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One day conference – Friday, May 8th, 2009 – Courtyard by Marriott – Hyannis, MA
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>9:15 <B>What is Nitrogen, its sources, and how does it enter our estuaries.</B> (25 min)<BR>
Sue Rask – Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>9:40 <B>The fate and impact of nitrogen in estuarine environments</B> (25 min)<BR>
Dr. Ivan Valiela – The Ecosystems Center, Marine Bilogical Laboratory<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>10:15 Break<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>10:30 <B>The potential environmental effects of shellfish culture in our estuaries</B> (30 min)<BR>
Dr. Mike Rice – University of Rhode Island<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>11:00 <B>Studies conducted on Cape Cod – Will it work? <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'> </SPAN><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><B>Mitigating the effects of excess nutrients in coastal waters through bivalve aquaculture and harvesting.</B> (25 min) <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'> </SPAN><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><B>Remediation of eutrophication by Oysters, <I>Crassostrea virginica</I>:<BR>
</B></SPAN><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'> </SPAN><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><B>Use of stable isotopes and empirical data from oysters grown in estuaries receiving different N loads</B> (25 min)<BR>
Dr. Heidi Clark – Woods Hole Group<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>12:00 Discussion and questions (Panel)<BR>
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12:30 Lunch<BR>
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1:45 <B>Developing large quantities of oysters for restoration (Remote set techniques)</B> (20 min)<BR>
Dick Kraus – President, Aquacultural Research Corporation<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>2:15 <B>Local Oyster Restoration Projects Local<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'> <B>Barnstable County research and municipal projects using remote set oysters</B> (20 min)<BR>
Diane Murphy, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and Woods Hole Sea Grant<BR>
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Bob Prescott – Director, MAS Wellfleet Sanctuary<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>2:45 <B>Oyster Gardening in Rhode Island<BR>
</B> Dr. Dale Leavitt – Rodger Williams University (25 min)<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>3:15 <B>Permitting and issues of shellfish restoration projects in Massachusetts <BR>
</B> Mike Hickey, Senior Biologist – MA Division of Marine Fisheries (20min)<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>3:40 Discussion and questions (Panel)<BR>
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