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FYI. This national report and a number of species have been out for a little while now. However, the North Central Region report was just placed on the website yesterday. The link is below and can also be found here: <a href="https://www.arec.vaes.vt.edu/arec/virginia-seafood/research/Impacts_of_COVID19.html" class="">https://www.arec.vaes.vt.edu/arec/virginia-seafood/research/Impacts_of_COVID19.html</a>.
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<span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);" class="">AMES, Iowa –<span class=""> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">On
 March 23, 2020,<span class=""> </span><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(50, 49, 48);" class="">Virginia Tech Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Centers (AREC) and The Ohio State University Extension initiated an on-line survey of the U.S. aquaculture,
 aquaponics, and allied business</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">es.   The North Central Region Covid-19 Quarter 1 report and summary is now available at <span style="margin: 0px; color: red;" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ncrac.org/impacts-covid-19-north-central-aquaculture-aquaponics-and-allied-businesses__;!!KGKeukY!lm7GMAT84pjho0XLSwMWDB3ql8LmFKT4gxcm_GsyFSSVFXzOyf4N6eqTBWY1TxxmuCUA_w$" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px;" class="">https://www.ncrac.org/impacts-covid-19-north-central-aquaculture-aquaponics-and-allied-businesses</a></span>.  <span class=""> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">The
 full report for the entire U.S. is available online at: </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.arec.vaes.vt.edu/arec/virginia-seafood/research/Impacts_of_COVID19.html__;!!KGKeukY!lm7GMAT84pjho0XLSwMWDB3ql8LmFKT4gxcm_GsyFSSVFXzOyf4N6eqTBWY1TxzBuIHyZg$" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px;" class=""><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">https://www.arec.vaes.vt.edu/arec/virginia-seafood/research/Impacts_of_COVID19.html</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">;
 the full report for the<span class=""> </span><span style="margin: 0px; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class="">North Central Region is available at:<span class=""> </span></span></span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.arec.vaes.vt.edu/content/dam/arec_vaes_vt_edu/virginia-seafood/research/covid-19/quarter-1/ncrac/Quarter*201*20report*20NCRAC,*20Final.pdf__;JSUlJQ!!KGKeukY!lm7GMAT84pjho0XLSwMWDB3ql8LmFKT4gxcm_GsyFSSVFXzOyf4N6eqTBWY1TxwYip5Mpw$" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px;" class="">https://www.arec.vaes.vt.edu/content/dam/arec_vaes_vt_edu/virginia-seafood/research/covid-19/quarter-1/ncrac/Quarter%201%20report%20NCRAC,%20Final.pdf</a><span class=""> </span>.<span class=""> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; letter-spacing: -0.05pt;" class=""> Information
 on regionally important species, e.g., trout, tilapia, sport fish, is now available at the same web site. <span class=""> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">If there are any questions about the research
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