From wright.1128 at osu.edu Tue Jan 30 14:32:30 2024 From: wright.1128 at osu.edu (Wright, Nicole) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:32:30 +0000 Subject: [Sc-aquaponics] 2023 Census of Aquaculture Deadline Extended to March 1st Message-ID: Hi All, See below for details sent from Paul Zajicek (NAA) regarding an extended deadline for the 2023 census of aquaculture. Attached is the Census Form and Instructions Farmers that did not receive a Census or lost their survey form are strongly encouraged to download, fill out the Census and mail it to Census of Aquaculture, 1201 East 10th Street, Jeffersonville, IN 47132 on or before March 1st. Know of someone that did not complete the Census? If you are a farmer or Aquaculture Extension Specialist, share this email and attachments with other farmers. Support and strengthen U.S. aquaculture by participating in the Census! By filling out your Census form, you provide the most accurate information possible. The National Aquaculture Association has been diligent in bringing a variety of concerns to Washington DC but in order for Congress or the federal agencies to take significant action or to demonstrate that these needed changes are real, the NAA and you have to have the numbers. Why is the Census of Aquaculture Important? Last conducted for production year 2018, the Census of Aquaculture will yield current industry-specific data. This information is used by federal, state, and local governments, agribusinesses, trade associations, and producers to make decisions impacting the sustainability and growth of the U.S. aquaculture. The data is also used to support and justify federal and state research, education, extension, aquatic animal health programs and opportunities for farmer participation in demonstration projects and efforts to reform regulations. Did you know that the Census provides a means for each House of Representative member to find out instantly how big agriculture and aquaculture is in his or her district? It is, please click here to see your local data: USDA - NASS, Census of Agriculture - 2017 Census Publications - Congressional District Profiles. Participation in the Census will help show the Congress, state and local governments and federal and state agencies that aquaculture is a growing, diverse and vibrant economic force producing great farm-raised seafood (fish, clams, oysters, mussels, shrimp, and seaweed), bait, freshwater and marine aquarium fish, corals, or invertebrates, recreational fish for private and public stocking, and other products like exotic alligator leather, live turtles as pets, or triploid grass carp to control nuisance aquatic plants. In order for U.S. aquaculture to gain traction at the federal or state levels, legislators and federal and state agencies representatives need to understand the scope and breadth of U.S. aquaculture. And the jobs and income created and sustained by rural, urban, and coastal farms. Thank you, Paul Paul W. Zajicek, Executive Director National Aquaculture Association (USA) Cell: 850-443-3456 Home - National Aquaculture Association [The Ohio State University] Nicole Wright Aquaculture Extension Educator and LEARN Coordinator Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory School of Environment and Natural Resources Heffner Building, 352 W. Dodridge St., Columbus, OH 43202 Phone: 330-202-3594 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 2023 Census of Aquaculture.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 557302 bytes Desc: 2023 Census of Aquaculture.pdf URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Instruction Sheet 2023 Census of Aquaculture.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 64543 bytes Desc: Instruction Sheet 2023 Census of Aquaculture.pdf URL: