CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 2023 RAW on the river The 34th Regional Aquatic Workshop, will be held in Dubuque, IA from May 7-12, 2023, and promises to be another signature meeting of great presentations and wonderful networking opportunities. We are calling upon presenters to submit abstracts for 20-minute oral presentations (15 minutes presenting plus 5 minutes of questions).… Continue reading RAW 2023 Call For Abstracts
RAW 2023 Registration and Hotel Bookings ARE NOW LIVE
Hotel Venue: Grand Harbor Resort & Waterpark, $119 per night plus 12% tax and 16% service fee. (Overflow hotels include the Holiday Inn and Hotel Julien, each within walking distance of the conference venue and the River Museum.) To reserve your room at the Grand Harbor Resort, call 563-690-4000 and ask for the block of… Continue reading RAW 2023 Registration and Hotel Bookings ARE NOW LIVE
Raw 2023 Sponsor Information
Dear Friends and Colleagues,Last year, Greg Whittaker and the Moody Gardens team resuscitated the Regional Aquatics Workshop (RAW), bringing some much-needed camaraderie and team-building at a time when all of us greatly needed a distraction. With little notice and a huge amount ofuncertainty, they pulled off an amazing event in Galveston. Now, it is time… Continue reading Raw 2023 Sponsor Information
RAW 2023
Hello Aquarium Professionals, Due to some unfortunate and unforeseen circumstances, the Virginia Aquarium was forced to cancel their planned hosting of the Regional Aquatics Workshop in 2023. Per the RAW bylaws, as the first loser in last year’s voting process, the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium was asked to step up. Some of you… Continue reading RAW 2023
RAW 2023 and 2024
RAW exists because our colleagues are willing to step up and take on the task of hosting each year. Typically, potential hosts will pitch their facilities to the conference crowd to be voted on for two years hence. With the extended gap in RAW’s, we took the opportunity to offer up hosts for both 2023… Continue reading RAW 2023 and 2024
2022 Wrap Up
Everyone, RAW 2022 has officially ended here at Moody Gardens on Galveston Island, Texas. It has been a stellar 4 days of meetings, presentations and camaraderie. Approximately 200 of our colleagues braved the viral threat and I have heard nothing but praise from every one. It was certainly the perfect re-connection that everyone has been… Continue reading 2022 Wrap Up
Tuesday Updates
Hey Everyone I have a few updates for you. You can find an updated schedule here, which has a few minor tweaks as well as sponsor presentations listed. You can find a list of abstracts here, which will give you descriptions of all of the talks at this years conference. Finally, I wanted to provide… Continue reading Tuesday Updates
Welcome to RAW
Sending this via list serv as it has relevance to both those attending RAW this coming week, and the broader community. For those coming – safe travels and we’ll see you in a couple days. Feel free to ping my email with questions – do not hit reply on this unless you want to tell… Continue reading Welcome to RAW
Aquatic Animal Welfare Assessment Panel Q&A Board
On Wednesday, February 23 at 9:30am CST, we will have an expert panel answering questions about animal welfare and the welfare assessment process. It is up to you to decide what questions the panel will answer. You may pose any questions that you have and can “like” any questions others have submitted. You can access… Continue reading Aquatic Animal Welfare Assessment Panel Q&A Board
The Plan
Just over one week out and things seem to be coming together. Please see the revised schedule for a few minor tweaks. First and foremost, the dinner event on Wednesday, 23 February has been moved to our Visitor Center complex as the paddlewheel will still be in dry dock. It seems SOOO apropos and completely… Continue reading The Plan