From wright.1128 at osu.edu Tue Nov 22 08:38:48 2022 From: wright.1128 at osu.edu (Wright, Nicole) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 13:38:48 +0000 Subject: [Sc-aquaponics] Great Lakes Aquaculture Research Findings webinar Message-ID: Join us for this free lunchtime webinar next Wednesday (11/30) summarizing research findings on aquaculture producers' attitudes towards business expansion, policy challenges and opportunities, demand for farm-raised fish in the Great Lakes region, and consumer willingness to pay for Great Lakes aquaculture. Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative Research Roundup: Regional Findings and Insights Wednesday, November 30, 2022 12:00pm-1:00pm ET/11:00am-12:00pm CT Register here: https://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/news/calendar/2022/11/30/ltp6t/glac-research-roundup The Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative (GLAC) proposed to build on existing research and identify and implement new research focused on overcoming barriers to aquaculture in the Great Lakes region from its beginning in 2019. Several research projects aimed to provide economic and marketing research to increase the profitability and sustainability of aquaculture businesses. In this webinar, Stuart Carlton of Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and Purdue University will present results on a study on aquaculture producers' attitudes toward business expansion (PDF download). One of the questions facing aquaculture producers in the Midwest is whether or not to expand their businesses in the face of market and regulatory conditions that are often challenging. Producers were interviewed to better understand their attitudes toward business expansion and trust in their federal and state regulators. Trey Malone (previously with Michigan State University, now with University of Arkansas) and Max Melstrom (Loyola University Chicago) will summarize results from three studies: * policy challenges and opportunities in aquaculture, showing regulatory restrictions at the federal level have increased for several decades, with aquaculture appearing to be the most heavily affected. There is also extreme heterogeneity in the way states regulate animal production. * demand for farm raised fish in the Great Lakes region, showing that farmed fish pricing depends significantly on the availability of certain product characteristics, with the largest premiums for fish sold fresh with environmental certifications * consumer willingness to pay for Great Lakes aquaculture, showing that Great Lakes consumers prefer to eat locally raised fish, but small differences in price will drive them to buy fish from other parts of the United States. [The Ohio State University] Nicole Wright Aquaculture Extension Educator and LEARN Coordinator Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory School of Environment and Natural Resources Area 100 Research Center, 1314 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212 wright.1128 at osu.edu / ohioseagrant.osu.edu Pronouns: she/her/hers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 3605 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: