From: Terri Gianola <terri@francorp.francomm.com>
To: BRINE-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU
PUBLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT:
MARKETING AND SHIPPING LIVE AQUATIC PRODUCTS CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Marketing and shipping of live aquatic animals is an expanding
industry.
Information on strategies for marketing and shipping is needed by
growers, harvesters, processors, and shippers. Marketing and
Shipping Live Aquatic Products, NRAES 107, is the proceedings of an October 1996 conference that addresses these needs.
The 288-page proceedings includes forty-nine papers that discuss
animal welfare, environmental issues, shellfish, finfish, ornamentals,
holding and transport, and marketing and regulatory issues.
Information in these proceedings will help improve harvesting,
handling, packaging, and shipping technology; identify new business
opportunities; provide broader selections for consumers; develop humane handling strategies; and ensure food safety. Specific information is provided on shrimp, abalone, clams, crabs, lobsters, oysters, mollusks, finfish, sole, ornamentals, exotics, and other species.
The proceedings were edited by the Brian Paust, Alaska Marine Advisory Program and John Peters, Nor'Westerly Food Technology Services.
To order this publication, for more information or a free catalog,
contact: NRAES, Cooperative Extension 152 Riley-Robb Hall Ithaca, NY 14853-5701 USA Telephone 607-255-7654 Fax 607-254-8770 E-mail: nraes@cornell.edu.
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