WWW.WAS.ORG • WORLD AQUACULTURE • JUNE 2024 47 enable the implementation of science-based approaches to expand the responsible use of the nation’s natural resources and contribute towards meeting growing global demands for aquatic products. To this end, the ARS National Program for Aquaculture plays a critical role in developing and transferring cutting-edge technologies that benefit producers and consumers of fish and shellfish products. Notes Dr. Caird Rexroad, USDA ARS National Program Leader for NP106. Caird.rexroadiii@usda.gov (Editor’s note: Dr. Rexroad facilitates internal and external coordination, communication, and empowerment to the ARS Aquaculture program, sets research program direction and serves as a technical expert to the Department, Administration, and Congress on ensuring the relevance, impact, and quality of ARS aquaculture research.) 1 U.S. Department of Agriculture. http://www.usda.gov/. Accessed 7 May 2024. 2 USDA Aquaculture. https://www.usda.gov/topics/farming/ aquaculture/. Accessed 7 May 2024. 3 USDA Agricultural Research Service. http://www.ars.usda.gov/. Accessed 7 May 2024. 4 ARS National Program 106: Aquaculture. https://www.ars.usda.gov/ animal-production-and-protection/aquaculture/. Accessed 8 May 2024. 5 2022 Census of Agriculture. https://www.nass.usda.gov/ Publications/AgCensus/2022/. Accessed 7 May 2024. 6 ARS Aquaculture National Program for Aquaculture Annual Reports. https://www.ars.usda.gov/animal-production-andprotection/aquaculture/docs/annual-reports/. Accessed 7 May 2024. 7 ARS Aquaculture National Program for Aquaculture Retrospective Report. https://www.ars.usda.gov/animal-production-andprotection/aquaculture/docs/retrospective-assessment/. Accessed 7 May 2024. 8 ARS Aquaculture National Program for Aquaculture Action Plan. https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/np106/Action%20 Plans/Final%20USDA%20ARS%20NP106%20Aquaculture%20 Action%20Plan%202025-2029.pdf. Accessed 7 May 2024. 9 USDA Strategic Plan. https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ documents/usda-fy-2022-2026-strategic-plan.pdf. Accessed 7 May 2024. 10 ARS Strategic Plan. https://www.ars.usda.gov/ ARSUserFiles/00000000/Plans/ARS%20Strategic%20Plan%20 2023_2026.pdf. Accessed 7 May 2024. 11 Aquaculture Information Exchange. https://aquainfoexchange.org/ wp-login.php. Accessed 7 May 2024. 12 ARS East Coast Shellfish Genetics Research. https://www.ars.usda. gov/research/project/?accnNo=441840. Accessed 7 May 2024. 13 “6 Cool Northeast Aquaculture Science Collaborations to Follow.” https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/6-cool-northeastaquaculture-science-collaborations-follow. Accessed 7 May 2024. 14 NSTC Subcommittee on Aquaculture. https://www.ars.usda.gov/ sca/. Accessed 7 May 2024. 15 National Strategic Plan for Aquaculture Research. https://www.ars. usda.gov/sca/Documents/2022%20NSTC%20Subcomittee%20 on%20Aquaculture%20Research%20Plan_Final%20508%20 compliant.pdf. Accessed 7 May 2024. 16 US Japan Natural Resources Panel on Aquaculture. https:// www.fisheries.noaa.gov/event/51st-us-japan-natural-resourcesaquaculture-panel-scientific-symposium. Accessed 7 May 2024. 17 Aquaculture is Agriculture. https://www.usda.gov/topics/farming/ aquaculture/aquaculture-agriculture. Accessed 7 May 2024. 18 Ocean Climate Action Plan. https://www.noaa.gov/sites/default/ files/2023-03/Ocean-Climate-Action-Plan_Final.pdf. Accessed 7 May 2024.
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