Core research and Extension programs at the Virginia Tech - Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center focus on seafood safety and quality of wild-caught, cultured animals and products, business and marketing support for the commercial and aquaculture industries, engineering, thermal processing, intensive recirculating aquaculture, and education/outreach for industry and consumers. In 2022, the Center moved into a new state-of-the-art 22,000-square-foot facility, with design considerations to enhance coastal resilience. New major program area expansions are currently underway, including Sustainable Food Production Systems (aquaponics, microbiome, RAS, alternative proteins including plants and insects); cellular agriculture; Economics and Marketing (policy and regulatory impacts, farm production economics, economic impact analysis, financial benchmarking, and automation/robotics); coastal resilience; in addition to offshore renewable energy and co-location of synergistic activities.