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<p class="MsoNormal">North Central Region Aquaculture/Aquaponic friends,<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Please see attached the results of the 2020 4<sup>th</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>quarter COVID-19 impacts survey. The North Central Region was home to 10% of the survey respondents, and there were a total of 119
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<span style="color:black">You can also find the reports from all Q1 and Q2 too here:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.arec.vaes.vt.edu/arec/virginia-seafood/research/Impacts_of_COVID19.html">https://www.arec.vaes.vt.edu/arec/virginia-seafood/research/Impacts_of_COVID19.html</a>.
Q3 will have several reports up very soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Matthew A. Smith</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Program Director, Aquaculture Extension</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">Madison County Extension Office</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#BB0000;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">217 Elm Street, London, Ohio 43140</span><br>
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