Largemouth Bass Workshop
Date: Saturday April 24, 2021
Time: 10 am – 1:05 pm (EST)
Contact: Amy Shambach, ashambac@purdue.edu, 317-238-0511
Kwamena Quagrainie, kquagrai@purdue.edu, 765-494-4200
Speakers: Jim Tidwell, Kentucky State University; Shawn Coyle, Kentucky State University; Giovanni Molinari, Southern Illinois University; Paul Hitchens, Southern Illinois University
Topics: Largemouth Bass Production: Opportunities and Challenges, Fingerling Production & Early Rearing of LMB, Larval LMB Rearing in Indoor RAS System, Live Market Trends for LMB
Registration link- https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9GdPYuWi7DsnxHM
Agenda:
10:00-10:10 Workshop Overview / Housekeeping – (Amy Shambach)
10:10-10:50 LMB Production: opportunities and challenges (Jim Tidwell, KSU)
10:50-11:30 Fingerling production & early rearing of LMB (Shawn Coyle, KSU)
11:30-11:40 Break
11:40-12:20 Larval LMB rearing in indoor RAS system (Giovanni Molinari, SIU)
12:20-12:40 Live market trends for LMB (Paul Hitchens, SIU)
12:40-1:00 Panel discussion / Q & A – panelists are the speakers (Moderator – Matt Smith)
1:00-1:05 Wrap up.
Sponsors & Partners:
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, Purdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, & Illinois Extension, Southern Illinois University, The Ohio State & Kentucky State University