Aquaculture 2025

March 6 - 10, 2025

New Orleans, Louisiana USA

Protein 5.0: Shrimping the Industry

Saturday, March 8, 2025 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Salon F
Chair: Maddi Badiola

Disease, Health and Certifications

8:30

INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT, NEGOTIATIONS, & STANDARDS FOR SHRIMP
Alicia Marston, Aquatic Trade Director, USDA

8:45

BUILDING A BETTER SHRIMP: PERSPECTIVES ON BREEDING AND

BROODSTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
Craig Browdy, Chief Technology Officer, SyAqua

9:00

A BRIEF RETROSPECTIVE OF THE HAWAII SHRIMP HEALTH CERTIFICATION PROGRAM AND SPF SHRIMP BROODSTOCK
Micah Brodsky, Veterinary Medical Officer, Hawaii Department of Agriculture

Operations and Maintenance

9:15

DON’T BE A STATISTIC: STRATEGIES FOR COST EFFECTIVE OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT
Dan Farkas, Project Manager, HTH Full Spectrum Aquaculture

9:30

INTENSIVE SHRIMP CULTURE, KEY CONSIDERATIONS FOR AERATION

COSTS AND AERATION EQUIPMENT DOWNTIME
Ben Ashe, CEO, MDM Pumps

9:45

RAS FUNDAMENTALS - HYDRONIC HEATING & CHILLING
Rick Murray, President, Delta Hydronics

10:00

BREAK

Success Stories

10:30

CROSSING THE RAS CHASM: MOVING FROM PROOF OF CONCEPT TO SCALE
Steve Sutton, President-CEO, TransparentSea

10:45

THE EVOLUTION OF SHRIMP BREEDING: HOW BREEDING CHANGED

SHRIMP FARMING
Robins McIntosh, Executive Vice President, Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company

Market and Consumers

11:00

CHALLENGES FACING THE DOMESTIC MARKET

Tyler Hershey, Sales Operation Manager, Zeigler

11:15

GLOBAL SHRIMP COUNCIL PROMOTING SHRIMP WORLDWIDE

Gabriel Luna, Co-founder, Global Shrimp Council

11:30

THE U.S. SHRIMP MARKET: PRE-PANDEMIC AND POST-PANDEMIC

DYNAMICS
Angel Rubio, Lead Analyist, Expana

11:45

ROUND TABLE