Aquaculture 2025

March 6 - 10, 2025

New Orleans, Louisiana USA

VIRGINIA SEAFOOD AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER – PROGRAMMATIC OVERVIEW

Michael H. Schwarz* , Jonathan van Senten,  Yiming Feng,  Katheryn Parraga-Estrada, Moham mad Zarei,  Fernando Goncalves, Wendy Stout,  Taozhu  Sun,  Stephen Urick, Ethan McAlhaney , Keri Rouse ,  Tiffany Wood, Noah Boldt, Charles Clark, and Jireh Clarington .

 Virginia Tech – VSAREC

  15 Rudd Lane

 Hampton Virginia 23669

 mschwarz@vt.edu

 



 The Virginia Seafood A gricultural Research and Extension Center  of Virginia Tech is dedicated to producing applied research that addresses the needs of both industry and the community. Our core research and Extension programs focus on seafood safety and  the quality of wild-caught and cultured animals and products,  providing business and marketing support for the commercial fisheries(?) and aquaculture industries . We also specialize in  engineering, thermal processing,  bioprocessing,  intensive recirculating aquaculture,  aquaculture nutrition, and education/outreach for both industry stakeholders and consumers. Our e xpanding program matic thrusts include s ustainable F ood P roduction Systems , A lternative F eeds and Foods, C ellular Agriculture,  AI, M achine L earning and Robotics, Economics and Marketing. We assess p olicy and r egulatory i mpacts, farm production economics, economic impact analysis, financial benchmarking, and  the integration of automation and robotics. Additionally, we are committed to  K-12 Outreach and Experiential Learning  and  enhancing C oastal Resilience .