William A. Wurts, Ph.D.

Senior State Specialist for Aquaculture
Cooperative Extension Program
Kentucky State University at

UK Research and Education Center
P.O. Box 469 / 1205 Hopkinsville Street
Princeton, KY 42445-0469

Phone: 270/365-7541 ext. 200
FAX: 270/365-2667
E-mail: wwurts@uky.edu

Last Updated: 18-Feb-2008
On-line Presentations

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Polyculture of Paddlefish Polyodon spathula in Ponds Used for Low-Input Production of Freshwater Shrimp Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Presented at: Aquaculture America 2008, Feb. 10, Orlando, FL. Book of Abstracts, p. 439.

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Extension: Research & Technology vs. Reality
Presented at: Aquaculture America 2008, Feb. 10, Orlando, FL.

Low-input Shrimp Farming in Kentucky Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Presentation at: Aquaculture '07; San Antonio, TX; March 2, 2007. Book of Abstracts, p. 1008.
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Low Input Shrimp Farming in Kentucky, 2002-2004 Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Presentation at Aquaculture America 2006. Las Vegas, NV; February 14, 2006. Book of Abstracts, p. 357.
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Low Input Aquaculture
Presentation at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Aquaculture Association, February, 2006. Click on the following links for articles about low-input shrimp or catfish farming.

Using Salt for Live Fish Transport
Presentation at Aquaculture America 2005 in the Special Session: Live Transport of Aquatic Organisms. New Orleans, LA; January 20, 2005. Book of Abstracts, p. 499.
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Transporting Channel Catfish Fry and Eggs
Presentation at Aquaculture America 2005 in the Special Session: Live Transport of Aquatic Organisms. New Orleans, LA; January 20, 2005. Book of Abstracts, p. 500.
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Shunt Biofiltration: A Concept and Design for Increasing Capacity
Presentation at: Aquaculture '04; Honolulu, HI; March 4, 2004. Book of Abstracts, p. 652.
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Low-input Shrimp Farming Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Presentation at: Aquaculture '04; Honolulu, HI; March 4, 2004. Book of Abstracts, p. 652.
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Challenges for Producing Channel Catfish in KY
(presented at Aquaculture America, February 2003, Louisville, KY; Book of Abstracts, p. 338)

Stabilizing Water Quality for the Production of Freshwater Shrimp
(presented at Aquaculture America, February 2003, Louisville, KY; Book of Abstracts, p. 338)

Small Scale Channel Catfish Farming
(presented at Aquaculture America, January 2002, San Diego, CA; Book of Abstracts, p. 369)

Plankton Harvest: Recycling Waste Nutrients to Improve Yield and Sustainability
(presented as "Bio-mechanical Plankton Harvest: A Conceptual Model for the Culture of Multiple Species" at Aquaculture, January 2001, Orlando FL; Book of Abstracts, p. 704)

Developing Feeding Tables for Aquaculture: Using Red Drum and Channel Catfish as Models
(presented at Aquaculture '98; Las Vegas, NV Book of Abstracts, p. 589.
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