University of Southern Mississippi doctoral student Kinkini Roy samples tailgating fare on homecoming game day: saltwater shrimp raised in the Southern Miss Gulf Coast Research Laboratory's marine aquaculture research and development program in Ocean Springs. The GCRL's 18,800 square-foot greenhouse grow-out facility is the largest of its kind in North America for testing shrimp-farming technology on a commercial scale. (Southern Miss Public Relations Photo by Linda Skupien).
Three-year-old Hudson Dees leaves the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory farm-raised saltwater shrimp to his dad during game-day tailgating Oct. 14 in favor of a hot dog. GCRL faculty and staff served up shrimp produced in the Southern Miss lab's 18,800 square-foot greenhouse grow-out facility in Ocean Springs. The facility is the largest of its kind in North America for testing shrimp-farming technology on a commercial scale. Hudson is the son of Calvin and Greta Dees of Hattiesburg. (Southern Miss Public Relations Photo by Linda Skupien).