• Mon
    20
    Feb
    2017
    10 am to 11 amAquaculture America, Room 6

    CUSP is made up of a diverse group of seafood and aquaculture stakeholders. The group aims to provide expertise and support for government action that will create domestic aquaculture growth.

    Please join us for the CUSP Meeting at Aquaculture America on February 20th from 10:00 am to 11:00am in room 6.

    Background: A core group of seafood industry stakeholders with a common interest to grow domestic aquaculture banded together in 2013 to form the Coalition of U.S. Seafood Production (CUSP). In February of 2014, at the Aquaculture Americas Conference in Seattle, the group officially announced their presence. CUSP is made up of aquaculture and feed producers, retail and restaurant customers, researchers, technology and feed suppliers, public aquariums and other not-for-profit organizations. The group aims to provide expertise and support for government action that will create aquaculture growth.

    In the United States, we are on the verge of expanding domestic seafood production. Creating jobs from working water fronts to the agricultural heartland; making safe, nutritious, sustainable domestic seafood available to U.S. consumers; complementing wild catch rebuilding efforts with farmed seafood; and reducing the trade deficit attributable to seafood are the driving factors.

    The 2013 National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan (NOP) and the Strategic Plan for Federal Aquaculture Research provide a backdrop for implementing policies that will allow the seafood industry to grow and that will support technological innovation.

    To learn more about CUSP, please contact Bridget Owen at (317) 495-4361 or bowen@soyaquaalliance.com.

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