Harbor Branch to Host Second Annual Florida Farmed Fish Festival FT. PIERCE, FL The Aquaculture Division at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution will host its Second Annual Florida Farmed Fish Festival on the East Lawn of the Johnson Education Center from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday, December 4, 1999. Admission to the festival is free. This unique family-style event will feature fresh farmed seafood marketed direct to the public by Florida’s shrimp, fish, clam and gator farmers. Anyone interested in buying seafood to take home should bring their own ice cooler. Ice chests may also be purchased on site. Cooking demonstrations by local restaurants (such as Pineapple Joe’s) and culinary schools (such as the Florida Culinary Institute, Pro Chef Catering and Indian River Community College’s Culinary School) will feature Florida farmed fish, as well as clam and shrimp dishes, prepared in a variety of ways. Hands-on presentations such as, "How to grow fish in your own backyard" and "How to fillet a fish" will also be conducted during the course of the festival. The Department of Agriculture and various private nonprofit groups, together with the Smithsonian, Audubon Society, Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program and local artists, will have information booths on site during this special event. There will also be activities for children and live music. Tours of Harbor Branch’s 60-acre Aquaculture Development Park, including its 14,400 square foot technologically advanced Clam Hatchery, will be available throughout the day at a cost of $5 for adults and $3 for children ages 12 and under. "Last year’s event was a resounding success with attendance estimated at 3,000-5,000 festival-goers," remarks event coordinator, LeRoy Creswell, an assistant scientist with Harbor Branch's’Aquaculture Division, " This year’s event is shaping up to be even larger, with more vendors geared up to sell greater varieties and larger quantities of seafood." For additional information please contact Harbor Branch’s Aquaculture Division at (772) 465-2400 or (800) 333-4264, extension 400. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc. is located one mile north of Indrio Road at 5600 U.S. 1 North in Fort Pierce. From Interstate I95, take Exit 67, Indrio Road Exit, eastbound approximately 6 miles to U.S. Highway 1, then proceed north 1 mile. The entrance to Harbor Branch is located on the right (east) side of the highway. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc. is one of the world’s leading not-for-profit oceanographic research organizations dedicated to the exploration of the earth’s oceans, estuaries and coastal regions for the benefit of mankind.