Mississippi Alabama Sea Grant Extension Program

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Mississippi - Alabama Sea Grant Extension Program
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Mission Statement

• Increase the understanding, assessment,
  development, utilization, and conservation of the
  nations ocean and coastal resources through
  dissemination of science-based information to
  various stakeholders.

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Office Locations and University Partners

• Mobile, Alabama - Auburn University Marine
  Extension Research Center (http//www.ag.auburn.
  edu/dept/faa/aumerc/)
• Biloxi, Mississippi - Mississippi State
  University Coastal Research Extension Center
  (http//www.msstate.edu/dept/crec/crec.html)

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Current Staffing

• 3.75 FTE total for both states
• 1.5 FTE allocated among four individuals in
  Mississippi
• 2.25 FTE allocated among five individuals in
  Alabama

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Major Programming Areas Reflect Issues Outlined
in MASGC Strategic Plan

• Seafood Technology
• Marine Fisheries
• Aquaculture--Mariculture
• Economics
• Environmental
• Coastal Ecosystems Habitats/NIS
• Coastal Community Development
• Water Quality
• Environmental Education

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SEAFOOD TECHNOLOGY
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Bob Becker

• New in winter of 2004
• Retired FDA inspector
• Two HACCP courses
• Assisting several firms with regulatory issues

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Postharvest Processing Technologies for Raw
Oysters
Pressurized
Pasteurized
Individually quick frozen
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Consumer Preferences and Attitudes Toward Oysters

• 2000-2001 nationwide mail survey of households
• MSU-Dept. of Agricultural Economics
• NOAA/NSGP-Gulf Oyster Industry Program
• Website
• http//www.msstate.edu/dept/crec/owmr.html

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Consumer PreferencesIRRADIATED Raw Oysters

• 2002-2004 telephone interviews in six
  Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA)
• 2002-2004 sensory evaluations in MS MA
  locations
• MSU-Experimental Seafood Laboratory
• NOAA/NSGP-Gulf Oyster Industry Program
• Website http//www.msstate.edu/dept/crec/owmr.htm
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Consumer PreferencesPHP Raw Oysters

• 2002-2003 personal interviews with households in
  several MS CA locations
• MS-Dept. of Marine Resources
• 2002-2003 sensory evaluations in MS CA in
  several locations
• MSU-Experimental Seafood Laboratory
• NOAA/NSGP-Gulf Oyster Industry Program
• Website http//www.msstate.edu/dept/crec/owmr.htm
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Economic Benchmarks of Oyster PHP Technologies

• Developed economic models of commercial oyster
  PHP technologies
• Individually quick freezing
• Hydrostatic high pressure
• Heat-cool pasteurization
• 2003-2004 visits with commercial plants in MS and
  LA
• MS-Department of Marine Resources
• NOAA/NSGP-Gulf Oyster Industry Program
• Website http//www.msstate.edu/dept/crec/owmr.htm
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Consumer PreferencesValue Added Oysters

• 2004 consumer tasting of several value added
  oyster products in several locations in MS
• MSU-Experimental Seafood Laboratory
• MS-Department of Marine Resources
• NOAA/NSGP-Gulf Oyster Industry Program
• Website (Recipe Book) http//www.msstate.edu/dept
  /crec/owmr.html

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Seafood Industry Waste Management Program

• Developed alternative options of utilizing solid
  wastes from shrimp processing shrimp meal
  production
• MS Department of Marine Resources

Website http//www.msstate.edu/dept/crec/access.h
tml
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MARINE FISHERIES
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Gulf Shrimp Fishery
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Fisheye BRD
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Trade Adjustment Assistance

• Assisted Fisherman Organizations in Successful
  Petition Applications
• Publicized Program
• Provided Required Training

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Experiences with Knotless Spectra Webbing

• Dave Burrage and Rick Wallace
• Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant
• Extension Program

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Towing Resistance Comparison(Speed 2.5 Knots)
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Immigrants in Fisheries Seafood Industry

• Largest segment of the seafood processing
  workforce
• Vietnamese fishermen now hold the majority of the
  fishing power in the Gulf shrimp fishery

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Derelict Crab Traps

• Over 5,000 traps recovered in cooperative removal
  programs
• Education program responsible for keeping fishery
  from being elevated to a Category II by NMFS

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Recreational Fishing

• Sport Fishing Workshops
• Mercury Education
• Newsletters Sea Harvest News and Gulf Coast
  Fisherman

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Reaching the Commercial and Recreational Fishing
Industries

• Monthly newsletters
• Circulation 1,600
• Weekly newspaper column
• Circulation 125,000
• Understanding Fisheries Management
• National distribution to
• Fishermen organizations
• NOAA Fisheries
• Fisheries councils and commissions
• University courses

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COASTAL AND OFFSHORE AQUACULTURE
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Oyster Gardening Project

• Volunteer-based project
• Increased awareness of environmental issues of
  Mobile Bay
• Increased understanding of oysters in ecosystem

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Spat Collection

• Bagged Shell collected spat

Single and Shell-set spat grown in hatchery
Shell set was delivered to volunteers around
Mobile Bay
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• Single oysters grown on rack system
• Interested volunteers given bagged single oysters

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• Workshops conducted to educate volunteers
• Site visits made to monitor progress and maintain
  communication

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Oyster Deployment
Sea Grant personnel collect volunteer oysters
and deploy on newly constructed reef
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The Numbers

• 2001 had 30 volunteers
• 50,000 oysters
• 2002 had 38 volunteers
• 25,000 oysters
• Supplemented by 45,000 AU oysters
• 2003 had 51 volunteers
• 74,000 oysters
• 2004 had 62 Volunteers
• 26,000 oysters (Hurricane Ivan destroyed most)

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Scholastic Aquaculture Programs
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Scholastic Culture Units
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Plants and Animals Grown in Scholastic Programs
Herbs, house plants, vegetables, rainbow trout,
red snapper, red drum, tilapia, crawfish, etc.
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• Students involved in all aspects of program from
  construction and maintenance to harvesting.

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Scholastic Programs in Mobile and Baldwin
Counties
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Sea Grant Involvement

• Provide expert scientific advice to teachers and
  administrators
• Locate and develop relationships with fish
  resources
• Locate and develop relationships with equipment
  sources
• Provide designs for tank systems assist in
  construction of systems
• Assist in finding additional funding through
  grants
• Provide assistance in maintaining healthy stocks
• Expand programs to additional schools and students

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Aquaculture Wholesale Market Reports

• Market information on cultured species since 1995
• Website http//www.msstate.edu/dept/crec/awmr.htm
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Freshwater Prawn Production Systems

• Alternative pond management and marketing systems
  in 1998-2005
• Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment
  Station
• Website http//www.msstate.edu/dept/crec/fwpres.h
  tml

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Offshore Aquaculture Production Systems

• Alternative production and marketing systems in
  2002-2004 - Redfish, Red snapper, Cobia
• Gulf of Mexico Offshore Aquaculture Consortium
• MASGC Legal Program State and Federal
  regulations
• Website http//www.msstate.edu/dept/crec/aquaoffs
  .html

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Saltwater Baitfish Production Systems

• Alternative pond-tank production and marketing
  systems bullminnows, croaker, spot
• Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment
  Station
• Website http//www.msstate.edu/dept/crec/aquabull
  .html

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Bio-Secure Indoor Saltwater Shrimp Production
Systems

• Developed Shrimp Bio-Economic Model (CR)
• MSU-Department of Agricultural Economics
• U.S. Marine Shrimp Farming Program
• USM-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
• Waddell Mariculture Center
• Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
• Oceanic Institute
• Website
• http//www.msstate.edu/dept/crec/shrimpbiosecure.h
  tml

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COASTAL ENVIRONMENT
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Aquatic Nuisance Species Outreach Project

• nearly 30,900 publications
• 10 articles
• 24 presentations
• 1,079 stakeholders
• Central Alabama Koi and Water Garden Society
• Birmingham Botanical Gardens
• Mobile Botanical Gardens

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Aquatic Nuisance Species Outreach Project (Cont.)

• Master Environmental Educator module
• Pondscaping with Natives workshop
• Weeks Bay NERR
• 9 attendees
• Alabama Aquatic Nuisance Species Management
  Planning Meeting
• Alabama Dept. of Conservation and Natural
  Resources
• 25 stakeholders

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Aquatic Nuisance Species Outreach Project (Cont.)
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Aquatic Nuisance Species

• Alabama-Mississippi Rapid Assessment Team
• snapshot" assessment of any invasive species
  present
• Indicator for further research

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AMRAT

• Organized by Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant
  Consortium, GCRL, Mobile Bay National Estuarine
  Program
• AL 03 15 Universities, state and federal
  agencies and conservation groups
• MS 04 - 20 universities, state and federal
  agencies, and conservation groups

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AMRAT

• Variety of sampling techniques including
  trawling, seine netting, hand netting, hand
  picking of animals, and scraping of fouling
  organisms, ballast water samples

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AMRAT

• AL 03 X Sites, X Samples
• MS 04 X Sites, S Samples
• No NEW invasive species
• Additional studies

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Alabama-Mississippi Clean Marina Program
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Clean Marina Program
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Clean Marina Program

• Voluntary
• Assists marina and boatyard operators to protect
  the resources that provide their livelihood.
• Public recognition and promotion for marinas.

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Clean Marina ProgramMarina Benefits

• Reduced waste disposal costs
• Slightly higher slip rental rates and lower
  vacancy rates by their patrons
• Improved water quality in the immediate vicinity
  of the marina
• Free technical assistance through the Clean
  Marina Program
• Free promotion

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Clean Marina Program
4 designated marinas 13 pledges Many more
interested!
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Break the Grip of the Rip!

• Channeled currents of water moving away from the
  shore
• Estimated 100 deaths annually
• 80 of lifeguard rescues

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Break the Grip of the Rip!

• Workshop rip currents and legalities
• Target coastal officials, safety workers,
  condo/hotel managers, realtors

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Break the Grip of the Rip!
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Watershed Projects

• Management Planning
• Develop stakeholder-driven management plans based
  on information from surveys conducted by the
  Alabama Department of Environmental Management
• Dog River Watershed
• Bon Secour River Watershed
• Little Lagoon Watershed

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Watershed Projects (Cont.)

• Outreach and Education
• Watershed Signage
• Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring
• Coastal Cleanup
• Dog River Watershed Guardians

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Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring
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Coastal Cleanup

• 5 years
• gt650 citizens
• 85,000 lbs. trash

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Dog River Watershed Guardians
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Watershed Projects

• 28 displays
• 48 presentations
• Over 7,500 publications
• Over 27,000 stakeholders

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Smart Growth Efforts
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Coastal Alabama CleanWater Partnership

• Project of the Mobile and Baldwin County Soil and
  Water Conservation Districts
• Focus on identifying projects that will improve
  water quality in local streams, especially those
  streams listed as impaired (the 303(d) list) by
  the Alabama Department of Environmental Management

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Coastal Alabama Clean Water Partnership (Cont.)

• Encompasses the southwest area of Alabama
• 3 major watersheds
• Escatawpa River
• Mobile Bay
• Perdido River

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Steering committee was selected that consists of
local interests, including agriculture, forestry,
business, industry, environmental groups and
local governments
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Priority Subwatersheds
Baldwin County 1. Fly Creek 2. Fish River 3.
Mobile Bay Mobile County 1. Chickasaw Creek 2.
Upper Big Creek 3. Halls Mill Creek
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City of Fairhope Permeable Concrete Demonstration
Project

• Sidewalk in front of new Justice Center

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• One month later...

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Juniper Creek Restoration Project

• Mobile County NRCS and Extension System
• Livestock exclusion and alternative water system
• Juniper Creek, trib to Big Creek Lake

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• Approved for Section 319 grant
• Partnership with local industry, landowners,
  NRCS, Mobile Area Water and Sewer Service and
  Clean Water Partnership

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Stream Restoration Workshops
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Stream Restoration Workshops (Cont.)

• Introduction to Stream Restoration Using Natural
  Channel Design
• February 2002 (49)
• April 2002 (50)
• March 2003 (30)
• Introduction to to Morphology, Classification,
  and Coastal Bioassessment
• October 2002 (22)
• Performing a Feasibility Study
• September 2003 (20)

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NOAA CSC Workshops

• Public Issues Conflict Management
• May 2002 (22)
• July 2003 (45)
• Negotiating for Coastal Resources
• March 2004 (25)

Goal Build capacity in coastal resource managers
and statewide Clean Water Partnership
facilitators.
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Clean Water Guardians
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Coastal Public Access

• Surveyed boat launches and marinas in Coastal MS
• Website http//www.msstate.edu/dept/crec/access.h
  tml

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Grand Bay NERRCoastal Training ProgramAdvisory
Group

• 2004 Market Assessment Survey
• 2005 Needs Assessment Survey

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