Small-scale aquaculture producers have income opportunities if they plan their production processes—and plan them well. One of the fundamental principles in marketing is to make it part of the overall planning process. Consider marketing decisions as important as production decisions. No matter how small your aquaculture operation, developing a marketing plan for what you will produce is the best strategy, because the fish have to be sold once they reach marketable sizes.

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• Plant Retailers Provide Potential Source of AIS
• IISG Annouces Interim Director
• Website Recruits AIS Detectives
• Fish School is in Session
• AIS-HACCP Program Expands
• Experts Focus on Southern Lake Michigan Region Water Supply
• Aquaculture Class Inspires High School Students
• Rip Current Awareness can Save Lives

This 4-H curriculum, designed for informal education audiences, provides five inquiry-based lessons to help high school youth understand the harmful effects of improper disposal of medicines and what they can do to help. Each lesson contains a complete instruction plan, centered on a hands-on activity for the students.

Annual report of projects and accomplishments for 2004.

This handy 2.75″ x 4″ magnet provides some useful alternatives to releasing unwanted aquarium pets or plants into lakes and rivers.

Write to thallesy@illinois.edu for a free magnet.

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• Ocean Commission Highlights Great Lakes Resource
• Stewardship Synergy Takes off in the Calumet Region
• The Ebbs and Flows of River Restoration
• Fellowship Provides Rich Opportunities
• Asian Carp Hot Topic at Research Symposium
• IEPA Addresses Growth with Watershed Planning
• Lake and Porter Counties Turn to Smart Growth