This non-profit Mississippi corporation is formed for the purpose of assimilating and disseminating information to its members pertaining to permitting, licensing, spawning, hatching, producing, harvesting, transporting, stocking, management, and marketing of farm -raised prawn and shrimp and to assimilate and disseminate information pertaining to any thing incidental thereto; to associate its members together as a business league for the mutual exchange of ideas; to encourage and promote educational programs pertaining to farm-raised prawn and shrimp production and management; to encourage and promote the establishment of sound farm-raised prawn and shrimp production and marketing operations; to promote the development of farm-raised prawn and shrimp production as a thriving commercial development for the benefit of the individual members and for the economic benefit of the citizens and people of the U.S.; and do any and all acts and deeds necessary and/or incidental to the accomplishment of the above and foregoing purposes.