TILAPIA HEALTH ISSUE

Oahu farmers have been hit with a previously unknown bacterial disease which has caused high mortalities among market-size tilapia.   The disease has been identified in both fresh and saltwater tilapia on farms and in public waters on Oahu.  Dr. Jim Brock (ADP veterinarian) is investigating the outbreak and is advising farmers not to transfer tilapia between farms until more is known about the issue.  Neighbor Island farms have not been affected.  For more information, contact Clyde Tamaru, ADP/SGES Aquaculture Specialist, at (808) 956-2869.

 
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: 

The current 1995 Hawaii State Legislature in session, recently crossed over bills from the chamber they were introduced to the
other chamber for consideration.  ADP continues to track several bills of interest to aquaculturists including: HB2008, which would establish a license for farmers to grow and sell restricted species such as moi, mullet and others; and HCR271 (HR257), requesting DLNR to study the potential of investment in the ornamental fish industry.  ADP recently sent out a legislative update.  If you did not get a copy and would like one, please call Yara Lamadrid-Rose at (808) 587-0030.

PRODUCTION EXTENSION:

The Mariculture Research & Training Center's (MRTC) library has been upgraded with more aquaculture product brochures, video tapes, and trade magazines for industry use.  The facility is also installing four IBM computers with word processing and spreadsheet programs.  ADP/SGES Aquaculture Specialist Clyde Tamaru will be working out of MRTC on Tuesdays and Thursdays if you need to reach him.   The phone number at MRTC is (808) 237-8615.

NEW SPECIES IMPORTATION LIST OUT: 

Gracilaria, Penaeus californianus and Russian sturgeon are the most recent aquaculture species to be considered for approval by the Board of Agriculture in late March for importation permits.  At the beginning of 1995, the new prohibited, restricted and
conditional species lists were established administratively.  For more information on these changes in import status, contact Leonard Young at (808) 587-0030.

UPCOMING CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS: 

A special HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) workshop for The Sustainable Aquaculture '95 Symposium will take place on June 15-16, 1995 in Honolulu.  Co-sponsored by PACON Hawaii Chapter and the U.S. Department of Commerce's seafood inspection program, the two-day workshop will prepare companies to meet the FDA's proposed requirements for a mandatory seafood safety system.   If you are interested in learning more about HACCP and the upcoming workshop, or the Sustainable Aquaculture '95 Symposium in June, contact Dean Toda at (808) 587-0030.

     .....   In need of some technical or business training?  Write, fax or call the Aquaculture Development Program with your ideas for future workshops.

FOR SALE: 

Live tubiflex worms for sale.  Good for Asian catfish and other finfish growout.  $20/lb.  Call Pat Vahey at Hanohano Farms, (808) 293-7773 or fax (808) 293-1692..... Mokuleia Aquafarm has Asian catfish fry for sale.  Call Linda or Jeff at (808) 637-3137 for prices..... Intex "snapset" tanks (10', 8' and 6') are now available in Honolulu at wholesale prices. The tanks have wide aquaculture applications -- ornamental fish, hatchery, fry, or growout -- and are becoming widely used when smaller, low-end tanks are needed.  For more information and prices, contact Marlin Distributors at (808) 682-4314.

NEW PUBLICATIONS:  

Hawaii Aquaculture Advisory Council 1994 Annual Report, Aquaculture Development Program..... Aquaculture Marketing Survey of Consumers, Retail Stores, and Food Service in New York and New Jersey, K. Gall and L. O'Dierno, Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center. Call Yara at ADP for a copy...... A Guide to the Common Problems and Diseases of Cultured Penaeus vannamei, J. Brock and K. Main, Oceanic Institute.  Call Kevan Main at CTSA (808/259-7951) for a copy.

MARKETING NEWS:  

Increase your salesmanship through the #1 sales seminar in the country.  This one-day marketing seminar, entitled "Guerrilla
Selling: Unconventional weapons and tactics for building your business", is based on the best-selling marketing book, Guerrilla Marketing by Jay Conrad Levinson.  Coming May 25th at the Sheraton Waikiki.  Contact Dean or the company directly (1-800-682-8385) for details.

HAWAII HIGH HEALTH SHRIMP:  

Available now for shipment worldwide.   Product benefits include: remote island hatchery locations; year-round growth
conditions; superior water quality; and test stocks.  Available species:   Penaeus vannamei; Penaeus stylirostris; and Macrobrachium rosenbergii.   Contact Dean Toda, Information Specialist for a listing of High Health Shrimp farms in Hawaii.

MISC. NEWS:  

World production of seafood in 1993 hit a record 101.3 million metric tons.  The growth came primarily from aquaculture, which registered a 2 million ton gain in 1993.  Source: National Fisheries Institute.

Aquaculture Intelligence:  

Where does one cruise on the Net for answers on feeding discus or keeping plecos?  For the ornamental farmer there are three Internet newsgroups dealing with aquarium species and management - alt.aquaria, rec.aquaria and sci.aquaria.  Alt.aquaria is also divided into alt.aquaria.killies for discussion on killifishes.  A lengthy five-part FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) list is issued monthly.

Another source of information is the discussion list AQUA-L orginating at Prince Edward Island, Canada covering general requests, issues and questions on aquaculture.  To join, send the one line e-mail message "sub aqua-l firstname lastname", leaving the subject line blank to listproc@upei.ca.

Asides from AquaNIC -- the main lode of aqua-info, there is the National Agricultural Library (NAL).  Gopher to "gopher.nalusda.gov 70". AquaNIC is moving on a parallel and has established a WWW presence for web browsers.
For information, gopher to thorplus.lib.purdue.edu and select the Scholarly Databases option. Rememeber, there is no gain without trying -- you can't break anything, except to get lost and learn even more.

John Bostock has written a short introduction arguing for the use of telecommunication among fish farmers, "An introduction to networking" in the March/April 1995 issue of Fish Farmer (Surrey, UK).  He is known for his Internet resource, "Fishing for Information: A Guide to Network and On-line Resources in Aquaculture and Aquatic Science". This may be FTP (retrieved) from ftp.stir.ac.uk as the version 1.31 full text, online.txt or online.zip (compressed format), in the subdirectory /aqua.

POND TO PLATE is a bimonthly news-bulletin targeting Hawaii's aquaculture community.  If you would like to contribute news to a Pond to Plate issue, the deadline is the last Friday of each odd-numbered month.   Send your information contributions to Dean Toda, Pond to Plate, via phone (808) 587-0030; via fax (808) 587-0033; conventional mail: Aquaculture Development Program, 335 Merchant Street - Room 348, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813; or, e-mail Leonard Young: lyoung@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu.

Leonard Young:  Aquaculture Development Program, 335 Merchant St. #348,
                 Honolulu, HI  96813 Phone: (808) 587-0030
                 E-mail: lyoung@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu