Two, larger 100-cubic meter raceways will also be shown which use a more simplified method of aeration to make zero-exchange, super-intensive shrimp production systems more economically viable, Samocha said.
“These systems represent years of research, including newly developed shrimp diets, aimed at reviving the shrimp industry, creating jobs and providing consumers with a safe, inexpensive and plentiful supply of domestically-produced shrimp,” he said.
At 2 p.m. the field day moves to Port Aransas, where Dr. Addison Lawrence, project leader at mariculture laboratory there, will present his latest achievements in shrimp production.
“We’ll be demonstrating a new innovative, patent-pending technology using shallow water of less than 8 inches in stacked raceways, as many as seven high,” Lawrence said. “Using this technology, up to 700,000 pounds of heads-on shrimp can be produced per acre of footprint water per year using flow-through, recirculating and/or zero-water-exchange systems.”
The afternoon will also include a tour of the largest shrimp feed and nutrition lab in the world, consisting of over 900 tanks and 13 recirculating systems, Lawrence said.
For more information, contact Samocha at Flour Bluff at 361-937-2268 or 361-728-3560, or tsamocha@ag.tamu.edu.
At Port Aransas, contact Lawrence at 361-749-4625, extension 223, or 361-443-6921, or smpall@yahoo.com. Also, Patty Beasley at 361-749-4625, ext. 221, or smppwb@yahoo.com.