Aquaculture America 2024

February 18 - 21, 2024

San Antonio, Texas

Federal Support for the Expansion of U.S. Aquaculture

Monday, February 19, 2024 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM Salon M
Chair: Caird Rexroad, Gabriela McMurtry

11:00    Sebastian Belle, National Aquaculture Association

            OPENING REMARKS

                           

11:15    Deerin Babb-Brott, Jeffrey Silverstein, Michael Rubino, and David Miko, Subcommittee on Aquaculture (SCA)

            NATIONAL AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT PLAN (NADP)

 

11:30    Caird Rexroad, USDA ARS

            PROGRESS TOWARDS THE NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN FOR AQUACULTURE RESEARCH

                           

11:45    Kristine Cherry, NOAA Progress

           TOWARDS THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO ENHANCE REGULATORY EFFICIENCY IN AQUACULTURE

 

12:00    David O’Brien, NOAA and Christopher Davis, USDA ERS        

           UPDATE ON STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR AQUACULTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

 

12:15    SCA Co-chairs and Sebastian Belle, NAA             

            OPEN MICROPHONE – AQUACULTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION/ NADP

 

1:30      Gary Jensen, Review Team Member

            REGIONAL AQUACULTURE CENTERS (RAC) REVIEW

 

2:00      Danielle Blacklock, NOAA

           NOAA ACTIVITIES IN ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE

 

2:30      Alecia Naugle and Brianna Schur, USDA APHIS VS

           APHIS VETERINARY SERVICES INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT AQUACULTURE EXPANSION

 

3:00      Taylor Lipscomb, USFWS

             CONSERVATION PROPAGATION'S ROLE IN SUPPORTING AQUACULTURE EXPANSION

 

3:30      Subcommittee on Aquaculture (SCA) updates – agency panel

 

4:00      Open microphone