All Discussions Tagged 'survey' - AquacultureHub2024-03-28T20:16:29Zhttp://www.aquaculturehub.org/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=survey&feed=yes&xn_auth=noMarine Finfish Aquaculturists Invited to Share Their Expertise to Advance US Aquaculturetag:www.aquaculturehub.org,2017-11-30:4021269:Topic:2044022017-11-30T17:06:38.208ZDr. Tetsuzan Benny Ronhttp://www.aquaculturehub.org/profile/tetsuzanRon
<p>Participants from the Marine Fish Aquaculture Scoping Workshop invite marine finfish aquaculturists to complete an on-line marine foodfish survey. The goal of the survey is to compile general knowledge of 17 food fish species in order to choose the best options for domestic expansion of non-salmonid marine finfish aquaculture in the United States. The survey results will be compiled into a report that will be made available electronically through many sources. These results will assist…</p>
<p>Participants from the Marine Fish Aquaculture Scoping Workshop invite marine finfish aquaculturists to complete an on-line marine foodfish survey. The goal of the survey is to compile general knowledge of 17 food fish species in order to choose the best options for domestic expansion of non-salmonid marine finfish aquaculture in the United States. The survey results will be compiled into a report that will be made available electronically through many sources. These results will assist aquaculture funding agencies and sponsors, researchers, and corporations with knowledge to expand onshore and offshore aquaculture ventures that will reduce the seafood trade deficit and stimulate economic growth of U.S. aquaculture. Survey participants will have access to a list of 17 marine fish species. Participants should complete a survey for each fish species for which they have expertise. For example, if a participant has knowledge to share for four species, the survey will need to be completed four times. Each species’ survey has 78 questions and will require about 15 minutes to complete. To access the survey, click on: <a href="http://www.fau.edu/hboi/newsroom/archives/marinefinfishsurvey2017-2018.php">http://www.fau.edu/hboi/newsroom/archives/marinefinfishsurvey2017-2018.php</a>. The survey will remain open for comment until January 15, 2018. The Marine Fish Aquaculture Scoping Workshop was co-hosted by Florida Atlantic University-Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (FAU-HBOI), U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-Office of Aquaculture during March 2017 at FAU-HBOI. For information about the Workshop, please contact Dr. Megan Davis, Associate Executive Director, Academic Affairs & Economic Development, FAU-HBOI, at 772-242-2298 or mdavi105@fau.edu.</p> AwF Volunteer Survey to update datatag:www.aquaculturehub.org,2014-02-13:4021269:Topic:1496842014-02-13T23:48:00.685ZRoy Palmerhttp://www.aquaculturehub.org/profile/RoyPalmer
<p><span>Aquaculture without Frontiers (<a href="http://www.aquaculturewithoutfrontiers.org/">http://www.aquaculturewithoutfrontiers.org/</a>) are delighted to announce that Cormac O’Sullivan (Canada) and Ignacio Llorente Garcia (Spain) have agreed to work with AwF to ensure that we have a better system and arrangement with the marvelous volunteers who have engaged with our organization. Cormac has spent a lot of time to get the database up to date and this week we will be sending out a survey…</span></p>
<p><span>Aquaculture without Frontiers (<a href="http://www.aquaculturewithoutfrontiers.org/">http://www.aquaculturewithoutfrontiers.org/</a>) are delighted to announce that Cormac O’Sullivan (Canada) and Ignacio Llorente Garcia (Spain) have agreed to work with AwF to ensure that we have a better system and arrangement with the marvelous volunteers who have engaged with our organization. Cormac has spent a lot of time to get the database up to date and this week we will be sending out a survey to these volunteers, and through our connections on Facebook and LinkedIn, to collect current information for future activities.</span></p>
<p>The survey for volunteers is available via the following link:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WTLQHZG" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WTLQHZG</a></p>
<p>If you are interested in volunteering with us, please complete the survey as quickly as possible so that we can get the records up to date. We would like to close the survey by end February 2014.<span id="more-2907"></span></p>
<p>Through our association with the Alliance Against Hunger and Malnutrition, we understand that this year has been declared the “International Year of Family Farming”. This has been confirmed through the 66<sup>th</sup> session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.</p>
<p>The 2014 IYFF aims to raise the profile of family farming and smallholder farming by focusing the world’s attention on each significant role in eradicating hunger and poverty, providing food security and nutrition, improving livelihoods, managing natural resources, protecting the environment, and achieving sustainable development.</p>
<p>We are aiming to engage in this program by ensuring aquaculture is not forgotten. Please refer to:</p>
<p><b> </b><a href="http://www.fao.org/family-farming-2014/family-farming/main-messages/en/" target="_blank">http://www.fao.org/family-farming-2014/family-farming/main-messages/en/</a></p> Request regarding recirculating aquaculturetag:www.aquaculturehub.org,2013-10-27:4021269:Topic:1441312013-10-27T02:44:00.223ZAquacultureHub Teamhttp://www.aquaculturehub.org/profile/Aquaculture
<p><font face="sans-serif">Hello</font><span> </span><br></br><br></br><font face="sans-serif">Please see the text below and the link to a survey regarding safe and effective drug use in RAS. Viterbo University has asked the aquaculture coordinators to help distribute the email. Please fill out if you have systems or pass on to others.</font><span> </span><br></br><br></br><font face="sans-serif">Thanks</font><span> </span><br></br><br></br><font face="sans-serif">Todd</font><span> …</span><br></br></p>
<p><font face="sans-serif">Hello</font><span> </span><br/><br/><font face="sans-serif">Please see the text below and the link to a survey regarding safe and effective drug use in RAS. Viterbo University has asked the aquaculture coordinators to help distribute the email. Please fill out if you have systems or pass on to others.</font><span> </span><br/><br/><font face="sans-serif">Thanks</font><span> </span><br/><br/><font face="sans-serif">Todd</font><span> </span><br/><font face="sans-serif"><br/><br/>Todd Low<br/>Dept of Agriculture, Aquaculture & Livestock Support Services<br/>Ph: <a target="_blank">808.483.7130</a><br/>Fax: <a target="_blank">808.483.7110</a><br/>Email: <a href="mailto:todd.e.low@hawaii.gov" target="_blank">todd.e.low@hawaii.gov</a></font><span> </span></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) are increasingly used to rear aquatic animals – as this use increases so does the potential for loss from disease. Unfortunately, few drugs are presently approved in the U.S. for use in RAS to control disease. This </font><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Viterbo_RAS" target="_blank"><font color="blue" face="Arial"><u>survey</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> seeks to develop information that will make it easier for safe and effective drugs to be approved for use in RAS. </font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial">As part of the drug approval process, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration assesses not only the efficacy of the drug for its intended purpose, but also its potential direct and indirect effects on the treated animals and the environment. There is little information currently available that summarizes how the various types of RAS are actually operated and the conditions under which a drug might be applied in those RAS. There is even less information available on how drugs might affect RAS biofilter operation and function; this information is important for determining the fate of drugs within RAS facilities, their potential effects on water quality, and for evaluating how much of the drugs might be released in RAS effluents. The lack of this broad baseline information on RAS and biofilters complicates the FDA’s assessments of potential risks to both the treated animal and the environment. Viterbo University (La Crosse, Wisconsin) developed this </font><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Viterbo_RAS" target="_blank"><font color="blue" face="Arial"><u>survey</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> to describe current RAS operations and procedures, which, when combined with other drug effects information, will help inform the decisions FDA makes in regards to the approval of drugs to control disease in animals reared in RAS. </font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial">How long will the </font><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Viterbo_RAS" target="_blank"><font color="blue" face="Arial"><u>survey</u></font></a><font face="Arial"> take? </font></p>
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<li><font>Most are expected to complete the survey in about 30 minutes. </font></li>
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<p><font face="Arial">What information will you be asked to provide?</font></p>
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<li><font face="Arial">Information about your RAS (biofilter type/media/size; rearing tank volumes; water flow/replacement/clarification/chemistry; species reared and feed protein level)</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial">Information about oral or waterborne drugs used or considered for use in your RAS including</font><ul>
<li><font face="Arial">Drug impacts on biofilter function</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial">Annual number of treatments administered, treatment timing, number of tanks treated</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial">How treated water is handled within the RAS - i.e., can tank water bypass the biofilter and be discharged, etc.</font></li>
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<li><font face="Arial">Pathogens/diseases that impact your facility</font></li>
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<p><font face="Arial">What if I don't have time to complete the </font><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Viterbo_RAS" target="_blank"><font color="blue" face="Arial"><u>survey</u></font></a><font face="Arial">? </font></p>
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<li><font face="Arial">We understand time is precious and you might not be able to complete the entire survey. If you can't complete the entire survey, please complete Section 1 and the first two questions of Section 2.</font></li>
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<p><font face="Arial">How will the information be used?</font></p>
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<li><font face="Arial">Viterbo University will summarize the information at national and regional scales; individual and state summaries will not be provided</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial">National summaries of RAS characteristics will be provided to FDA; regional summaries will be submitted only if needed. Individual or state information will not be submitted.</font></li>
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<p><font face="Arial">Who should complete the </font><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Viterbo_RAS" target="_blank"><font color="blue" face="Arial"><u>survey</u></font></a><font face="Arial">?</font></p>
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<li><font face="Arial">All facilities that operate RAS, whether operated for profit, public fish stocking, education, or research, are encouraged to participate in the survey.</font></li>
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<p><font face="Arial">How will my information be protected?</font></p>
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<li><font face="Arial">Individual and facility identity and responses will be kept strictly confidential. </font></li>
<li><font face="Arial">Facilities that respond to the survey will be assigned a unique facility identification number. </font></li>
<li><font face="Arial">Individual facility information (name or location) will not be submitted to FDA; only nationally or regionally summarized data will be submitted to the FDA. </font></li>
<li><font face="Arial">Viterbo University will retain completed and coded surveys on secure media accessible only to the survey coordinator</font></li>
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<p><font face="Arial">How can I get more information?</font></p>
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<li><font face="Arial">Questions related to the RAS survey may be submitted by email to </font><a href="mailto:ras_survey@viterbo.edu%3cmailto:ras_survey@viterbo.edu" target="_blank">ras_survey@viterbo.edu</a><font face="Arial">. </font></li>
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<p><font face="Arial">Where can I access the </font><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Viterbo_RAS" target="_blank"><font color="blue" face="Arial"><u>survey</u></font></a><font face="Arial">?</font></p>
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<li><font face="Arial">The survey is web accessible at </font><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Viterbo_RAS" target="_blank">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Viterbo_RAS</a><font face="Arial"> </font></li>
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<p><font face="Arial">How soon should I complete the </font><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Viterbo_RAS" target="_blank"><font color="blue" face="Arial"><u>survey</u></font></a><font face="Arial">?</font></p>
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<li><font face="Arial">Please complete the survey by December 7, 2013. Questions or specific information requests related to the RAS survey may be submitted by email to </font><a href="mailto:ras_survey@viterbo.edu%3cmailto:ras_survey@viterbo.edu" target="_blank"><font color="blue" face="Arial"><u>ras_survey@viterbo.edu</u></font></a><font face="Arial">. </font></li>
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<p><font face="Arial">Thank you in advance for your help to expand the number of approved drugs available for use in aquaculture. </font><a href="http://www.fda.gov/animalveterinary/developmentapprovalprocess/aquaculture/ucm132954.htm" target="_blank"><font color="blue" face="Arial"><u>Click for a list of drugs currently approved for use in U.S. aquaculture</u></font></a><font face="Arial">.</font></p> To the Ning Network Creators!tag:www.aquaculturehub.org,2010-04-24:4021269:Topic:77642010-04-24T04:32:23.000ZDr. Tetsuzan Benny Ronhttp://www.aquaculturehub.org/profile/tetsuzanRon
<div>Hi Ning Network Creator! </div>
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<div>We recently announced a decision to focus our efforts on enhancing the features and services we offer to paying Network Creators and phase out free Ning Networks. As we mentioned in a series of communications following this decision, we recognize the many teachers and educators use the Ning Platform as an integral part of their classrooms and schools and it’s our goal to have a set of product and pricing offerings that can best meet your needs. To help us in this process, we’d like to understand more about how you are using Ning today. </div>
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<div>Please click on the link at the bottom of this email to take a brief survey about your current usage of NIng. Please complete this survey before Monday, April 26th. It should take no more than 5-10 minutes of your time. Thank you for your continued feedback! </div>
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THE USE OF SMALL-SCALE RECIRCULATING AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS AND<br />
AQUAPONICS IN EXTENSION AND EDUCATION<br />
Patricia L. Duncan<br />
Georgia Center for Aquaculture Development<br />
Fort Valley State University<br />
Fort Valley, Georgia<br />
duncanp@fvsu.edu<br />
Since opening it’s doors in 2003, the Georgia Center for Aquaculture Development (GCAD) at Fort Valley State University has used a variety of different small-scale recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) and aquaponic units to teach basic aquaculture techniques.…
THE USE OF SMALL-SCALE RECIRCULATING AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS AND<br />
AQUAPONICS IN EXTENSION AND EDUCATION<br />
Patricia L. Duncan<br />
Georgia Center for Aquaculture Development<br />
Fort Valley State University<br />
Fort Valley, Georgia<br />
duncanp@fvsu.edu<br />
Since opening it’s doors in 2003, the Georgia Center for Aquaculture Development (GCAD) at Fort Valley State University has used a variety of different small-scale recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) and aquaponic units to teach basic aquaculture techniques. Potential aquaculture producers learn about basic aquaculture principles with the aid of 10 different RAS located in 3 on-campus greenhouses. The basics of aquaponics are also demonstrated with the use of floating bed, NFT and vertical units associated with the RAS. The species reared in the different RAS have included shrimp, freshwater prawns, three species of tilapia, koi, channel catfish, hybrid bream, largemouth bass, copper nose bream and hybrid striped bass. Over 30 types of herbs and vegetables have been grown in the aquaponic units.<br />
Each year at least six aquaculture workshops or presentations are held at FVSU on a variety of subjects including water quality, best management practices, fish health, aquaponics and marketing. At each workshop time is spent in the greenhouse examining the different types and components of the RAS and aquaponic units. One-on-one tours are given throughout the year to help prospective growers learn about RAS and aquaponics. Presentations are also given throughout the state about RAS technology.<br />
We also conduct outreach to schools in surrounding counties with fish, prawn and aquaponics exhibits. At the FVSU building at the SUNBELT Expo we now have a permanent RAS and aquaponic exhibit.<br />
Citizens from all over the state routinely come to workshops now being held in Fort Valley at the GCAD. To date over 5,000 Georgians have toured the GCAD greenhouse aquaculture facilities. Of these visitors to the aquaculture facilities, 3,400 have been students, kindergartners to high school age, the vast majority African-American. Ten FVSU students have worked with the aquaculture program and received extensive training to date.<br />
Additional RAS are being constructed in the new aquaculture facilities off campus in the new farm area. A USDA capacity building grant supports the building of five 120 by 35 foot greenhouses, 20 ponds, 2 storage buildings and an office area. The five greenhouses have been erected and are currently being equipped with different RAS, raceways, aeration systems, and plumbing. A variety of new RAS technology will be demonstrated in this area.<br />
The impact of the GCAD greenhouses with the different RAS fish species, shrimp and prawns on Georgia citizens has been great. Prospective producers have learned that they do not need a large amount of acreage to produce fish with the use of RAS and the ability to grow herbs and vegetables with aquaponics provides additional cash flow. The ability of youth to have “hands on” experience with fish and prawns and to see the RAS production systems as an alternate enterprise, is an eye opening experience whether they are kindergartners or high school age.