<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; orphans: auto; widows: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Make plans to attend the Northeast Aquaculture Conference and Exposition </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; orphans: auto; widows: auto; text-align: -webkit-auto;">in Portland, Maine, January 14-16.</span></div><div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; orphans: auto; widows: auto;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><a href="http://www.northeastaquaculture.org" style="color: purple;">www.northeastaquaculture.org</a></span></b><br><br>See all the new gear at what is probably the biggest aquaculture trade show on the East Coast.<br><br></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Learn all about how your competitors are making more money using the newest tools.<br><br></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Reunite with old friends while "crawling" Portland's finest pubs and bouncing to Carter's bluegrass beats.<br><br>Make plans to attend and hear experts share a wealth of information including:<br><br>• NE Oyster Breeding • Shellfish Farming 101 • Managing for Vibrio • Sea Scallop Culture • Mussel Farming • Shellfish Pathology Workshop<br><br>• Kelp Farming • Seaweed Culture Systems • Seaweed QC and Production Hazards<br><br>Business of Aquaculture<br>• USDA Farm Service Agency Programs • Financing Options • Risk Management • Scaling Your Business • Aquaculture Permitting Forum<br><br>General Aquaculture & the Environment<br>• Aquaculture Machinery and Automation Technology • Recirculating Aquaculture Systems • Ocean Acidification & Climate Change • Gear Entanglement Workshop • Aquaculture Farm Modeling • Predators, Nuisance Species & Biofouling • Spatial Planning for Aquaculture • US/Canadian Farmers Roundtable <br>Physical Therapy for Aging Farmers<br><br>If you have something to contribute abstracts are welcomed until Oct 31</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br>Please visit <a href="http://www.northeastaquaculture.org" style="color: purple;">www.northeastaquaculture.org</a> for submission details<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Christopher V. Davis, Ph.D. - Conference Manager<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Northeast Aquaculture Conference & Exposition<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">5717 Corbett Hall, Room 436<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Orono, ME, 04469-5717 <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Phone: (207) 832-1075<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:cdavis@midcoast.com" style="color: purple;">cdavis@midcoast.com</a></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Monaco, serif;"></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Monaco, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></span></div></body></html>