3rd Annual Commercial Fishing Summit March 11
The Third Annual Louisiana Commercial Fishing and Seafood Industry Summit will be March 11 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, 346 Civic Center Boulevard, Houma. Admission is free, but registration is required.
The Summit includes morning workshops, followed by a trade show and hands-on demonstrations that focus on safety issues, innovative handling practices, processing equipment, and other gear and techniques. Workshop topics will include:
- Information on gear and bycatch
- Refrigeration technology
- Insuring against disaster
- Updates on black spot and “Chem-free”
- And professionalism programming for crab fishermen
Additionally, the U.S. Coast Guard will conduct a helicopter rescue demonstration, and there will be other demonstrations on refrigeration repair and maintenance, oyster weights and measures, wing trawl systems and checking turtle excluder devices (TEDs).
To register, visit https://fisheriesforwardsummit2015.eventbrite.com.
The Summit is part of the Louisiana Fisheries Forward Program, which is sponsored by the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, LSU AgCenter and Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Since its establishment in 1968, Louisiana Sea Grant (www.laseagrant.org) has worked to promote stewardship of the state’s coastal resources through a combination of research, education and outreach programs critical to the cultural, economic and environmental health of Louisiana’s coastal zone. Louisiana Sea Grant, based at Louisiana State University, is part of the National Sea Grant College Program, a network of 33 university-based programs in each of the U.S. coastal and Great Lakes states and Puerto Rico.
