[Sc-aquaponics] Fwd: Participate in and Share the Link to a National COVID-19 Impact Survey

[Smith, Matthew A.]

Aquaculture/Aquaponics farmers and allied businesses,

Please see below a very important national survey intended to assess farm level impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Please complete and share far and wide as this is the first national attempt to start to grasp the impact COVID-19 is having, or likely to have, on aquaculture/aquaponic farms and allied businesses in the U.S.

Regards,

Matt


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Matthew A. Smith
Program Director, Aquaculture Extension<http://go.osu.edu/aqua>
Ph.D. Student
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences

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From: "Paul" <paul at thenaa.net<mailto:paul at thenaa.net>>
Subject: Participate in and Share the Link to a National COVID-19 Impact Survey
Date: March 23, 2020 at 2:30:50 PM EDT
To: "'National Aquaculture Association'" <naa at thenaa.net<mailto:naa at thenaa.net>>
Cc: "Jonathan van Senten" <jvansenten at vt.edu<mailto:jvansenten at vt.edu>>, "Matt Smith" <smith.11460 at osu.edu<mailto:smith.11460 at osu.edu>>

Dear Aquaculture Association Leaders and Shakers:

Please share the following announcement with your members.  If you have any questions or comments, Jonathan and Matt are copied on this email.

Thank you,
Paul

Participate in and Share the Link to a National COVID-19 Impact Survey

The National Aquaculture Association requests that the US aquaculture community (farms and allied businesses) participate in a 15-minute survey developed by Virginia Tech and The Ohio State universities to assess the direct and indirect effects of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on US aquaculture and to gather input on types of assistance that will be most useful. The results will be shared nationally to assist farms, allied businesses and trade associations in communicating the impacts of COVID-19 to public and private decision makers.

The following information is provided by the survey originators Jonathan van Senten<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://aaec.vt.edu/people/faculty/vansenten-jonathan.html__;!!KGKeukY!jJV6AC8oMLj9m72zZF3DnqW_gyrWkwjh4hO9FE8YpzFZglAyYN-p2m1i64wA7n9xVgHQ0w$> and Matt Smith<https://southcenters.osu.edu/matthew-smith> that will be collecting and analyzing responses.

National COVID-19 Aquaculture Impact Survey

In response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), we are collecting information about how your farm or business has been affected or may be affected by this pandemic. We intend to use the results of this survey to summarize the impacts of coronavirus disease across the U.S. aquaculture, aquaponics, and allied industry. Results will also be used to identify resources that may be of benefit to your farm or business during this challenging time. A summary of the results (no raw data) will also be shared with the National Aquaculture Association in support of their efforts to secure relief and assistance for the aquaculture, aquaponics, and allied industry.

The purpose of this survey is to quantify the effects of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on commercial aquaculture, aquaponics or allied businesses. This survey should take about 15 minutes of your time to complete. This survey will be distributed once per quarter throughout 2020, to capture the evolving effects of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on your farm or business.

No personally identifiable information (name, address, e-mail, telephone number, IP address, etc.) will be collected. All data from this survey will remain anonymous.

Survey link: https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6rsUSOKhqD7dAln<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6rsUSOKhqD7dAln__;!!KGKeukY!jJV6AC8oMLj9m72zZF3DnqW_gyrWkwjh4hO9FE8YpzFZglAyYN-p2m1i64wA7n-Iqjx7ZQ$>

This survey is not tied to any funding or sponsor. There are no benefits or rewards for participating in this study. Results from this study may also be published in the future.

Participation in this research survey is voluntary. By continuing with this survey, you are consenting to the use of your responses for research purposes.

This survey will close at 11:59 pm (eastern time) on April 10, 2020.

If you have any questions about this study please contact Matt Smith, smith.11460 at osu.edu<mailto:smith.11460 at osu.edu>, or Jonathan van Senten, jvansenten at vt.edu<mailto:jvansenten at vt.edu>.

Thank you for your participation in this project.



Paul W. Zajicek, Executive Director
National Aquaculture Association (USA)
Office: 850-216-2400
Cell: 850-443-3456
http://thenaa.net/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://thenaa.net/__;!!KGKeukY!jJV6AC8oMLj9m72zZF3DnqW_gyrWkwjh4hO9FE8YpzFZglAyYN-p2m1i64wA7n-UUklt4A$>

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